Tiana Geist
Highland Park,IL
Summary
Proven leader with a record of building and growing successful teams. An effective rewards leader who invests in the development of talent within their team. Partner for leadership and someone who provides coaching and mentorship.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Director, HR Operations
Amplify Education Inc.
05.2022 - Current
- Lead execution of the HR Operations strategy, focusing on HR data and analytics, policy, and management of the key operational needs of the HR organization, including continuous improvement
- Collaborate with HR Business Partners, the Talent Acquisition team, Legal, Payroll, Finance and Information Technology/Security to implement, improve, modify and support Operational processes and employee programs
HR Operations Consultant
Amplify Education Inc.
01.2021 - 07.2021
- Assist with HR Operations and HR Information Systems across the organization.
HR Operations Specialist
Amplify Education Inc.
07.2018 - 10.2019
- Manage HR Operations and HR Information Systems across the organization
- Collaborate with HR Business Partners, the Talent Acquisition team, Payroll, Finance, Administrative staff and Executive Leadership to implement, improve, modify and support HROPs, HRIS processes and systems and Employee Programs
- Implement processes to maintain data integrity controls and effectively manage data dependencies
- Ensure processes in place to facilitate 100% data accuracy and partner closely with HR specialist functions and business stakeholders to support same
- As needed, identify requirements for additional systems improvements to eliminate manual processes and ensure maximum capability of Workday platform is utilized
- Continually review and improve HRIS and HROps processes to ensure best practices and efficiencies for all users, employees and HR Team
- Support HR team in facilitating ongoing improvements in data-driven HR processes, such as onboarding, performance management, transfers, data changes, systems
- Develop complex ad-hoc reports, as requested to support HR and business driven objectives
- Train team members, HR specialists, and others in related functional roles on new technology and process updates
- Support the development and implementation of company-wide benefits policies, procedures and practices in accordance with corporate objectives and federal and state mandates
- Communicate regularly with managers to advise and interpret relevant policies and processes.
Team Lead, Data Quality Control- HRIS
Cushman and Wakefield
06.2016 - 03.2018
- Managed daily auditing and clean up of employee data through reporting and analytics while managing a team
- Assisted in employee, location, and financial data mapping for the merger of DTZ, Cassidy Turley and Cushman & Wakefield (over 11,500 employees)
- Daily use of Workday including; analyzing and running queries of employee data for successful payroll integration of 3 separate payroll systems
- Assisted in vendor integrations for benefits and payroll
- Worked with Accenture to build BPO mapping for company processes
- Train business partners and human resources coordinators on new workflows and business processes in Workday for the employee lifecycle
- Work with IT in Workday testing environment to build new processes and improve current processes
- Attended Workday Reporting Training with Workday
- Attended Global Workday training sessions ran by Deloitte
- Assist with uploads of employee master data spreadsheets for Mergers & Acquisitions
- Run reports, enter data changes and costing allocation changes for the business through HRIS requests in Dovetail.
Human Resources Specialist
Cushman and Wakefield
04.2014 - 05.2016
- Daily auditing of corporate and property employee data (over 7,000 employees)
- Assisted in successful implementation of Workday for the US
- Daily use of Workday including; analyzing and running queries of employee data
- Auditing and processing of all data changes for US Properties
- Maintaining HR budget and processing payments for vendors.
Human Resources Coordinator
Cushman and Wakefield
07.2012 - 04.2014
- Daily processing of corporate and property employee data
- Daily use of PeopleSoft to input new hires, update employee information and benefits, as well as mass transitions of companies
- Auditing and processing of all data changes for US
- Distribute and ensure completion of training of staff on properties
- Implement new procedures to increase communication between Operations and Human Resources.
Senior Human Resources Manager
BJ's Wholesale Club
04.2011 - 07.2012
- Recruiting, hiring and development of employees in the highest grossing clubs in the company, each over 175 million yearly
- Managed payroll, scheduling, and benefits for over 300 employees
- Assessed, revised, and implemented policies and procedures
- Managed personal development reviews annually for exempt and non-exempt employees
- Coached management staff on employee relations and conflict management skills
- Developed Senior HR Manager training program and was a trainer and coach of new Senior HR Managers.
Human Resource Manager
Lowe's Companies Inc.
03.2006 - 03.2011
- Recruiting, hiring and development of employees
- Maintenance of confidential employee files
- Budget and manage payroll as well as all scheduling
- Orientation, initial training, and ongoing training of employees
- Oversaw all forms of employee compensation and benefits
- Assisted Area Human Resources Manager by conducting audits throughout the districts.
Human Resource Coordinator
Lowe's Companies Inc.
08.2005 - 03.2006
- Assisted the Human Resources Manager
- Processed payroll for 130 to 300 employees every week
- Assisted in presenting two day long orientations for new hires
- Was trained in 401k, stock options, and benefits for employees.
Education
Kittatinny Regional High School
Newton, NJSussex County Community College
Newton, NJBond University
College of Saint Rose
Albany, NYSkills
- Workday
- People Soft
- Taleo
- ADP
- Dovetail
- Ceridian (Dayforce & Source 500)
- Microsoft Office
- Skillsoft
- Percipio
- Emtrain
- Culture Amp
- Kronos
Timeline
Director, HR Operations
Amplify Education Inc.
05.2022 - Current
HR Operations Consultant
Amplify Education Inc.
01.2021 - 07.2021
HR Operations Specialist
Amplify Education Inc.
07.2018 - 10.2019
Team Lead, Data Quality Control- HRIS
Cushman and Wakefield
06.2016 - 03.2018
Human Resources Specialist
Cushman and Wakefield
04.2014 - 05.2016
Human Resources Coordinator
Cushman and Wakefield
07.2012 - 04.2014
Senior Human Resources Manager
BJ's Wholesale Club
04.2011 - 07.2012
Human Resource Manager
Lowe's Companies Inc.
03.2006 - 03.2011
Human Resource Coordinator
Lowe's Companies Inc.
08.2005 - 03.2006
Kittatinny Regional High School
Sussex County Community College
Bond University
College of Saint Rose
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