Nancy Elias
Director Of Human Resources
New York,NY
Summary
Accomplished Executive Director of Human Resources offering 10 years of comprehensive experience developing HR functions, cultivating positive work environment and collaborating with all levels of management. Expertise in planning and managing employee and labor relations and developing and communicating company-wide policies and procedures. Goal-oriented and personable professional committed to improving talent acquisition and increasing organizational effectiveness.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
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1
Language
1
1
year of post-secondary education
Work History
Human Resource Director (Dual Role)
Zabar's & Co Inc.
New York, NY.
01.2019 - Current
- Interact with 15 departmental managers to interpret and establish adherence to HR policies and procedures, raising manager awareness by 80%.
- Assessor of allegations/complaints of employee misconduct, led by investigations to determine if allegations are substantiated, and provide confidential reports which corrective action and turnover cost by 50% each.
- Conduct annual open enrollment, recruitment, communication, and election procedures from COBRA, HRA, etc. and educate employees about benefit programs, increasing benefit usage by 95 percent.
- Manage selection of benefits program; oversee processing of claims; obtain and evaluate bids for benefit contracts, and develop and run educational programs on benefits saving average of $35k per plan year.
- Generate visual dashboard of documents and cost analysis for collective bargaining agreement negotiations, economizing $100k+ on each contract.
- Ensure compliance of CBA of 150+ employees, including recruitment and selection, disciplinary actions, grievances, job classification and compensation, and leave, health, and welfare benefits.
- Plan, manage, and analyze pandemic safety and leave requirements for employers and employees, resulting in 100% on-time adherence.
- Created full-cycle course of ACA Forms 1095C/1094C, 1094B/1094B, cut $480K in expenses since employer reporting began in 2016.
- Implemented training programs for managers, compliance with CBA, administrative information sessions for accounting and payroll staff, and sexual harassment and safety. Reduced employee complaints and litigation costs dramatically due to 65% more positive workplace.
- Continued development of opportunities for automation, reduction of manual processes, and simple methods to enhance accuracy and completeness reducing 75% of human error.
Assistant Controller (Dual Role)
Zabar's & Co Inc.
New York, NY
02.2019 - Current
- Produce monthly bank reconciliations for 10+ accounts
- Provide support for 25+ yearly audits by gathering documents and serving as liaison with external auditors
- Budget reports, including Monthly Profit and Loss, Department Payroll Cost Percentage to Sales, and Store Gross Net Profit
- Assign work to10+ accounting staff members
- Coordination of profit-sharing census schedules; calculation of employer matches and discrimination tests; establishment of employee compliance codes; and participation in related audits
- Prepare tax forms and payments for paid family leave, disability benefits, and FUTA
- Process payroll taxes, specifically NYS-45, 941, Schedule B, Worksheet, and MTA-305
Human Resource Administrator
Zabar's & Company
New York, NY
06.2012 - 01.2019
- Organize employee recruitment, placing advertisements; liaising with department managers to screen and interview candidates; extending job offers, new employee orientations; monitoring employee relations counseling, and exit interviews
- Represented company in all Unemployment inquiries, including Notices of Entitlement, Potential Charges, and Unemployment Hearings. Maintaining 99% win rate
- Verify annual merit and performance-based increases are implemented for over 300+ union and non- represented employees.
- Year-end analysis of payroll accounts and GL adjustment entries
- Transformed HR from administrative function to key member of executive management team
- Streamlined HR to maximum efficiency
- Increasing accuracy and response time by restructuring HR functions, automating processes using HRIS, and bringing previously outsourced tasks in-house, saving 70% in recruitment costs
- Navigated 3 payroll migrations, successfully, including lowering payroll expenses by negotiating contracts that saved $250k since 2012.
Human Resource / Payroll Administrator
Zabar's & Company
New York, NY
09.2008 - 06.2012
- Inform current and prospective employees about policies, job duties, working conditions, wages, and opportunities for advancement, raising retention by 68%
- Guarantee timely and accurate processing of payroll transactions, including salaries, benefits, garnishments, taxes, pay rate changes, new hires, terminations, and other deductions.
- Coordinate leave and accommodations (FCRA, WC, FMLA, ADA, STD, PFL) for all employees along with helping them complete paperwork and understand their rights.
- Managing all aspects of workers' compensation administration; handling all employee reports of injuries; is primary point of contact for answers to questions and coordination of benefits for injured employees
- Completed injury forms C-2, C-11, C-240, OSHA forms 300 and 300A
- Improved productivity by 35% by clearing backlog of work and revamping outdated processes in HR/Payroll
- Reduced work-related injuries by 4% through developing and implementing creative strategies to increase employee awareness of importance of workplace safety.
Education
BBA - Business Management
Monroe College
The Bronx, NY 01.2008 - 01.2009
Skills
Workforce improvements
Payroll coordination
Performance Appraisals
Compensation and benefits
Labor relations
Labor negotiations
Contract Negotiation
PPE Compliance
Preparing financial statements
Budget administration
Account Reconciliation
Timeline
Assistant Controller (Dual Role)
Zabar's & Co Inc.
02.2019 - Current
Human Resource Director (Dual Role)
Zabar's & Co Inc.
01.2019 - Current
Human Resource Administrator
Zabar's & Company
06.2012 - 01.2019
Human Resource / Payroll Administrator
Zabar's & Company
09.2008 - 06.2012
BBA - Business Management
Monroe College
01.2008 - 01.2009