Benefits Administrator

Posted on: 2011-02-02

Melissa M. Ault

6987 Justin Court

Remington, VA  22734

 

SUMMARY:  Highly skilled Human Resources Professional with a strong background in Benefits Administration in the Government Contracting industry.

EXPERIENCE:

09/2009 – Present                Temporary Solutions, Inc.    Manassas, VA

 

HR Temporary Employee

Temporary HR positions in Northern Virginia.

From 1/2010 – 4/2010 – Payroll and Benefits Administrator – Entered all employee changes into ADP PC for Payroll- New Hires, Terminations, Pay Increases, etc.  Ran weekly reports from Reportsmith, resolved employee issues and supported 1,200 employees.  Processed benefits paperwork (including FMLA).

 

 From 9/2009 – 10/2009 - HR Manager.  Entered employee data into ADP HR/B.  Processed employee benefits paperwork.  Reconciled monthly insurance invoices.  Answered employee HR questions. 

 

01/2008 – 06/2009 Garda                                   Centreville, VA

Benefits Manager

401(k) Plan Administrator-Apply Funding to employee accounts, process loans, hardships, rollovers.  Process FMLA requests, Short Term Disability claims.  Reconcile monthly insurance bills.  Approve/disapprove benefit appeals from employees.  Manage third party administrators.  Oversee and manage open enrollment for 5,000 employees.  Run monthly reports for Accounting using ReportSmith.

11/2004 – 10/2007 Log.Sec Corp                       Manassas, VA

Benefits Administrator and Assistant Facility Security Officer

Benefit duties:

401(k) administration - processing rollovers and distributions, adding new enrollees

COBRA administration

Monthly reconciliation of insurance invoices

Research and resolve employee benefit issues

Workers\' Compensation administration

Short-Term and Long-Term disability claim processing

Complete and file EEO-1 and VETS-100 reports

Conduct Exit Interviews when an employee terminates

On-line administration of benefits (new hires, terminations, family changes)

Security duties:

Update and send out Visit Authorization Requests

Enter employee information into JPAS to initiate Investigation Request

Look up and verify clearances for potential employees

Verify data on CAC card requests sign and send to government FSO

Debrief employees when they terminate

6/1991 - 11/2004        CSC/DynCorp                                 Chantilly, VA

Human Resources Generalist

Processed Tuition Reimbursement Requests

Employee Referral Program

Administrative/Productive Hours Requests

Administered the Manager/Employee of the Quarter/Year Program

Prepared and sent offer letters to prospective employees

Composed/ran reports for Managers on bi-weekly basis

Entered job requisitions into PeopleSoft

Ensured that SCA rules were followed

Duties have included maintaining/updating personnel files and HRIS system for 1,000 employees.

 Benefits administration to include COBRA, 401k, annual enrollment, reconciling monthly HMO bills,

liaison between employees and benefit carriers

Human Resources Specialist

HRIS administration for approximately 800 employees which included new hires, terminations, salary increases
Processed monthly HMO insurance bills

Conducted weekly benefits presentation for new hire orientation

Processed employment verifications, COBRA, unemployment claims

Human Resources Assistant

HRIS for 150 employees at the Corporate Headquarters

Administered Service Award Program

Processed tuition reimbursement requests

Administered the matching gift program

Maintained employee files

COBRA administration

Coordinator for Red Cross blood drives, Toys for Tots Program

3/1990 - 1/1991                TacTemps                                 Reston, VA

Payroll Assistant (Long term temp assignment with DynCorp)

Processed weekly payroll for 20,000 employees through a mainframe system which included reconciling sick/vacation leave, correcting any errors on the edit report, oversaw input of change of status forms,

printed weekly timesheets.

2/1988 - 2/1990                The CompuCare Company        Reston, VA

Human Resources Assistant

Updated personnel files

Maintained the HR database

Processed monthly insurance bills

Mass mailings to sites

Worked in the Accounts Payable department when needed – journal entries, etc

Assisted in all departments when needed

AFFILIATIONS:        Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM), 12/2004 – Present

TRAINING:

San Francisco Health Reform, Employer Obligations - February 2008

Genetic Discrimination in the Workplace - May 2008

Joint ISAC Seminar - October 2006

National Security Forum - April 2006

Essentials for Personnel and HR Assistants - August 2005

Human Resources Recordkeeping - May 2005

SHRM Learning System - Spring 2005

PeopleSoft 8.3 Training - March 2003

Beginning Access - September 2001

IS0 9000 Awareness Training - November 2000

PeopleSoft Query training class - June 2000

PeopleSoft HR training class - March 1999

Principles of HR Assistants – 1991

EDUCATION:        6/1984 – 6/1988       Park View High School      Sterling, VA       

                               High School Diploma focusing on Business courses.

SKILLS:                 Outlook, Word, Excel, JPAS, Lotus Notes, ADP, ReportSmith, PeopleSoft, PDS

REFERENCES:      Upon request