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Tara Cartee

Greer,SC

Summary

Human resource professional with experience in delivering high quality results. Extensive background in HR affairs, including, law and business strategy, recruitment and retention, staff training and development, mediation, conflict resolution, payroll, multiply state HR, experience benefits and compensation, HR records management, HR policies development and compliance. Human Resources Executive 16 years of progressive HR experience and advanced knowledge of employment law, compensation, recruitment and employee relations. Engages with HR service providers and suppliers on HR systems, payroll, insurance and training and development to promote high performing organization with efficient operating systems, professional and skilled staff and sound financial resources. Maintains strong stakeholder focus and service-oriented attitude with excellent organization and interpersonal skills to excel in multi-cultural environment.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Benefits

JTEKT (Contract Job)
10.2022
  • Ensuring employees know what benefits are offered by the company
  • Assisting employees with the enrollment process for savings and insurance schemes
  • Answering any questions employees have about their benefits
  • Communicating with insurance and savings providers to resolve issues
  • Conducting presentations that educate employees about their benefits
  • Informing employees about any changes to the benefits structure
  • Ensuring the company's benefits and leave-of-absence policies comply with the law
  • Keeping up-to-date records of each employee's benefits profile
  • Calculating what the cost to company is for each benefit offered
  • Design compensation packages and bonus programs that align with the company’s strategic plan
  • Ensure salaries and benefits comply with the current legislation about human rights and pay equity
  • Identify trends and implement new practices to engage and motivate employees
  • Conduct research on employee satisfaction (e.g., using surveys and quantitative data)
  • Renew our compensation plans with monetary and non-monetary benefits based on employee needs
  • Keep track of prevailing pay rates and make sure we offer competitive compensation plan
  • Draft job descriptions, job analyses and classifications
  • Structure compensation in ways that will yield the highest value for the organization
  • Evaluate and report on the effectiveness of employee benefit programs
  • Track compensation and benefits benchmarking data.

Payroll

HEALTHPRO HERITAGE
12.2022 - Current
  • Maintain database of personnel information and accurate payroll records
  • Conduct regularly scheduled audits of payroll records to ensure continued accuracy
  • Prepare paychecks to ensure that employees are paid on time and in the correct amount
  • Cooperate with different departments to increase payroll service performance
  • Process data and prepare tax information
  • Collect, verify, and record employee attendance, including hours worked
  • Compute wages, commissions, and deductions
  • Process and monitor garnishment orders
  • Handle employee complaints about incorrect payments and resolve discrepancies
  • Oversee the daily operation of our HR Information Systems
  • Process employee data like leaves, wages and working hours
  • Enroll new hires and enter information including contact details and job titles
  • Collect necessary data for EEO-1 reporting
  • Design manuals and document data processing procedures
  • Generate ad-hoc reports (for example, reports on turnover, hiring costs and benefits)
  • Collaborate with our IT staff to perform regular tests and upgrades to our HRIS
  • Ensure compliance with GDPR and other data protection regulations
  • Research vendors and implement new integrations as needed.

Payroll

US Solutions HR & Payroll (Contract Job)
03.2022 - 08.2022
  • Process all new hire paperwork, termination paperwork, and payroll changes
  • Prepare manual payroll checks and voids when necessary
  • Provide administrative support and tracking for leave of absence
  • Makes recommendations for payroll related policies
  • Provides training as needed
  • Serves as a link between management and associates by handling questions, interpreting and administering contracts and helping resolve payroll-related problems
  • Responsible for timely, accurately, and compliantly processing the Credit Union's bi-weekly payroll
  • Audit and process payroll documents
  • Process employee data for new hires, changes, additional earnings
  • Processes employee Time & Attendance data to payroll and reconcile variances
  • Approve and release time in the time system
  • Prepares and maintain employee files, assuring accuracy, compliance, and confidentiality
  • Maintains vacation and sick time records
  • Develops in depth understanding of payroll software and HRIS
  • Create reports on demand
  • Assists employees in registering for or resetting access to online portal
  • Responsible for month-end duties including approving HR related invoices and ensuring timely payment, submitting payroll accrual (with management approval) and general ledger reconciliation
  • Maintains vendor contact for payroll and recruiting and other HR related activities.

Payroll, Benefits and HR Manager

Century 3, INC
01.2021 - 01.2022
  • Process payroll for employees in the organization
  • Maintain personal database regarding salaries
  • Enters payroll, benefits, and related data into computer systems, and maintains information system database: enter data, process transitions, validates data, and compiles documentation
  • Checks documents for validity and accuracy of information performs mathematical calculations
  • Records, files, and distributes related paperwork and technical documents
  • Onboarding all employees
  • Collect payroll, benefits and administrative information and complies data for reports; Identifies and researcher payroll issues and recommends solutions prepares and distributes required reports
  • Serves as subject matter expert in Health & Welfare Benefits, wellness and leave of absence policies and programs
  • Conduct research and analysis, develop solutions, plan, implement, and resolve operational issues
  • Serves as a primary contact for employees regarding benefit related issues, questions, and decision regarding eligibility
  • Manages the benefits accounting process to ensure accurate deductions, vendor payments and required reporting
  • Develop educational packages for benefits orientation and coordinates all benefits-related training for employees
  • Collect, evaluate, and summarize information and trends to create customized reports
  • Contribute to the team’s effort by doing tasks as instructed
  • Create a budget for the program and stick to it
  • Analyze benefit possibilities and forecasts future expenses to assist management in making decisions
  • Identify potential benefits by researching programs and consulting professionals
  • Ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, and municipal laws by researching current rules and regulations and changes to legal requirements
  • Prepare and distribute benefit reports to inform workers of benefit utilization
  • Counsel, coach, and mentor employers to manage the benefits personnel
  • Keep track of competitive wage rates to create or alter compensation plans
  • Oversee the organization’s employees receiving information on pay and benefits
  • Select and control external partners, including benefit suppliers, insurance agents, and investment managers
  • Recommend benefit plans to management by researching employee needs, market trends, and advancements in benefits provided by other firms
  • Resolve issues and queries from employees by analyzing benefit policies and procedures.

VP of Human Resources, Payroll, Compensation & Benefits

ACM Fatz, Inc
01.1998 - 01.2021
  • Develop corporate plans for a variety of HR matters such as compensation, benefits, health, and safety
  • Mitigate legal risk to the organization through proactive training and education
  • Handling and investigating complaints of harassment/discrimination and other unjust practice allegations
  • Act to support the human factor in the company by devising strategies for performance evaluation, staffing, training, and development
  • Oversee all HR initiatives, system, and tactics
  • Supervise the work of HR personal and provide guidance
  • Serve as the point of contact for employment relations and communicate with labor unions
  • Monitor adherence to internal policies and legal standards
  • Developing and implementing human resources policies
  • Managing staff wellness and performance reviews
  • Identifying staffing needs and creating job descriptions
  • Created Health and Wellness Program
  • Newsletter weekly for the entire company
  • Responsible for compliance with relevant laws, regulations, policy requirements, industry standards and company policies
  • Direct medical providers, nurse care managers, and adjusters for work related injuries
  • Investigate new claims authorize and arrange medical treatment, develop defenses if claims heading for litigation
  • Communicate with injured workers, and supervisors regarding benefits, doctor appointments, off work restricted work and return to work
  • Prepare job analysis for injured employee
  • Prepare monthly and quarterly Risk Management status reports
  • Assist with establishing and communicating light duty assignments
  • Maintain monthly metric reporting on LOA (Leave of Absence) and WC
  • Training on Mission, Vision & Values
  • Alignment of cultures
  • Serve as Project Manager, reporting to Engagement Lead
  • Lead teams from multiple competency areas
  • Review Q/A project plans
  • Bankruptcy and insolvency taxation
  • Monitor and manage risk opportunities, including stakeholder assessment and change management risks
  • Understanding risk and apply it
  • Work closely with HRIS Benefits Analyst to manage and maintain all benefit configuration, reporting, workflow, and vendor file feeds in Workday
  • Provides dedicated leadership to all aspects related to vendor management, selection, performance assessment and utilization
  • Provides day to day oversight of direct reports and external service providers with a continuous improvement mindset
  • Develop, implement, and manage a holistic financial wellbeing program that provides tools and resources to educate employees on financial matters
  • Manage quarterly compliance and expense reviews of plans and provide an analysis of the findings for senior management
  • Coach, mentor, and manage daily work of Benefits Administrator and Assistant
  • Open enrollment for the company
  • Work with internal employees to understand needs and tailor benefits packages to their position
  • Audit expenses related to benefit payouts
  • Assemble information regarding benefits products such as insurance, 401K, and vacation time
  • Supply employees with documents related to enrolling, maintaining, and understanding their benefits coverage
  • Answer any questions regarding details of benefits
  • Report to management all data on disbursement and enrollment in programs
  • Update company records with information relevant to each employee’s enrollment
  • Communicate with benefit providers to ensure services are supplied according to agreement
  • Familiarity with government regulations related to benefit programs and the standard filings – ERISA, FMLA, COBRA
  • Responsible for creating PowerPoint slides and making presentations
  • Participate actively in the planning and execution of company events
  • Ensures the proper administration of annual compensation cycle, including MRP creation and validation, salary survey submission, Job matching process, MPA and AIP cycles and the out of cycle increase process, in partnership with KEU Compensation Lead
  • Ensures a proper deployment of benefits processes and implementation and communication of new/updated programs guided by the COE for the assigned countries in partnership with EU Benefits and Pension Lead
  • Build a full compensation and benefit framework to align with performance management
  • Responsible for developing compensation and benefit programs focused on becoming an employer of choice and creating a culture of service excellence
  • Recommends changes to ensure alignment of the organization’s compensation and benefit objectives and competitive position in the marketplace
  • Align job descriptions to compensation grades, levels, ranges
  • Drive ongoing compensation analysis with review and audit of current job descriptions, write and/or rewrite job descriptions to align with position responsibilities and to meet Provincial requirements
  • Assure company compliance with ESA and Provincial legislation
  • Review and analyze changes to Provinces and Federal laws pertaining to compensation, and reports necessary or suggested changes to management
  • Conduct research on compensation plans used in other organizations, and makes recommendations for improving effectiveness of existing programs
  • Administer the merit planning process
  • Ensure adherence to guidelines and budgets
  • Design and prepare ad hoc compensation/organization related reports to present to management
  • Work with HR/Finance in development of reports
  • Develop, maintain, and support a variety of reports or queries
  • Design reports to answer relevant business questions and communicate key HR metrics to stakeholders in an easy-to-understand dashboard format
  • Conduct periodic data audits to ensure controls are in place
  • Proactively identify areas for improvement
  • Oversight of bi-weekly & weekly payroll processing of over 5000 employees
  • Updates payroll records by reviewing and approving changes in exemptions, insurance coverage, savings deductions, and job titles, and department/ division transfers
  • Pays employees by directing the production and issuance of paychecks or electronic transfers to bank accounts
  • Prepares reports by compiling summaries of earnings, taxes, deductions, leave, disability, and nontaxable wages
  • Determines payroll liabilities by approving the calculation of employee federal and state income and social security taxes, and employer’s social security, unemployment, and workers compensation payments
  • Balances the payroll accounts by resolving payroll discrepancies
  • Provides payroll information by answering questions and requests
  • Maintains payroll guidelines by writing and updating policies and procedures
  • Complies with federal, state, and local legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising management on needed actions
  • Maintains employee confidence and protects payroll operations by keeping information confidential
  • Completes operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees, following up on work results
  • Maintains payroll staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees
  • Maintains payroll staff job results by counseling and disciplining employees, planning, monitoring, and appraising job results
  • Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
  • Remitting of taxes, levies, and garnishments
  • Managing all aspects of the payroll process, such as approving transactions and reviewing exemptions
  • Changing individual payrolls as stipulated by management, such as tax deductions or salary adjustments
  • Maintaining payroll systems and reporting any issues to management
  • Supervising personnel involved in payroll and ensuring the best financial practices are adhered to
  • Auditing payroll transactions to ensure that accounts, payment dates, and taxes are accurate and up to date
  • Creating monthly and annual payroll reports for management review
  • Ensuring all payroll systems comply with federal tax laws
  • Attending to any payroll-related queries or questions from employees.

Office Manager & HR Support

General Electric
01.1996 - 01.1999
  • Provide general support to visitors
  • Manage executives’ schedules, calendars, and appointments
  • Design and implement filing systems
  • Assisting with day-to-day operations of the HR functions and duties
  • Compiling and updating employee records
  • Establish and monitor procedures for record keeping
  • Deal with employee requests regarding human resources, rules and regulations
  • Onboarding
  • Payroll & Benefits
  • Coordinate HR projects
  • Responding to internal and external HR related inquiries.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Human Resources in Human Resources -

University of South Carolina Upstate
01.2020

Human Resources Management -

Greenville Technical College
01.2018

Associate of Science -

Greenville Technical College
01.2011

Skills

  • Compensation & Benefits
  • Ultra Pro
  • Paycom
  • ECP
  • Sage
  • Great Plains
  • ADP Software & onboarding
  • Workday
  • Dayforce
  • QuickBooks
  • Kronos
  • Retro
  • W2 & W4
  • Compliance (OFCCP, FMLA, FLSA, unemployment)
  • Training and developmental skills
  • Employee Onboarding
  • Leadership skills
  • Employee Relations
  • Human Resource Information Software (HRIS)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • Word
  • Access
  • Publisher
  • Outlook
  • Cloud networking and file sharing
  • WordPress
  • Benefits Explanation
  • ADP Workforce Now
  • Human Resources Management
  • Compensation analysis
  • FMLA comprehension
  • Employee benefits laws
  • Human resources team leadership
  • Succession Planning
  • Onboarding and Orientation
  • COBRA Administration
  • Employment law compliance

Certification

  • SHRM CERTIFICATION
  • SHRM-CP| SHRM SCP
  • Professional in Human Resources (PHR)
  • Human Resource Manager/Director
  • Human Resource Information Professional (HRIP)

Personal Information

Title: Human Resource

Accomplishments

  • Supervised team of 30 staff members. With 5000 employees
  • Collaborated with team of [Number] in the development of [Project name].
  • Documented and resolved [Issue] which led to [Results].
  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.

Timeline

Payroll

HEALTHPRO HERITAGE
12.2022 - Current

Benefits

JTEKT (Contract Job)
10.2022

Payroll

US Solutions HR & Payroll (Contract Job)
03.2022 - 08.2022

Payroll, Benefits and HR Manager

Century 3, INC
01.2021 - 01.2022

VP of Human Resources, Payroll, Compensation & Benefits

ACM Fatz, Inc
01.1998 - 01.2021

Office Manager & HR Support

General Electric
01.1996 - 01.1999

Bachelor of Science in Human Resources in Human Resources -

University of South Carolina Upstate

Human Resources Management -

Greenville Technical College

Associate of Science -

Greenville Technical College

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