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Brett G. Schorle, PHR
114 Wilson Drive
Schwenksville, PA 19473
Home- 610-409-8025; Cell- 484-431-5251
b.schorle@verizon.net
bginer93@hotmail.com
Experience:
Montgomery County Community College September 2008 - Current
Manager of Compensation & Benefits
• Responsible for planning and coordinating all elements of the benefits and compensation
plans. Develop and implement programs to keep employees and retirees informed about
benefit plans and any proposed changes. Ensure that benefit plans are competitive with
current trends, practices, fulfill the College’s needs in the most cost effective manner and
are in accordance with the College’s strategy.
• Review benefit plans on a periodic basis and administer all benefit plans for the College.
Develop recommendations for benefit design changes consistent with College objectives
and budget capabilities that ensure required records and reports are maintained.
• Generate reports using the College’s database system to create output data for further
analysis for the College’s senior leadership.
• Provide regular spreadsheet and database analysis of benefit and compensation plans to
support the decision making process for senior leadership. Conduct cost analysis and
feaseability studies using the same data analysis.
• Act as a point of contact for all College employees regarding compensation and benefit
related inquiries. Advise supervisors on compensation and benefits issues. Coordinate all
activities associated with Worker's Compensation & Unemployment Compensation,
including representing the College at hearings and administer provisions of the federal
statutes – COBRA, FMLA, and HIPAA.
• Administer the extended sick leave program from initial placement on extended sick leave
through College receipt of medical certification of employee’s ability to return to work.
Administer the College’s Long Term Disability Insurance Program, the annual insurance
open enrollment period and the employee tuition waiver and reimbursement program.
• Manage the retirement savings plans for the College’s 403(b), Public School Employee
Retirement Savings plan and the State Employee Retirement Savings plan.
• Responsible for the maintenance and the development of the college’s retiree population
and manage the retiree drug subsidy program.
• Participate in the negotiation of agreements with the College’s unions and outside vendors
for the administration of benefit plans and manage related ongoing projects.
• Provide the College with regular and consistent support, communication, education and
detailed analysis of benefit and compensation plans.
• Participate in benefit and compensation surveys. Understanding of trends to ensure that
the College’s compensation and benefit programs remain competitive.
• Perform compensation analysis to ensure internal and external compensation equity.
• Administer pay procedure, such as performance reviews, position compensation analysis
and position hierarchy within established compensation pay grades/ranges.
• Assist in the preparation of budget recommendations for assigned compensation and
benefit programs.
Signal Holdings, LLC. September 2005 - September 2008
Coordinator of Benefits & Compensation
• Primary duties included overseeing the administration/planning/implementation of all employee
benefits and compensation for a 2000 employee company.
2. • Duties of employee benefit administration included managing an HR clerk and their duties/work
load, analyzing, communicating, providing new benefit eligible classes, transmitting data/general
contact with carriers, insuring proper payroll deduction of employee benefits, auditing and paying of
benefit invoices for entire company.
• Worked closely with the Director of HR performing special projects of a Generalist nature. Some of
these functions include employee relations, worker’s compensation initiatives, improving
efficiencies, presentations and research directly to/for senior management.
• Was responsible for producing monthly reports to analyze employee benefits costs/usage.
• Duties also included serving as primary contact/resource to all sub-divisions for
assistance/coordination of employee benefit administration.
• Other duties included annual benefit open enrollment planning, implementing, communicating,
training, and negotiating of annual renewals (with assistance of broker) for entire company.
• Compensation duties included overseeing/administration of annual company wide salary increase,
auditing job descriptions, pay grades and updating pay grade levels to match salary/cost of living
adjustments.
• Also served as primary contact to other sub-divisions of company assisting them in compensation
duties mentioned above.
• 401k retirement plan duties included general administration of 401k plan; provide discrimination test
data at year end to 401k provider, census data and administration of profit sharing plan, new
employee and existing employee 401k information sessions and communication.
• Compliance duties included working closely with the corporate attorney, broker and auditors to
manage and comply with applicable laws and regulations, completion and updating of plan
documents, contracts, summary plan descriptions, 5500 filings, providing census and data required
for annual auditing of employee benefit plans, payroll (as it relates to benefits and compensation)
and the 401k plan.
• Additional duties included serving as a resource and assisting managers/supervisors throughout
company with annual salary and compensation project as well as compensation for new hires,
promotions and regular salary adjustments.
• Additional functions included working closely with other HR professionals, payroll and finance
departments to insure proper coordination and facilitation of benefits and compensation as well as
presentation to all levels of management including executive staff and owner/CEO re employee
benefits and compensation.
Willis North America: National Employee Benefits Practice
(Previously-CGI Consulting Group, Inc.) March 2000 - September 2005
Benefits Plan Specialist
• Primary duties included auditing carrier bills, providing payroll cost reports, overseeing employee
open enrollments, sending eligibility exports to health car carriers, uploading/processing sensitive
client information and claims filing.
• Responsible for being the primary contact for clients in dealing with general benefit issues for health
and welfare plans.
• Possess extensive knowledge in IRS mid-year election changes, FMLA, workman’s compensation,
and disability regulations.
• Experience presenting open enrollment and benefits plan information to employees and HR
representatives.
Day & Zimmermann Int’l., Inc.
Benefits Assistant October 1998 - March 2000
• Primary duties included paying healthcare benefits for approximately 700 employees across 16
different healthcare/dental carrier plans.
• Responsible for most aspects of processing healthcare/dental enrollments, Long Term Disability and
Supplemental Life enrollments.
3. • Projects included Executive Medical Plan enrollment/review, 401k enrollment and payout dist.,
employment offer letters, and management of medical retirement plan.
• Close experience with Genesis and Leads HR/Payroll systems to determine healthcare/dental/LTD
deductions, refunds, and general Maintenance of employee records/files and payroll codes etc.
Education: Villanova University, Wayne, PA Fall 2006
Successful completion of Professional in Human Resources Certification
Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA 1994-1998
Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Business Minor in Human Resources Management
Language: Bi-lingual English/Spanish
Achievements:
• Successfully passed the HRCI PHR certification exam
• Working towards a Certified Compensation Profession (completed 5 classes so far)
• Philadelphia University “Commitment to a Cause” Award ’97
• The Who’s Who Among American Students in Universities and Colleges Award ’97.
Computer: Software experience includes: MS Access, MS Excel, current versions of Windows, Word, Power Point,
Outlook, Genesis HR/ payroll system, Leads HR system, dos and windows versions of Foxpro HR data base,
IBIS HR system, Bisnet HR system, Employease HR system, SAP HR system, ADP Payroll system &
Ellucian (Datatel Colleague) database/HR and Payroll system.