1. Kristen M. DiVenere
43 Ethan Allen Drive, Litchfield, CT 06759 - (860) 302-0181 – kdivi86@gmail.com
Experience
Bristol Hospital
Benefits Specialist August 2005 - present
• Responsible for day-to-day administration of all aspects of employee benefits for 1200 eligible employees.
• Point of contact for benefits questions, issues, enrollments, cancellations and changes on a daily basis.
• COBRA eligibility enrollment
• Administration of all FMLA and non-FMLA leaves of absence; Short Term Disability
• Annual open enrollment preparation, communication, education, input, reporting, etc.
• Monthly processing for payment of insurance company invoices
• Monthly auditing of insurance company invoices
• Presentation of benefits at new employee orientations covering all five companies
Secretary III – Human Resources July 2002 – August 2005
• Department secretary performing all aspect of clerical/administrative duties.
• Main support for two recruiters and also assisted with two directors and a vice president.
• Sole responsibility for getting new identification badge system up and running and streamlined office supply ordering.
Administrative Support Associate, Psychiatric Unit April 1999 – July 2002
• Unit secretary during second shift performing various secretarial duties, including medical transcription of
physicians orders upon patient admission.
• Main support for second shift nursing staff, liaison between on-call medical staff and unit.
• Set up/streamlined processes for Operations Manager which were implemented to help Unit run smoothly and
more efficiently.
Homemaker and Medical Transcription May 1997 – April 1999
Hyde, Bucchi & Company, LLC – CPA firm
Administrative Assistant December 1994 – May 1997
• Assistant to one of the Partners in the firm and served as support to the accounting staff.
• Multiple office tasks; typing correspondence, reports, minutes; phones; customer service; etc.
• Organizational skills with the ability to follow written and verbal directions with multiple steps.
Martin E. Segal Company (now known as The Segal Company)
Executive Secretary/Administrative Assistant May 1987 – December 1994
• Multiple office tasks; typing correspondence, reports, minutes; phones; customer service; etc.
• Assistant to two vice presidents, one being a Consultant responsible for multiple union and municipal clients, the
other an actuary for the entire Farmington office client base.
• Took on additional responsibility for fiduciary filings and E&O reporting.
Education/Certification
1987 - Graduated Briarwood College – Associate in Applied Science degree in Executive Secretary/Administrative Assistant
1998 – Completed Medical Transcription course at Tunxis Community College
9/15/07 – Completed CEBS 001 – GBA 1 - Employee Benefits: Concepts and Health Care Benefits
12/30/10 – Completed CEBS 002 – GBA 2 – Group Benefits Management
Plan to enroll in GBA 3 - Health Care: Financing, Quality and Reform to earn GBA, Group Benefits Administrator designation
portion of CEBS
Software Skills
Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, PeopleSoft and UltiPro HRIS systems