I am seeking a new opportunity in the San Francisco Bay area. As an employee benefits and HRIS professional with over 20 years’ experience, I have managed staff of between 1 and 25 people throughout my career. I have been heavily involved in the negotiation of benefit contracts with vendors directly, as well as with brokers. I have created SPDs, managed ACA compliance and both self and fully insured plans. I have been project lead on multiple benefit conversion (health/welfare/retirement) and many acquisitions. I have personally led four HRIS conversions and been a functional lead in two. I have a firm commitment to superior customer service and I strive to develop that quality in all staff within my purview. My ideal position would be a strong mix of both benefits and HRIS management in a medium to large sized company.

Benefits Program Manager @ Manage benefit plan administration, reporting to Director of Benefits and Global Mobility. From November 2015 to Present (2 months) HR Consultant @ Create Affirmative Action Plans for small to medium government contractors with a focus on Engineering and Architecture firms. Provide benefit and compensation consulting services to include bench marking and strategic design. From 2005 to Present (10 years) Benefits Consultant, full time regular employee @ Responsibilities include: Vendor relations management, issue escalation resolution, due diligence in acquisitions and divestitures, ACA compliance, functional lead for conversion to Workday HCMS, employee benefits communication development and federal and state benefit compliance. From April 2014 to November 2015 (1 year 8 months) Manager, Employee Benefits @ 3000 employees, 3 direct reports Managed annual open enrollment process during high grown period. Population doubled Spearheaded data clean-up and audit of HRIS system Manage monthly billing reconciliation Manage benefits admin services to two minority owned businesses that subcontract to MHM Manage 401k & HSA administration Updated full desktop procedures for Benefits Administration From September 2013 to February 2014 (6 months) Benefits/HRIS Manager @ Managed employee benefits and HRIS integrity for a division of Exelis with almost 5000 employees. Developed, implemented and administer in house leave tracking system. Revamped new hire orientation process to include a web based in-processing tool. Manage escalated employee claim issues. Spearheaded workflow automation projects for HR Transactions and Process Improvement while performing as division lead for Workday HCM software configuration and implementation. Integrated 2 acquisitions into Exelis benefit structure, inclusive of due diligence. Managed integration of 2,000 employee re-organization for Benefits and HRIS. HRIS/Benefits lead on 400 employee system conversion. SCA tracking and administration. Manage staff of three. Have had experience managing the benefits for the 9 unions currently under the Information Systems division of Exelis. From June 2008 to October 2013 (5 years 5 months) Benefits/HRIS Manager @ Managed Benefits & HRIS. Implemented new employee self service plan. Company began to divest divisions. From September 2005 to June 2008 (2 years 10 months) Benefits/HRIS Manager @ Managed benefit plans, 3 employees and implemented an HRIS. Handled AAP, EEO1/VETS-100 reporting. Implemented a compensation structure. Wrote leave policies. From June 2001 to August 2005 (4 years 3 months) Benefits Manager @ Managed benefit plans From March 1999 to April 2001 (2 years 2 months) Benefits Administrator @ Administered employee benefits, liason between employees and carriers to handle and escalate claim issues. Data scrubs of HRIS to clean up data. Inprocessed new employees, conducted New Hire Orientation for 20 to 30 new hires weekly. Outprocessed terminated employees. Handled disability claims. Etc. From August 1998 to February 1999 (7 months) Benefits and Compensation Administrator @ open enrollment, claims escalation issues, vendor management, compensation administration, data entry, applicant tracking, invoice reconciliation and payment. From 1996 to 1998 (2 years)

BBA, Business, Marketing @ James Madison University From 1992 to 1994 Associate's degree, Business Administration and Management, General @ Piedmont Virginia Community College From 1989 to 1992 Heather CEBS is skilled in: HRIS, Employee Benefits, New Hire Orientations, Benefits Administration, Employee Relations, Onboarding, Deferred Compensation, FMLA, Performance Management, HR Policies, Talent Management, PeopleSoft, Recruiting, Talent Acquisition, Human Resources