Human Resources Accounts Payable
Resume:
F. David Cureton, PHR, GBA
Greensboro, NC 27403
*********@*****.***
Objective To assist companies in performing their best by fostering a work environment that encourages the individual employee to improve professionally and personally through the application of Human Resources best practices and the fundamental principles of Economics
Employment History
Compensation Analyst April 2012 to present
Novant Health, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC
• Consult with department managers and HR Business Partners regarding restructuring of departments and offer best practices in accordance with company policy.
• Calculate employment offers for newly hired and/or transferred employees based on experience and equity within the department.
• Facilitate reclassification of employees from one position and/or department to another.
• Developed fully automated Excel model to calculate per-pay-period paid-time-off (PTO) and severance payments for displaced employees.
• Work closely with HRIS to audit additional pay entries for payroll processing.
• Consult with department managers to compose and revise job descriptions for new and existing job titles.
• Review and organize all job descriptions company-wide. The target concept was to consolidate all job descriptions into a generic format applicable across the organization rather than location specific.
• Processed transactional items such as PTO donations and PTO sell-backs.
Total Compensation Consultant March 2011 to April 2012
Laboratory Corporation of America, Inc., Burlington, NC
• Coordinated the transition of newly acquired companies and their respective Human Resources departments.
• Developed and implement standardized repeatable procedures to use when creating new jobs as a result of emerging need or as a result of acquiring new companies.
• Developed and implement standardized repeatable audit procedures for all benefits programs.
• Performed compensation and regression analysis of data to ensure compliance with EEO policies.
• Developed cost-tracking system in Excel to monitor service awards budget and expense.
• Cultivated and utilized intra-departmental relationships to develop a presentation about how to attract and retain employees with critically-needed skills.
• Performed resource requirements analysis to investigate integration of acquisitions into LabCorp culture.
• Created comparison model in Excel to analyze various variable pay programs within LabCorp, Inc.
• Created manual for Financial Analyst position in the Benefits Department in order to document and/or improve current procedures.
• Analyzed industry salary surveys used to ensure internal equity while maintaining external competitiveness.
• Implemented productive change within the Compensation department.
Benefits Analyst May 2009 to March 2011
MCG Health, Inc. (The Medical College of Georgia Health System), Augusta, GA
• Managed and reported metrics for all benefit programs.
• Provided central HR office support to Benefits Coordinators in the design and implementation of process improvements for benefits administration.
• Implemented a flexible benefit program for the organization resulting in health plan savings of approximately $1.6 million.
• Collaborated with Occupational Health, Compensation, and Employee Relations to create, implement and administer a new process for FMLA and Short Term Disability administration that streamlines the process for employees resulting in greater understanding of the benefits available to them as well as reducing the frequency of unscheduled absences.
• Advised newly hired employees of the benefit programs available to them and guided them through the enrollment process either individually or as part of a formal new hire orientation.
• Researched and responded to employee claim and/or benefit issues.
• Recognized as internal peer resource for benefit/plan related questions
• Conducted monthly benefit reconciliations.
• Served as liaison between benefit vendors and MCG Health, Inc.
• Participated in committees to provide appropriate HR professional perspectives as issues are debated and considered to ensure compliance with all policies and requisite federal and state laws.
Benefits and Compensation Analyst July 2006 to May 2009
Concept H.R., Warrenville, SC
• Established standardized, repeatable procedures for the Benefits and Compensation Analyst position through authoring an operations manual
• Coordinate and conduct presentations at open enrollment and renewal for clients’ group health plans
• Became a trusted advisor to clients by actively listening to them to design customized solutions for their specific health insurance needs, thereby increasing employee participation and creating a potentially more productive work environment
• Consult personally, as needed, with existing clients and newly covered employees
• Act as a liaison between the client and the insurance carrier to facilitate the processing of claims and resolve any issues that may arise
• Effectively initiate change within organizations through authoring clear and concise communication materials
• Manage COBRA and state continuation programs for all eligible clients and their employees
• Utilize HRIS to reconcile insurance billing statements for our clients and run census reports to prepare quotes from insurance carriers
• Perform initial audits of newly created benefits plans to ensure accuracy of premium collection
• Work closely with the Finance Department to assist with year-end reconciliation as related to benefits
• Conduct benefits orientation for in-house employees
• Design and coordinate employee compensation packages for clients to maximize the client’s hiring power while providing a cost-effective total rewards program
• Conduct salary surveys
• Developed and implemented procedures for reporting newly hired employees for our clients
• Represent our clients’ interests concerning unemployment claims filed against them as well as monitor partial unemployment claims
• Answer employer/employee relation questions and advise clients on possible solutions
• Maintain strict confidentiality concerning all client issues
• Assist with creating and/or revising policies and procedures and employee handbooks for clients
• Supervise and mentor interns in the Human Resources Department
• Complete U.S. Department of Labor surveys for clients
• Complete annual EEO-1 reports for client companies
• Answer questions regarding wage verifications
• Process background checks, notify clients of results, and recommend course of action, if needed
HR Coordinator / Office Assistant November 2005 to September 2006
Sears Roebuck & Co., Aiken, SC
• Recruited associates for the Aiken store location
• Conducted interviews of potential Sears associates
• Performed needs analysis to determine where associate candidates would best fit in the organization through consultation with department managers
• Performed new employee orientation
• Enforced employee policies dictated by the Sears corporate office to fulfill compliance requirements
• Coordinated times of delivery of hard-line merchandise to customers
• Balanced vault cash and prepared deposits daily
• Reconciled corporate reports to ensure loss prevention by “courtesy calling” customers to inquire about their purchased merchandise. Given their response, we could determine whether or not the merchandise had been delivered.
Financial Coordinator October 2003 to September 2005
First Presbyterian Church, Aiken, SC
• Allocated weekly contributions to designated funds
• Delivered weekly deposits
• Managed accounts payable
• Processed payroll
• Filed quarterly wage and tax statements
• Processed stock donations to the church
Accountant December 1996 to June 2002
S.C. Telco Federal Credit Union, Greenville, SC
• Led daily back office operations
• Enforced the credit union’s returned sharedraft policies
• Managed accounts payable
• Performed user acceptance testing on sharedraft and accounts payable programs on conversion to new data processor
• Engaged in requirements discovery as a “secret shopper” to learn how other financial institutions manage their own ATM machines. S.C. Telco now owns and operates several ATM machines located throughout the state of South Carolina.
• Balanced daily credit union operations
• Responsible for monthly GL reconciliation and analysis
• Expedited all member check copy requests
• Reconciled Money Order and Travelers Cheque activity
• Processed select employee group payrolls
• Administered death claims
Circulation Assistant 1992 to 1996
James B. Duke Library, Furman University
• Listened to students’ needs and offered advice on research topics for their respective classes
• Guided students to various reference materials and information sources for maximum data results
• Catalogued bound periodicals
Education
Master of Arts, Economics – May 2001
Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
Bachelor of Arts, Economics – June 1996
Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina
Certifications / Honors/Associations
Group Benefits Associate (GBA), June 2011
Member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), March 2009
Professional in Human Resources (PHR), June 2007
Phi Eta Sigma (Honor Fraternity)
Computer Skills
Significant experience in systems such as HRIS (PeopleSoft, ACS, Darwin, and Unicorn HRO, ADP, PeopleClick), SAS, and Microsoft Office Suite (Advanced Excel skills)
Activities / Community Involvement
Freelance Musician: Percussion Performance
• Aiken Community Band, 2002 to 2007
• Savannah River Winds, January 2003 to 2011
• Augusta Highlanders, February 2004 to 2005
• Local churches
Furman University Economics Club, 1993 to 1995
Furman University Marching Band, 1992 to 1996
Furman University Symphonic Band, 1993 to 1996
Principal Percussionist 1995 to 1996
References
Andrea West, SPHR
Corporate Manager, Compensation
Novant Health, Inc.
4020 Kilpatrick Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27104
John Gornto
Vice President – Human Resources
Laboratory Corporation of America, Inc.
531 South Spring Street
Burlington, NC 27215
Lisa Mitchum
Director of Organization Effectiveness and Benefit Programs
MCG Health, Inc.
1120 15th Street
Augusta, GA 30912
Heather Still
Reporting and Administrative Specialist
E2 Consulting Engineers, Inc.
*******.*****@***.***
Tracy McBride
Controller
SC Telco FCU
10 Toy Street
Greenville, SC 29603
800-***-**** Ext. 2328
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