ALEX FERNANDEZ
Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
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CAREER SUMMARY
Accomplished Business professional credited with over 14 years of trained experience. Expertise includes diverse project oversight, technical proficiency and vast analysis skills. Can lead problem solving of systems pertaining to procedural solutions, resulting in enhanced productivity and accuracy. Passionate and experienced in business administration, human resources management, marketing, business development, and relationship management.
-Proven success managing administrative responsibilities including drafting correspondence, fielding customer inquiries, coordinating retirement plans and logistics, and preparing various payroll reports.
-Streamlining business processes and improving operational efficiency levels.
-Tendency to thrive in fast paced business environments while remaining focused on attaining objectives.
-Dynamic leadership abilities concerning employee supervision and training.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Temporary PowerPoint/Documentation Specialist
Robert Half, Red Bank, NJ- Brickell, FL 2017- 2021
Executing in a temporary position as a documentation specialist, facilitate operations regarding large volumes of paperwork daily and converting into digital format using Kofax Capture.
-Played an integral role in increasing client satisfaction levels by providing exceptional level of service.
-Executing in a temporary position as a PowerPoint specialist, helped successfully organize annual conference for client
-Organized, sorted and prepared hard copy records for scanning and documentation preparation.
Burlington Coat Factory, Hallandale Beach, FL 2020-2021
Cashier
-Cash handling, customer service, balance drawer, petty cash, and place orders for inventory.
-Manager in training: such duties involve opening and closing the registers, approving overrides, assisting in the training of new cashiers, monitoring cash limits, making supervisory decisions, scheduling lunch breaks, and always ensuring quality customer service.
BOARD OF EDUCATION, WEST NEW YORK 2014 to 2017
SUBSTITUTE TEACHER
-Certified academic instructor for all subject's grades K-12. Offer authentic learning and instruct with a comprehensive understanding to individual learning needs.
-Frequently replaced absent ESL, high school Spanish, and special education teachers as one of the few substitute teachers qualified in these areas. Showed resourcefulness and teaching effectiveness in meeting the needs of students with limited English language proficiency as well as learning disabilities
- Acknowledged through affirmation regarding dedication, reliability, organization, and effectiveness as one of school district's most in-demand substitutes.
Milliman, Woodland Park, NJ 2006 to 2013
Benefit Analyst
Served in a leadership role training new hires and executed as Payroll and Database Manager for 12 designated clients and oversaw implementation and administrative aspects of their defined contribution and pension plans Led analyzing and recommending solutions as well as develop and analyze benefit plan and department budgets: model benefit plan costs, wellness metrics and incentives and administrative fees for annual budget and strategic planning processes.
-Provided exceptional business acumen managing weekly/bi-weekly/monthly payroll scrubbing, reconciliations, processing, feeds and reporting; executed payroll processing SOP; compounded interest and pay credits for qualifying plan participants and developed and reviewed quarterly and year-end audit reports.
-Trained new hires and served as Payroll and Database Manager for 12 clients, overseeing implementation and administrative aspects of their defined contribution and pension plans.
-Successfully completed RPF-1 and RPF-2 ASPPA examinations for progress towards both QPA and QKA professional designations
EDUCATION
William Patterson University, Wayne, NJ 2006
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Concentration in Finance and a minor in Economics.
-Coursework: Money and Banking. Corporate Finance, Principles of Investment, Managerial
Economics, Economics Statistics, Management Information Systems, International Financial Management, Taxation.
-Awarded Dean's List for academic achievement
-Member, Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting
SKILLS SUMMARY
Native Fluency in Spanish-Client Service Management- Strategic Planning- Problem Solving-Project Management- Public Speaking -Data Management-organizational Support- Risk Management -Problem Resolution-Technically Savvy in all the frequently used Payroll and Office Applications, Office 365.Sage, QuickBooks, SQL, etc.