Michele Cathey
Lynwood,IL
Summary
Successful human resource candidate with expertise in employee recruitment, training and payroll management. Adept at building and maintaining positive relationships with employees and management. Strong organizational skills and committed to adhering to relevant laws and regulations. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Human Resource Specialist/Corporate Services Officer
BMO Bank
01.2019 - 12.2023
- Serve in the lead role for end-to-end garnishment process administration and governance of 3.28% total headcount, including reconciliations
- Manage ongoing process of the garnishment orders of approximately 100 monthly, through the Workday portal with governance and oversight of third-party vendor processing relationship
- Provide support for all areas of human resources including onboarding, administration, background checks, employee relations, recruiting, payroll, and performance management
- Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with all levels of staff and the public
- Liaison with third party vendors to administer check request process to pay weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual invoices
- The onboarding process end to end for new staff and youth programs using Paylocity
- Terminate, rehire, and reactivate staff and youth as needed through Paylocity
- Administers and tracks criminal record checks
- Organize training programs and development initiatives to enhance employee’s skills and knowledge
- Participate in recruitment efforts, including sourcing candidates, conducting interviews, and facilitating the hiring process
- Gather and analyze HR metrics (e.g., time to hire, turnover rates) to improve organizational effectiveness
- Filed state regulatory credit report – EDGE Act filing for 2022 resulting in a financial benefit of $4.5 million dollars through tax credits for Corporate Real Estate using Human Resource excel reports - Naperville location code
- Mass Load Tool subject matter expert for Human Capital Management process
- Provided payroll administration process, training, and coordination
- Provided Microsoft Excel reporting to show volumes of garnishments processed throughout the year
- Established a shared email box with an automatic reply message for increased efficiency
- Managed and stored all Mass Load Tool templates submitted for processing by direct user access which resulted in increased productivity and efficiencies across the process and bank
- Developed training material and delivered to Human Resources team regarding Workday Mass Load Tool resulting in only 5% error rate on first pass doubling efficiency
- Created and documented procedures for each function of the Human Resource Specialist job (6)
- Reconciled and compared the general ledger versus the subsidiary ledger accrual for 9 accounts of $900,000 monthly
- US Census Bureau data reporting.
Human Resource System Administrator/Corporate Services Officer
BMO Bank
07.2013 - 01.2019
- Implemented and maintained Peoplesoft Back-Office User Interface processes and procedures to ensure deadlines were completed in a timely and efficient manner where systems were updated with consistency
- Prepared Enterprise-wide enhancements to various Back Office User templates to ensure there was a single point of contact and employees were paid accurately in a timely and efficient manner
- Instituted semi-annual audits to fulfill risk governance and compliance requirements with internal/external auditors
- Implemented bulk payroll transactions resulting in a 20% cost and labor saving
- Resulting in single transaction processing.
Human Resource Consultant/Corporate Services Officer
BMO Bank
12.2006 - 07.2013
- Provided professional Human Resource advice and counsel to various stakeholders: toward the achievement of the organization’s annual strategic business objectives
- Managed Corporate Human Resource initiatives and engaged stakeholders for compensation programs, equity audits, short term incentive plans, and base pay review utilizing the Manage Team Compensation (MTC) application system, along with BMO Pulse survey
- Developed, administered, and maintained an overall database which reduced the monthly reporting production time by more than 50%
- Consulted with management regarding employee turnover and workforce assessment
- Responsible for managing and assisting Compensation Team with business multiplier classification issues to payout 24 short term incentive plans through the Manage Team Compensation (MTC) application
- Partnered across HR to effectively design and deliver severance package notifications, diversity initiatives, officer promotion updates, talent renewal, talent snapshots, organizational design and effectiveness, and business presentations and support as needed
- Utilized People Soft systems to query together and provide research and statistical information on 8,000+ employees in collecting, preparing, and analyzing information for implementation of HR procedures and policies
- Scheduled, facilitated, and documented meetings with clients to assist in problem solving HR and employee issues and escalation to appropriate management team
- Implemented a Microsoft excel reporting model to ensure total budget aligned with total spend to enable Human Resource Business Partner team to provide compensation recommendations
- Published and managed Microsoft Excel reports utilizing Database services to achieve collaboration among business partner teams to ensure easy tracking and specific business objectives were met.
Education
Master of Arts (M.A.), Business / Strategic Planning -
Skills
- Collaboration
- Systems Administrative
- Workforce Reporting
- Confidentiality
- Compliance
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Workday
- PeopleSoft
- Project Management
- Teamwork
- Liaison third party vendor
- Paylocity
- Consulting
- Leadership
- Adaptability
- Agile
- ADP
- Cyborg
- Team Lead
Certification
Professional in Human Resource certification(PHR)
11/01/2021 - 9/30/2024
Additional Information
Exceptional References Available Upon Request
Timeline
Human Resource Specialist/Corporate Services Officer
BMO Bank
01.2019 - 12.2023
Human Resource System Administrator/Corporate Services Officer
BMO Bank
07.2013 - 01.2019
Human Resource Consultant/Corporate Services Officer
BMO Bank
12.2006 - 07.2013