Human Resources

Judy Hunt

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Highly accomplished and self-starting Human Resources (HR) and Payroll professional with 20+ years of hands-on experience in HR and business management. Expertise in Payroll and Benefits Administration – providing leadership to research issues with benefits and payroll administration. Known as a versatile payroll specialist with expertise in payroll operations to identify, analyze, and minimize issues in early stages of payroll processing. Extensive HR management background to manage daily operations, motivate staff, and formulate policies and procedures. People-oriented leader offering excellent communication and organizational skills combined with excellent analysis, reporting, and leadership skills. Strong background in Worker’s Compensation programs. Equipped with an excellent work ethic and committed to evaluating and recommending improvements to processes – making recommendations for HR benefits and functional improvements to ensure alignment payroll processes.

Professional Experience

Vested HR Palm Harbor, FL

HR Consultant November 2022 – Present

Provide leadership, clear direction, and personal accountability to maintain a positive work environment. Use HR experience to complete anything related to HR, which includes preparing handbooks and policies.

Experience in benefits enrollment and payroll systems, allocating time to processing and reducing errors in payroll reporting, while improving the overall employee enrollment experience for clients.

Verify payroll accuracy for account reconciliation, wage adjustments, promotions, and new hires.

Create records for processing of verification of employment requests (VOE) – child support garnishments.

Process employee payroll for clients (Prism software). Upload forms and documents to clients’ websites.

Run and review audit reports before processing to ensure accurate data. Process new benefit deductions, direct deposits, garnishments, and tax changes. Answer client questions on payroll issues.

Research regulatory laws in all states related to staff payroll. Maintain documentation related to hiring.

Use leadership in creating schedules, providing employee training, monitoring costs, completing payroll, etc. Work with staff to maintain the highest level of timely and accurate payroll processing.

Maintain payroll records and files – entering timely changes for employee, new hires, and terminations.

Provide leadership in making payroll and managing payroll adjustments to ensure accurate records.

MaintenX International Tampa, FL

Human Resources Director September 2017 – August 2022

Provided support to entire organization, primarily in employee relations, benefits, and recruitment – enforcing policies throughout the company. Was involved in the orientation process and staff training.

Completed payroll each week and maintained the Paycor system with employee updates. Created reports for department heads. Efficiently sent weekly reports. Helped employees with benefits enrollment.

Coordinated and implemented the annual benefits, open enrollment, which included acting as communication lead. Adapted Paycor system to ensure flawless execution of employees’ benefit choices.

Liaised between employees and insurance carriers concerning problem resolution and employee issues.

Maintained log for OSHA on all missed days, recordable cases of worker’s compensation related injuries for 401K and 5500 audits. Provided leadership in ordering supplies for office and lunches.

Processed workers compensation claims and general liability claims (short-term / long-term disability claims and FMLA). Served as company representative for telephone conferences and unemployment process.

Thomas Sign and Awning Co. Clearwater, FL

Human Resources Manager July 2005 – September 2017

Provided professional level HR support to entire organization, primarily in employee relations, benefits, recruitment, and policy development. Served as liaison between benefits broker and executive employees – ensuring swift data delivery to facilitate communication and decision-making process.

Efficiently developed updates and maintained ADP Human Resources and Benefits systems. Designed and created specialized ADP reports for project teams, department heads, and company executives.

Effectively coordinated the resolution of specific policy-related and procedural problems and inquiries.

Managed coordination and implementation of annual benefits and open enrollment, which included serving as communication lead. Adapted ADP system to ensure flawless execution of staff benefit choices.

Processed workers compensation claims, short-term / long-term disability claims, and FMLA. Advised employees concerning these various programs and coordinated premiums payments, as necessary.

Was responsible for staffing logistics, employment, and compliance to regulatory concerns. Advertised, recruited, tracked, and posted all open positions. Reviewed applications and dispersed to supervisors.

Negotiated pay and employment offers. Served as benefits administrator for non-discrimination testing. Liaised between employees and insurance carriers concerning problem resolution and employee issues.

Maintained log for OSHA on missed days and recordable cases of worker’s compensation related injuries.

Carteret Management Corporation St. Petersburg, FL

Human Resources / Payroll Manager March 2002 – April 2005

Provided employees with HR assistance. Liaised between PEO Company and employees. Entered background checks and received reports for drug testing. Processed changes of employee benefits.

Experienced in processing payroll for 350 employees. Updated employee changes, added/deleted employees from PEO database. Maintained and updated financial reports for accounting use.

Served as Office Manager for ordering supplies and maintaining the supply room and common office area. Maintained and coordinated the archiving of all file storage. Audited phone bills and copier allocations. Managed the scheduling of the receptionist and the set-up of all new employee phones.

Hops Restaurant Bar and Brewery Tampa, FL

Staff Accountant – Payroll / Sales Tax August 1998 – March 2002

Experienced in accurately processing accounts payable for 38 locations. Entered invoices, answered calls, and researched any problems that might arise. Entered sales tax information for all locations.

Made necessary corrections through journal entries. Distributed checks to each of the 70 Hops locations.

Processed payroll for 70 locations. Entered all new hire information, ensured payroll data came over from each of the 70 units, answered phone calls regarding paychecks, and entered direct deposits.

Paychex Business Solutions St. Petersburg, FL

Payroll Account Manager March 1997 – August 1998

Processed payroll for small businesses, including entering data for all new employees, inputting information from time sheets, reconciling any problems that might arise, and auditing direct deposits.

Updated payroll information. Provided leadership in calculating exceptions to payrolls, including computation of retro pay salary changes as required along with calculation of any overtime.

Computer Skills

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook), Prism, Paycor, ADP, Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), and HRIS

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