Summary

• Highly dedicated and committed HRProfessional with proven managerial, functionaland technical skills including leadership, decisiveness, flexibility, sound business judgment, and highly developed personal, analytical and communication skills. Proven success establishing HR policies, procedures, and programs that aligns with organizational objectives. Expert in process formulation, talent acquisition, talent development and employee relations.
• 6 Years Human Resources Experience.
• Functional experience in performing Compliance duties, recognizing key risks and controls.
• Proven ability to work as a SharePoint User, Contributor, Designer and Administrator.
• 5 years technical recruiting experience utilizing various search engines Monster, Dice, Indeed, Career Builder, etc. and social media sites LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Skype, Etc. to identify viable candidates.5 years HR Generalist and 1 year as an HR Manager experience.
• Managed 25-35 requisitions.Maintaining average of 3-5 placements per month.Maintaining average of 75 for resumes selected for interviews vs. resumes submitted.Recruited various Engineers, Developers, Administrators, Cyber Security Personnel, Project Mangers, Program Managers, and Architects.
• Acted as a Senior Member/Leader within the Human Resources Department.
• Good team player and excels in fast-paced and time sensitive environments. Proven ability to work in big and small team environments organize and work independently on multiple assigned tasks/projects and complete assignments with specified deadlines.
• Proven ability to take new assignments and providing solutions before deadline and meeting the expectations of the clients by satisfying their needs. Excellent communication and time management skills.
• Complete understanding of federal and state laws including ERISA, HIPAA, COBRA, FMLA, etc.

Areas of expertise

ProfessionalExperience

Confidential

Sr. HR Technical Specialist

Responsibilities

Administrative Support/Human Resources Management

Serve as NIJ's Administrative Officer AO . Work in partnership with HR/OA Office of Administration and NIJ staff to expertly and expeditiously fill position vacancies, including position description development and review. Prepare paperwork to initiate recruitment actions. Review AVUE recruitment actions for accuracy and efficiency. Manage the in-processing and out-processing of NIJ employees, on-site contract staff, detailees, IPAs, and interns. Process requests for DOJ credentials and security clearances. Review and process training requests in LearnDOJ. Serve as backup coordinator for NIJ Freedom of Information Act FOIA requests, providing responsive documents by established deadlines. Created and maintained Employee Information Database using MS Access for internal use to keep record of all employee related information.

Compliance Monitoring/Risk Management

Serve as NIJ Compliance Officer. Review NIJ internal processes and procedures for compliance with OJP policies and procedures, OMB requirements, and other applicable laws and regulations. Review applicable policies, procedures, requirements and regulations to clearly understand these documents and speak authoritatively regarding their content.Review audit findings and recommendations to ensure that NIJ follows through with steps agreed to for resolution.Recommend processes to bring NIJ into compliance with applicable policies, procedures, requirements and regulations, identifying any deficiencies to be addressed. Develop standard operating procedures documents SOP to memorialize steps to effectively mitigate risk for the Institute. Communicate with NIJ staff the steps necessary to maintain compliance with the various rules and regulations, and work with management to develop new procedures documents, where needed. Provide input to NIJ-related audits. Recommend actions/processes to mitigate risk for NIJ, and audit NIJ records electronic and paper to ensure compliance. Provide training to NIJ staff, as needed, to ensure compliance and mitigate risk. Serve as liaison with OJP support offices to answer questions regarding NIJ practices and resolve any issues that arise. Serve as primary point of contact for NIJ Freedom of Information Act FOIA requests.

SharePoint Contributor, Designer and Administrator

Establish a policies and procedures repository on SharePoint to house all NIJ process related documents, keeping these documents up to date and referencing appropriate OJP documents.Create workflows, create custom pages, and create lists and libraries in SharePoint 2010. Manage user permissions, troubleshoot when needed on user permission issues and user access issues. SharePoint administration permissions, new users, lists, libraries.Designed and maintained Agency website portal.Involve in the design, set up and creation of SharePointportal for NIJ. Responsible for working with end users to define and document requirements, for designing, developing, and testing solutions to meet these requirements. Customize web applications, site pages, web parts, and list forms.Configured and maintain document libraries, lists, site columns and site collections.

Confidential

Human Resource Manager

Responsibilities

• Managed the effective implementation of human resources HR initiatives, policies and procedures, including compliance, employee onboarding and exiting, new hire orientation, performance management, training, benefits and compensation, affirmative action planning and handling unemployment benefits.Worked proactively with our management team to respond to HR issues and to recommend ongoing preventative actions. Served as a link between management and employees by handling questions, interpreting and administering contracts and helping resolve work-related problems.
• Responsible for employee benefits including medical, dental vision, PTO, 401K etc.Collaborate with managers to develop short and long term HR strategies and solutions designed to achieve optimal departmental performance and organizational effectiveness. Advise on employment statutes, rules, regulations, and policies affecting team members.
• Manage employee new hire, benefits and exit record. Prepare and maintain accurate records, files and reports, including responsibility for maintaining personnel records.
• Managed full life cycle of recruitment including: evaluation, sourcing, pre-screening, phone interviews, in-person interviews, technical testing, reference check, generating offer letters, background checks,and on-boarding and communicating with candidates.

• Managed hiring process including developing job descriptions and job advertisements, and sourcing, screening, and interviewing candidates.
• Developed and implemented staffing plan that defines how the company should be organized and staffed.
• Worked closely with proposal teams and helped them with staffing plans.

Confidential

Responsibilities

• Managing payroll, general ledger and final balance sheet entries for clients using QuickBooks.
• Manage the payroll on weekly, bi-weekly and monthly basis.
• Responsible for preparing and resolving queries regarding paychecks.
• Responsible for handling inventory on monthly basis, closing of books of records, data entry, bank reconciliation, journal entry adjustments, accounts receivables and payables.

Confidential

Human Resource Associate

Recruiting Payroll Responsibilities

• Maintain HR records into PeopleSoft: new hires, payroll, terminations, benefit information, status changes, etc.Collecting, analyzing, updating and reconciling payroll and benefit data on daily, weekly and monthly basis.
• Reviewing timesheets for days/hours worked. Creating and disseminating timesheets for regular, temporary, and substitute employees.
• Creating and maintaining a database to organize, collect and retrieve data.
• Working on IT and non-IT Job requirements. Responsible for handling the entire recruitment cycle from Middle to senior level.
• Effectively recruited candidates through Internet research, internal database, cold calling, referrals, networking, job fairs, and other strategies. Used various mediums like job portals Social networking sites like LinkedIn for screening the resumes. Working on multiple job requirements on the same day.
• Evaluating, Screening and Coordinating interviews of the skilled candidates. Scheduling conducting interviews of the potential candidates.
• Posting Advertisements and Mass Mailing through job portals.
• Following up with the candidates before after they join the company.
• Lead HR of an Information Technology Company for process documentation and policy formulation, talent acquisition and retention.

Software skills:

HR, Payroll Analysis software: PeopleSoft HRMS , ADP, QuickBooks, Paychex Total Solution, Paychex Timekeeping

Office Software: All Microsoft office products MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access , SharePoint2010

Federal Systems Used:Avue, LearnDOJ, Grants Management System GMS , AMA, SharePoint Portal

Technical skills:Java, Core Java, J2EE, JavaScript, Servlets, XML, EJB, Threads, JDBC, HTML