Jenny Annette Bernabe
***** ****** *** **. ******, TX ● 77396 ● 713-***-**** ● ************@***.*** SKILLS & ABILITIES
● Over 16 years of experience of employee relations dealing with hiring, employee benefits and or leaves management.
● Over 16 years of payroll experience varying between data entry of manual payroll timesheets, benefits, and various types of payroll deductions.
● Current TASBO certifications are CTSBS, CTSBO and RTSBA in progress.
● Social Media Marketing Certificate
EXPERIENCE
Galena Park ISD April 2016 – Current
Employee Benefit Specialist
● Primary contact for all employee benefit related questions.
● Maintain and enroll district eligible employees in benefits.
● Participated in job fairs, vendor fairs, onboarding, lunch and learns.
● Liaison between employee and insurance carriers.
● Conduct and assist open enrollment in all stages and employee life events.
● Maintain benefits accurately in Frontline and FFGA systems.
● Produce invoices, distribute and collect employee benefits with employees on FMLA.
● Maintain overage dependent spreadsheets and process necessary communications with employees and process changes in Frontline and FFGA.
● Communicate current offerings and changes with district employees.
● Prepare and distribute vendor wires every pay period.
● Coordinate with payroll for any payroll related adjustments needed for employee benefits, docked checks, and legal deductions.
● Processes and issues employee credits via employee payroll or non-employee reimbursement checks through AP.
● Execute employer disability forms as needed for employees.
● Conduct
● Communicate with employee or employee beneficiary to process death claims.
● Process annuity transmittals and annuity inquiries for current or past employees.
● Processed benefit separations for all benefit eligible employees.
● Maintains department budget, inventory of supplies, and processes, vendor invoices, procurement card reconciliations, purchase orders, deposits and check requests.
● Maintain highly confidential employee records and corresponding filing.
● Other duties as needed.
University of St. Thomas October 2011 – March 2016 Payroll Clerk
● Semi-monthly processing of exempt and non-exempt payroll for all University Employees from data entry to checks and direct deposit.
● Data entry, balancing and remit deductions for 403b, HAS and child support for every payroll.
● Reconciling of vendor statements for employee benefits.
● Reconciling of payroll taxes.
● Administered and maintained vacation and sick balances for all eligible employees.
● Administered and maintained self-funded university disability plan for all employees.
● Employee liaison for verification of employment or any payroll related questions. Northwinds Constructions March 2006 – October 2011 Accounting Clerk
● Weekly processing and balancing of payroll from beginning to end for two companies. This included data entry of timesheets, producing and distributing checks, processing and sending employee direct deposits and taxes.
● Maintained various spreadsheets and employee files securely.
● Presented and enrolled employees in health benefits and 401k in English and Spanish.
● Processed new hires from recruiting to onboarding.
● Processed employee terminations.
● Administered drug screening procedures for new hires and random checks.
● Weekly processing of accounts payables for two companies that included data entry, cutting checks and produced lien releases accordingly.
● Reconciled vendor statements.
● Backup Receptionist and other clerical tasks as needed. EDUCATION
San Jacinto College
Associate of Arts- Business Administration and Management, General University of Houston- Clear Lake
Bachelors of Science – General Business