Human Resources Business Partner

TONY BELL, SPHR, MBA

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DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES

Human Resources Executive and HR Business Partner with extensive leadership experience in Workforce Management and Organizational Development. Proven ability to set effective HR policy, optimize employee engagement, and spearhead organization-wide cost-saving initiatives. Strengths in employee relations, culture development, talent management, and HR technology.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Talent Management / Acquisition Compensation & Benefits Regulatory Compliance / Labor Laws Employee Relations Organizational Development Employee Retention Diversity and Inclusion Employee Engagement HRIS Technology / Automation

HR Leadership Strategic Planning Policy Setting Contracts Budgets Merger Integration Process Improvement / Change Management Project Management

An executive leader who inspires trust, respect, teamwork, and commitment

TECHNOLOGY

HR Platforms/Learning Management Systems: PeopleSoft Hyland OnBase HealthStream LMS

Business Systems: Microsoft Suite: Excel Outlook Word PowerPoint Formstack SharePoint Teams Go-To-Meeting

Regulatory Compliance: HIPAA DOL Wage and Hour FLSA FMLA ADA EEOC Title VII ACA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

St. Elizabeth Healthcare (Edgewood, KY)

Director in Organizational Development 2019 – 2023

As Director in Organizational Development, oversee all aspects of state-of-the-art clinical and simulation Training Center with full responsibility for $3M budget and oversight of supervisory staff. Training Center provides hundreds of mandatory in-service trainings for physicians, nurses, and clinical contractors, and delivers offerings for over 10K associates, including leadership courses, new associate orientations, and hands-on training in high-tech Simulation Center.

Director in Human Resources 2010 – 2019

As Human Resources Director, provided strategic direction for Human Resources team delivering HR services for a matrixed organization of 8,200 employees as well as assisting with 1800-employee physician group. Oversaw five hospitals and multiple offsite facilities. Provided leadership to Direct Reports, including analysts and benefits processors.

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Skills and Accomplishments:

Strategic Planning / Policy Setting

Participated in bimonthly executive HR strategy meetings while serving as 17-year tenure member of the executive HR leadership team.

Key voice in 5-year business planning for system-wide shared services – HR, accounting, and purchasing

system-wide.

Served as Facilitator of HR policy and procedure committee, providing leadership at both executive and director-level meetings.

Merger Integration

Served on Merger Team leading HR policy/procedure committee as part of massive integration between St Elizabeth Medical Center and St. Luke Hospitals.

Played a role in 30+ additional mergers to assimilate independent clinical practices and physician groups into hospital organizations.

Integrated pension systems, reimbursement models, and compensation practices for physicians and staff.

Process Improvement / Change Management

Achieved real savings of $4.8M in first year of cost-saving initiative. Led change implementation and policy communication.

Led cost-saving strategies that reduced waste and lowered expenditures, preventing layoffs across the organization.

Conducted process mapping to identify opportunities for improvement. Assessed risk, analyzed regulatory requirements, targeted redundancies, and determined cost savings. Worked with division leaders to manage change.

Employee Engagement / DEI

Improved retention by targeting areas with >20% turnover and structuring survey design to capture engagement shortfalls.

Actively participated in the hospital’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee, helping to develop organization-wide DEI policy.

Technology / Data Management

Ensured reliable upload of data for 2K employees of St Luke / Health Alliance 90 days before merger.

Initiated and implemented multiple self-service applications and workflow, saving thousands in annual supplies and reducing 3 FTEs. This included implementing PeopleSoft and leading the ROI/RFP process through product implementation.

Customized PeopleSoft recruiting page and integrated multiple transactions into single action, greatly simplifying process.

Recruiting - Talent Acquisition / Employee Relations

Reduced the time to fill by 25%

Developed relationships with schools that we had not worked with before

Creative solutions to resolve staffing issues

As the chair of the Turnover and Vacancy Committee at the Greater Cincinnati Health Collaborative I was able to get an Ultrasound and Vascular program into the Cincinnati market.

Employee Relations for 8.5 years

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Compensation and Benefits Management

Managed million-dollar wage adjustments, including costing, proposals, and presentations.

Defined and implemented gainsharing and management incentive plans, improving morale and profitability.

Conducted job position analysis for appropriate assignment of compensation and benefits for new positions.

Assisted with benefits analysis, vendor meetings, and pharmaceutical usage review, raising satisfaction with benefit plans.

Managed open enrollment, overseeing vendor review, data input, benefits processing, and communications company-wide.

Key partner in plan design meetings, balancing employee satisfaction with plan and cost control.

Managed implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Worked with benefits & operations teams to prepare for launch then managed ongoing activities and reporting.

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

St. Elizabeth Healthcare (Edgewood, KY)

Human Resources Manager

HR Advisor / Business Partner

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Thomas More College, Crestview Hills, KY

Bachelor of Science (BS), Industrial and Labor Relations

Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY

Master of Arts Courses (18 Hours) Labor and Employment Relations

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

CERTIFICATIONS

Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), Certification 2002

Professional Associations & Community Leadership

Greater Cincinnati Healthcare Collaborative

Turnover and Vacancy Committee (Chair multiple years)

Diversity and Inclusion Committee Member

Compensation Committee Member

Cove Federal Credit Union

Chair Supervisory Committee of the Board (2019 – Present)

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