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Tara Cummings

Woodlawn,TN

Summary

Dedicated professional with history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Human Resources Business Partner

Cummings Electric PLLC
Woodlawn, TN.
01.2020 - Current
  • Payments and expenditures, verify and process all accounts payable documents, resolve invoice discrepancies, and reconcile QuickBooks
  • Collaborated with leadership to assess and improve policies across board.
  • Managed full cycle of recruiting, hiring and onboarding new employees.
  • Ensure the company’s 10+ business licenses are renewed each year
  • Prepare monthly invoices and ensure they are submitted to General Contractors in a timely manner
  • Review contracts
  • Maintain Certificate of Insurance for each job
  • Construct and maintain vendor files
  • Compiled all information necessary for complete contract packages including scopes of work and prequalification’s for company and client requirements
  • Managed and operated the onsite and offsite contract administrative functions
  • Resolved conflicts with vendors
  • Provided training and guidance with new hire paperwork and verified eligibility to work on job sites, Processed weekly payroll, expense reconciliation
  • Construct and maintain employee files
  • Manage multiple projects at once, ensuring each one is completed on time and within budget

Military Pay Specialist

Armed Forces Services Corporation
Fort Campbell, KY.
07.2017 - 11.2017
  • Review military pay documents to ensure all have correct data before accepting to be processed
  • Implemented project management skills to solve multi-faced problems that impacted executive leaders.
  • Ensure all documents are date stamped then put into correct files to be processed without incident and in a timely manner
  • Review all documents after being processed to make sure all signatures and date stamps are in correct places
  • Once documents reviewed, log them into excel spreadsheet
  • Do second review on documents and upload into Corporate Electronic Document Management System (CEDMS) to keep electronic record, then log it into excel spreadsheet with confirmation codes
  • Authored daily activity, incident and irregularity reports.

Medical Records Clerk

Heritage Health
Springfield, IL
11.2016 - 07.2017


  • Maintain all files for 120+ residents
  • Make rounds ever morning to each floor to obtain all documents to be scanned or sent off for Physician's signature
  • Send off all Physician's Orders to be signed in a timely manner
  • Scan all orders into system once signed and returned
  • Scan 6 months' worth of documents into system to become paperless
  • Sit at front desk and welcome people to facility and answer telephone, direct calls, and take messages for supervisors
  • Respond to requests for Medical Records in a timely manner
  • Gather all paperwork for appeals and send off to appropriate parties

Human Resource Specialist

U.S. Army Active Duty
Fort Riley, United States
06.2012 - 11.2016
  • Supervise and perform personnel and administrative functions to support all echelon levels
  • Secret Security Clearance
  • Prepares, updates, and coordinates requests for evaluations
  • Established Standard Operating Procedures for Awards and Publications to assist the streamline of all submissions
  • Review and modify our entire policy memos for our organization
  • Implemented systems to improve the processing rate of daily status reports, awards, evaluation reports and all personnel actions
  • Report/input changes of our personnel strengths daily to include Start Leave/End Leave, Present for duty, Failure to report, Medical sick calls and other status changes
  • Prepare and maintain officer and enlisted personnel records to include in-coming/out-going personnel
  • Holding/Transferring and destroying files to meet state regulation of personnel records, using the Army Records Information Management System
  • Review records, documentation and summaries of information for further analysis and processing
  • Anticipated future shortages and discrepancies while creating solutions and procedures to maintained positive operating levels
  • From key personnel shortages to office supplies and equipment
  • Enforced strict accountability of all administrative documents within the S1
  • Tasked as the Real-Time Automated Personnel Identification System (RAPIDS) Manager to process all Common Access Card (CAC) for over 4000 individuals
  • In addition, provide guidance and assistance on applicable administrative procedures and instructions to other personnel in the office and supporting staff below our organization
  • HIPPA Certify - Review personnel casualty documents and coordinate with our medical personnel for training and real-life scenarios
  • Process Defense Travel System request (Travel Vouchers) for over 4000 personnel returning from deployment 2016 to include emergency early arrivals
  • Track and process individuals leave request and special pay changes
  • Review financial pay changes and submitted to our finance office for approval.
  • Oversaw staff members, boosted productivity and eliminated workflow downtime.
  • Documented and processed classified materials for 2nd Armored Brigade, 1st Infantry Division.

Education

Bachelors Degree - History, Education

Austin Peay State University
01.2018 - Current

Associates Degree - History

Austin Peay State University
01.2018 - 08.2020

High School Diploma - undefined

Pana High School

Skills

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Timeline

Human Resources Business Partner

Cummings Electric PLLC
01.2020 - Current

Associates Degree - History

Austin Peay State University
01.2018 - 08.2020

Bachelors Degree - History, Education

Austin Peay State University
01.2018 - Current

Military Pay Specialist

Armed Forces Services Corporation
07.2017 - 11.2017

Medical Records Clerk

Heritage Health
11.2016 - 07.2017

Human Resource Specialist

U.S. Army Active Duty
06.2012 - 11.2016

High School Diploma - undefined

Pana High School
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