Lea Pagliari is an accomplished HR Leader and strategic business partner with many years of progressively responsible le...
LEA PAGLIARI Nanuet, NY 10954 Home 845-623-7928 Cell 845-825-3047
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Professional Summary I am an accomplished HR Leader and strategic business partner with many years of progressively responsible leadership experience and impressive record of reducing costs, contributing organizational solutions, and applying overall human resources expertise. I am skilled at aligning my employer’s vision and strategy to achieve business objectives and success. I also have proven experience in hospital administration finance for four major hospitals.
Skills Summary Recruiting and Staffing Employee Relations & Retention
Training & Development Finance
Performance Measurements Compensation & Benchmarking
Other Notable Skills FMLA, EEOC, ADA, FLSA, OSHA, Microsoft Office Suite, ADP-HRIS & Payroll, Oracle-HRIS, Payroll & Purchasing JCAHO, NYS and CAP inspection.
Professional Experience Human Resources Manager, CBLPath, Inc. (~450 employees) 10/2008/06/2011 Managed day to day human resources processes: Recruiting & Staffing: Provided professional (full cycle) recruiting in a fast paced, high volume laboratory while reporting to the HR Director. Covered staffing needs and sourced quality candidates in a timely manner. Partnered with hiring managers to identify key requirements; reviewed and wrote detailed job descriptions; researched & identified sourcing targets: job fairs, social media, affinity magazines, internal referrals; screened, interviewed and recommended qualified candidates; composed and advertised positions and company profile to attract candidates; grew an elite group of recruiters for hard to find candidates; extracted, articulated and represented a candidate’s profile to hiring teams; consistently generated quality pipeline of candidates; ensured background and previous employment checks were performed; recommended candidate compensation; made salary offer with tract record of successful negotiation and mutual agreement; tracked and monitored applicants via ADP –HRIS tracking system; oversight of new hire orientation and facilitated exit interviews. Employee Relations: Provided counseling, guidance and direction to all management in the administration, including coordination and interpretation of HR policies and objectives; adhered to progressive disciplinary procedures; cultivated strong relationships with all levels of management and staff as their business coach; facilitated and made salary recommendations for internal transfer and or promotions. Performance Management: Led and monitored performance review process including related salary adjustments; ensured timely probationary and annual performance review for all employees; and followed up with managers on ‘average or poor performance’; implemented positive corrective action plans and reviewed and updated job descriptions to keep current and relevant with company process or resource. Training and Development: Teamed with senior management and managers in developing/implementing employee training in diversity, harassment and other regulatory training. Facilitated training to small/large groups . Strategic Planning: Collaborated with HR Director in writing programs to ensure employee satisfaction and retention through employee recognition programs; polled employees on ideas to improve service and morale, incentivized employees for increased productivity; used resources wisely to ensure adherence to budget guidelines; and researched alternatives to reduce recruiting costs. Supervision: Oversight of HR Coordinator: on boarding, internal transfers, maintenance and compliance with NYS and CAP standards for all personnel files. Major accomplishments: Launched the first business coaching series for twenty five mid level management, increased employee morale, confidence; young and inexperienced leaders became more effective and proactive in dealing with complex employee issues. Hired over 200+ employees, 95% remained active, a 25% increase in staff retention; average replacement time for hard to fill licensed positions was 3-4 weeks, reduced time by 1-2 weeks. Developed an electronic document tracking system to manage the flow of paper documents to the personnel files. This resulted in 100% compliance with NYS & CAP regulatory requirements.
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LEA PAGLIARI Nanuet, NY 10954 Home 845-623-7928 Cell 845-825-3047
[email protected]
Pathology Coordinator, Continuum Health Partners, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital
09/1993-10/2008
(Dual function: Human Resources – 60%; Finance – 40%) Human Resources: Coordinated recruitment with Personnel Department; created electronic Personnel Requisition (Oracle-HRIS); liaised and reviewed job descriptions with lab managers for relevance, participated in the interview and selection of applicants; on boarded and conducted departmental orientation and exit interviews; facilitated continuing education for all licensed staff; complied with NYS and CAP regulatory standards on personnel documentation; led department wide performance and salary review; assisted laboratory managers in developing training manuals and facilitated training; participated in union arbitration meetings; prepared and calculated licensed technicians step increases based on union contracts; assisted managers in the progressive disciplinary process and managed terminations; reviewed policies and procedures for effectiveness and created new ones as required. Major accomplishments: Created and implemented an electronic document tracking system ensuring personnel records met 100% compliance with NYS & CAP standards. Finance: Responsible for department’s financial operations with focus on budget preparation, variance reporting, expense analysis; purchasing and payroll for 4 hospital laboratories. Collaborated with lab managers in the planning, development and completing the yearly budget; Gathered and analyzed data to assist in budget development; prepared monthly variance reports and expense analysis; investigated and resolved material discrepancies, conducted monthly meetings with managers to review large negative variance and developed and recommended cost savings initiatives; analyzed and reconciled all special funds; facilitated journal entries to correct discrepancies. Utilized Oracle system to record, tract shipments and authorize invoice payments and trained new hire. Reviewed and approved all payroll entries; made time sheet adjustments and generated reports. Major accomplishments: Identified $1M budget variance and resolved in favor of the department. Championed the development of an inventory cost saving program to identify inventory waste.
Education UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS, Cebu City, Philippines Bachelors of Science, Accounting, 3.0 GPA TAYLOR BUSINESS INSTITUTE Associates Degree, Business Management, 3.98 GPA
Professional Training/Certifications Fred Pryor Training Seminars Essentials of Human Resources and the Law How to Become a More Effective Supervisor Dealing with Difficult People Creative Leadership Workshop: for Managers, Supervisors and Team Leaders Managing Multiple Priorities Coaching Skills for Managers and Supervisors Unacceptable Employee Behavior
Other Education and Training PHR Eligible (in process) Member, Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) Certified Public Accountant
References: Will be furnished upon request
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