Human Resource Business Partner - Paychex
(2022-10 - 2026-05)
- Advised business leaders on complex multi-state specific employment law, significantly reducing organizational risk and enhancing HR governance.
- Conducted employee relations investigations with discretion and efficacy, delivering solutions that balance legal integrity with employee trust and retention.
- Partnered with leadership to design data-informed compensation strategies; analyzed bench marking data to ensure equity, market alignment, and internal consistency.
- Authored and launched policies such as onboarding, remote work, and performance evaluations, streamlining HR processes and enhancing team effectiveness.
Human Resource Manager - Urban Surfaces
(2021-06 - 2022-06)
- Manage all day-to-day HR related activities to ensure compliance with company policies and employment law (local ordinances, state and federal). Responsible for multi-state bi-weekly payroll of 100+employees, monthly commission payouts, 401K contributions, and year-end bonuses.
- Recruited C-Suite talent during The Great Resignation period by being persuasive, highlighting key elements of the organization and developing strategic sourcing strategies.
- Monitored organizational climate, employee sentiments, trends, and developments in labor relations, to proactively implement improvements to existing polices and procedures.
- Optimized leadership performance with workforce by enforcing HR consultant style methods to coach behaviors that are aligned with company core values.
Senior Human Resource Specialist - RTC of Southern Nevada
(2019-10 - 2021-05)
- Responsible for benefits, compensation, and insurance for 350+ employees by collaborating with multiple departments. (Finance, Payroll, IT and Legal) Developed new Open Enrollment rollout for plan year 2021 with an 80% attendance by employees. Calculated all benefit deductions, retroactive deductions, and retirement catchups for plan year 2020 and 2021.
- Bi-weekly meetings with C-Suite and HR to discuss business acumen, P&L accountability, gaps between workforce and leadership accompanied with SWOT analysis to understand threats, opportunities, trends, and position in market.
- Maintained a high volume of LOA cases by providing clear communication to workforce and remaining up to date on ADA, FMLA, PDL, and interactive process by utilizing educational tools such as webinars from employment law firms and HR CalChamber.
- Galvanized management teams by active listening and providing sound recommendation to mitigate risk and propel company culture and values.
Payroll/HR Administrative Coordinator - University of California Riverside (UCR)
(2016-03 - 2019-10)
- Processed all LOA claims and provided all educational tools needed to support employees and mitigate risk for organization.
- Reviewed, analyzed, and verified payroll for 550 employees in Workday for accuracy and made necessary adjustments through established procedures.
- HR call-center environment with up to 75+ calls a day. To add, counseling workforce on company policies by being an effective communicator and provided needed recommendations when requested by staff and escalating when situations arise outside of scope.
Human Resource Generalist - Target Distribution Center
(2012-12 - 2016-03)
- Responsible for maintaining: PeopleSoft, Workday, corrective actions, submission of quarterly statuses, terminations, headcount report, attrition, and month-to-date hires for over 1,000 team members weekly and providing results to Senior Executives.
- Weekly payroll reconciling for 200+ team members, and all LOA communication, continuous and intermittent leave to operations.
- Experienced working with hiring managers in the development of job descriptions, effective interviewing, formulating job offers and establishing metrics to track the effectiveness and meeting compliance regulations in recruiting.
