Human Resources Project Manager

Debra Herlihy

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HUMAN RESOURCES PROFESSIONAL

Dedicated Human Resources professional with 14 years of experience managing a full spectrum of human resources programs, services, and functions. Strong command of benefits plans, compliance issues, employment laws, and employee relations.

Proven success introducing process improvements, on-boarding of new hires, consolidation of corporate and local policies, and effective training of the company’s Human Resources Integrated System.

Awards:

2011- In the support of the Integration of Advanced Information Technology onto the Electronic Solutions “ERP footprint”, I received an Outstanding Achievement Award.

2009- I played a key role in closing the action items as a result of our dependent care audit-I was relentless in getting our people to conform, and all though I struggled with corporate to get the information that we needed, in the end I got to the right place as a result of my efforts, I was recognized by the HR Department with a Spot Award.

HR SKILLS

Benefits Administration

Employment Law

Employee Relations

FMLA/ADA/EEO/WC HR Policies and Procedures

HRIS Technologies

Immigration

HR Program/Project Management On-Boarding

Performance Management

Recruitment

Training & Development

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BAE SYSTEMS- September 13, 2004-August 24, 2012

Human Resources Business Partner

• Coordination with Business/Function point of contact and share services on delivery of HR programs, initiatives to business and functional management.

• Support site executive and site initiatives.

• Resolve employee relations concerns and conduct employee relations investigations.

• Execute HR/business workforce actions and programs (RIF, EOS, etc)

• Site Diversity & Inclusion project lead.

Human Resources Generalist

Benefits Administration

• Project Manager of implementation new benefits due to the acquisition of ALPHATECH to BAE SYSTEMS. Responsible for communicating the new benefits to the employee population, and answering their questions.

• Conduct Open Enrollment Presentations.

• Point of contact to assist employees with the following benefits: Health, Life insurance, Supplemental life insurance, Dental, Short-term disability, Long-term disability, Accidental & Dismemberment Disability, Flexible Spending Accounts, 401k, and COBRA.

• Essential member on multiple transition team aligning the Advanced Information Technologies line of business to Electronic Solutions. Those teams consisted of Benefits administration, Compliance, HRIS, and new hire on-boarding.

Compensation

• Create job descriptions.

• Assist managers with the following: job descriptions, promotions, equity adjustments, performance evaluations, and annual merit increases.

• Work with the recruitment team on what job title to use, grade structure, and pulling job code list in the Human Resources Integrated System-PeopleSoft.

Employment Compliance & Regulations

Responsible for completion of essential documentation which include:

• Affirmative Action Plan

• Uploaded existing employees form I-9 into the E-Verify system. Processed new hires Form I-9 in this system.

• EEO 1 Report

• Maintain Federal & State Compliance Posting & Notice Board with reference to EEOC, DET, Unemployment, E-Verify, FLSA, Sexual Harassment, FMLA, and Workers Compensation.

• Successfully Conducted and Passed a Desktop Audit with the Office of Federal Contract

Compliance Programs.

• Vets 100

• Workers Compensation Audit.

Employee Relations

• Serve as a functional resource for employees and managers.

• Keep management advised of potential problem areas and recommend/implement solutions.

• Maintaining employer-employee relationships that contribute to satisfactory productivity, motivation, and morale.

Human Resources Integrated System-PeopleSoft

• Project Manager of the integration team, communicating this database to the employee population. Training new hires on how to use this database during on-boarding.

• Enter new hires in the database; update employee status changes, supervisor changes, promotions, etc in the database.

• Responsible for informing management in regards to specific topics such as: How to use the system, making changes, due dates of time card completion, etc.

New Employee Processes

• Inform employees on the company policies and procedures.

• Process Background Checks.

• Conduct new hire orientation.

Out Processing

• Process termination forms and conduct exit interviews.

• Smoothly engineer layoffs; provide detailed information packets for affected employees and coaching for managers who participate in the layoff process.

Recruiting

• Wok with Recruiters, and management to arrange candidate’s interviews.

• Arrange candidate travel arrangements.

• Essential member of the transition team of aligning Advanced Information Technology to Electronic Solutions recruitment procedures.

NETGURU SYSTEMS, INC.-WALTHAM, MA

Human Resources Representative/Immigration Specialist, June 1999 to September 2004

Employee Benefit Plans

• Manage the administration of benefit programs, and resolve benefit issues.

• Communicated any changes of benefits to employees.

Employee Co-ordination

• Monitored & Resolve employee issues and concerns.

• Conducted effective & efficient Employee Orientations upon employment.

• Processes termination forms and conducted exit interviews.

Employment Compliance & Regulations

• Compliant with Job Safety and OSHA guidelines.

• Maintained Federal & State Compliance Posting & Notice Board with reference to EEOC, MCAD, DET, Unemployment, FLSA, Sexual Harassment, Immigration, FMLA, and Workers Compensation.

Immigration

• Manage the Immigration Department by filing H-1B petitions, H-4 Petitions, and Green Cards, answering any employee's questions, handling any employee problems, etc.

• Develop and organize a system of recruiting Immigration for Reduction in Recruitment. Placing the ads, reviewing resumes, interviewing candidates to determine if they meet our minimum requirements, maintain original copies of advertisements, etc.

• Coordinate presentations (PowerPoint) of The Immigration Procedures of attaining a H1B Work Visa and Green Card Status.

Performance Reviews

• Work closely with management to determine annual performance and compensation review process.

• Process salary increases and maintained all salary records.

Policies & Procedures

• Maintain & develop the company's Human's Resources Manual.

• Effectively supported the communication process and understanding of the company's Policies & procedures.

• Approve & Accessed Policies, Procedures and Forms requiring processing Employee Expense and/or Payroll related items.

Recruiting

• Successfully recruit, interview, and select qualified non-exempt and exempt applicants for job openings in a cost-effective manner.

• Schedule interviews conduct reference screening and process offer letters.

• Attend job fairs and revamp internal referral programs.

MANPOWER Andover, MA

Personal Staffing Coordinator, June 1998 to June1999

• Employee skills testing

• Conducted reference checks

• Staffing and Placement

• Employee training and orientation

• Benefits Administration

• Familiarity with all state and federal employment regulations

EDUCATION

NEW HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE Salem, New Hampshire

Bachelor of Science, Business Studies/Human Resources Management

NORTHERN ESSEX COMMUNITY COLLEGE Haverhill, Massachusetts

Associates Degree, Business Management

TECHNICAL SKILLS

HRIS application (PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Resources)

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook)

Hodes IQ

Sharepoint

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