Kandi Neal
Versailles
Summary
Benefits Manager with experience includes overseeing and wide range of plans, including retirement, medical, dental, vision, life and disability. Handles company-wide maintenance needs as well as new hire and open enrollment processes.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
Work History
Retirement Benefit Manager
Kentucky Community & Technical College System
08.2018 - Current
- Manage the administration, coordination and implementation of defined contribution and defined benefit retirement program(s) system wide.
- Coordinate yearly meetings with retirement vendors to monitor health of KCTCS' defined contribution plans with assets of more than $593 million dollars.
- Provide technical expertise, guidance and instructions as a Human Resources point of contact and subject matter expert for retirement issues; ensure compliance with policy, state and federal legislation, and counsel participants on changes to their retirement plans.
- Manage the administration of the life insurance program for System which includes three personnel systems and two life insurance carriers which provides benefits for over 3500 employees.
- Management of Retirement Specialist
- Provided support and assisted retirement specialist in retirement education presentations to be delivered to employees across the System.
- Assist with open enrollment process.
Benefits Specialist
Kentucky Community & Technical College System
02.2014 - 07.2018
- Coordinate payroll deduction and vendor reconciliation; auditing; monitoring of mandatory limits; report and document presentation.
- Administrator for the life insurance program for the Community College System with two life insurance carriers and provides life insurance benefits for over 3500 employees.
- Work with dental, supplemental benefit and retirement vendors to resolve employee problems, coordinate visits and ensure proper and timely service.
- Administration of the worker's compensation program for the System Office and Fire Commission employees.
- Conduct new hire orientations for benefits, retirement and employee assistance program.
- Assist with open enrollment process.
Payment Analyst
Conifer Health Solutions
12.2012 - 02.2014
- Performed daily reconciliation of cash desk posting which includes cash, lockbox payments and daily electronic posting of files to nine different banks by payment posting staff.
- Performed the daily posting of payments from Medicare, Medicaid, Commercial Insurances and patient payments and ensuring all EOB's are posted correctly.
- Developed training manual for daily cash desk reconciliation purposes.
Senior Financial Analyst
Kentucky State University
05.2010 - 10.2012
- Planned, developed, and coordinated the preparation of financial analysis and reports including, but not limited to operational and capital budgets, financial statements, and other financial information.
- Acted as liaison with business unit financial managers to advise unit managers regarding financial position and other related financial matters as requested or needed.
- Recommended various personnel actions including hiring, performance appraisal, promotions, transfers and vacation schedules for direct reports.
- Established short-term and long-term organizational goals, objectives, policies, and operating procedures.
- Designed, established, ad maintained organizational goals and objectives.
- Recruited, hired, trained and supervised and evaluated unit staff.
- Coordinated the drawing down of funds from state appropriations for reimbursements from the eMars system.
- Produced and coordinated the development of a training manual for the new ERP system for the finance module.
- Conducted training for campus community required to use finance module.
Principal Accountant
University Of KY - Student Billing Services
04.1999 - 05.2010
- Direct oversight of the cashiering and cash operations in excess of $100 million dollars annually.
- Developed and managed internal and external financial relationships with banks, general accounting and auditors and others as needed.
- Supervised two full-time employees
- Working with management team developed training plan for new ERP System
- Working with management team conducted trainings for users of SAP cashiering system
- Served as PCI-DSS compliance officer for enrollment management offices
- Reconciliation of General Ledger Accounts
Accountant
University Of KY - Student Billing Services
09.1998 - 04.1999
- Reconciled general ledger accounts for over 100 loan and clearing accounts monthly.
- Performed Direct Loan draw downs for direct loan accounts for the University of KY and all sixteen Community Colleges.
- Served as back up to Cash Desk analyst preparing daily deposits.
- Served on RFP Committee to select banking contract for University of Kentucky.
Accounting Assistant
Rick Redden, DVM
01.1997 - 09.1998
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- General Ledger
- Payroll
- Patient Billing
- Researched, recommend and implemented new patient billing system and accounting software.
- Customer Service
Administrative Manager
Paul Sawyier Galleries, Inc
01.1993 - 09.1997
- Supervised 8-10 employees of a mid-sized art print distributor and printer with sales of $500,000 yearly.
- Responsible for recruiting, hiring and training of new employees
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Payroll
- Inventory Management
- Budget
- General ledger monthly reconciliations
- Financial reporting to owner and company CPA
- Implemented new computer system to integrate shipping, accounting, sales representatives and customer prospects into one program to enhance efficiency for company
- Developed training manual for staff members for new computer system.
Accounting Assistant
Paul Sawyier Galleries, Inc.
01.1992 - 01.1993
- Assisted accountant with monthly reporting
- General ledger reconciliations
- Served as back up to fulfill orders as needed for customers
Education
MBA -
Morehead State University
Morehead, KY05.2019
Master of Science - Public Administration & Human Resource Management
Kentucky State University
Frankfort, KY12.2014
Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration
Midway University
Midway, KY05.1994
Skills
Benefits Administration
Retirement Plan Administration
Recruiting
Onboarding
PeopleSoft
SAP
ACA
EAP
COBRA
BrioQuery
Timeline
Retirement Benefit Manager
Kentucky Community & Technical College System
08.2018 - Current
Benefits Specialist
Kentucky Community & Technical College System
02.2014 - 07.2018
Payment Analyst
Conifer Health Solutions
12.2012 - 02.2014
Senior Financial Analyst
Kentucky State University
05.2010 - 10.2012
Principal Accountant
University Of KY - Student Billing Services
04.1999 - 05.2010
Accountant
University Of KY - Student Billing Services
09.1998 - 04.1999
Accounting Assistant
Rick Redden, DVM
01.1997 - 09.1998
Administrative Manager
Paul Sawyier Galleries, Inc
01.1993 - 09.1997
Accounting Assistant
Paul Sawyier Galleries, Inc.
01.1992 - 01.1993
MBA -
Morehead State University
Master of Science - Public Administration & Human Resource Management
Kentucky State University
Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration
Midway University
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