Elima I. Reyes
Dumfries,VA
Summary
Senior Benefit Specialist with strong expertise in providing Benefit and Worklife guidance and services on a department level. Seeking opportunity to expand and strengthen supervisory skills to collaborate with a diverse, energetic, high functioning benefits team.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Human Resource Specialist (Employee Benefits) GS-0201-13
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
01.2014 - Current
- I currently serve as the Senior Human Resource Benefits Specialist with 10 years of federal benefits experience.
- Serve on a shared service team providing benefit information and services to over 3000+ employees.
- Assigned to provide benefit services to Senior Executives and Political Appointees.
- I interpret and provide guidance on regulations related to benefit programs on a daily basis.
- Provide individual counseling on retirement regulations and procedures, clarify eligibility requirements and explain policies and procedures.
- Complete reviews of service histories; assist employees with making temporary service deposits/re-deposits and military deposits; and conduct new employee orientation.
- I provide information and guidance, on various benefit programs such as FERS and CSRS Retirement plans, FEHB, Medicare, FEGLI, TSP, and FSA.
- Establish events and presentations related to human resources services, benefits, the EAP, mid career employee presentations as well as pre-retirement; and provide guidance on leave and FMLA.
- I serve as a Contract Officer's Representative (COR) managing financial planning webinars, in support of human resources benefits operations.
- Most notably I work on a benefits team who has maintained an accuracy rating with OPM for processing retirements of 93 percent + for the past 4 to 5 years.
- I provide employee and/or their survivors with definitive answers involving complex benefits questions on CSRS, CSRS Offset, and FERS.
- Help employees of the organization make irrevocable decisions and to garner the maximum gains from the available benefits.
- Counsel employees who have qualified for retirement benefits under two or more programs, such as military retirement and Social Security and federal civilian programs.
- Conduct quality reviews on retirement packets.
- Develop operating policy, procedures, and guidance pertaining to new regulations and changes in benefits programs.
- Review potential policy changes to determine the effect on existing policies and functions and makes recommendations on procedure changes as well as continuous improvement.
- Responsible for timely and accurate processing of employee death claims, retirement code corrections under the provisions of the Federal Employees Retirement Code Correction Act (FERCCA), and reemployed annuitants.
- Provide guidance to employees wishing to make service credit payments for temporary, refunded or military service and the pros and cons of their options.
- Prepare annuity estimates and associated information for employees to make informed retirement decisions.
- Review OPFs of newly-hired and transfer employees to verify benefits entitlements, elections and options.
- Notify all new employees of benefits entitlements, elections and options.
- Prepare written material on benefits and retirement policies, programs or procedures for publications and distribution to employees.
- I have provided benefits and retirement services to other Agencies within the Department.
- I am familiar with various HR systems: FPPS, e-OPF, Employee Express, FHR, GRB, Foot Prints, FPPS Prints, and Data Viewer.
Human Resource Specialist GS-0201-9 through 12
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
02.2012 - 01.2014
- Served on a rotational program through the office of Human Resources to obtain a working understanding of the Department.
- Served on the security team, Benefits Team, Classification and Staffing.
Education
Human Resources Management Certificate -
USDA Graduate School
Washington, DC01.2012
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology, Business
George Mason University
01.2006
Skills
- WTTS
- FPPS
- Monster
- E-OPF
- Employee Express
- FHR
- GRB
- Foot Prints
- FPPS Prints
- Data Viewer
- Contract Officer's Representative (COR) Certified
Professional Education And Training
USDA Graduate School, Human Resources Management Certificate Level 1, 05/01/12
Additional Information
U.S. Citizen, Not a veteran
Timeline
Human Resource Specialist (Employee Benefits) GS-0201-13
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
01.2014 - Current
Human Resource Specialist GS-0201-9 through 12
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
02.2012 - 01.2014
Human Resources Management Certificate -
USDA Graduate School
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology, Business
George Mason University
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