1. Katherine Barber
Profile
An experienced Administrator with excellentknowledgeof Risk and Compliance, Human Resources,Recruitment, Customer
services, Education,Training and Sales.I ama highly organized and professional individual who always strives to achievethe best
results as well as having theability to managemy own time by prioritizing and usingmy initiative.I am a self-motivated and
positiveindividual, and amalways looking for new challenges atwork and in my sparetime. I actively look to take on new tasks and
more responsibilities.
Career Progression:
KPMG March 2014 – Present – Compliance Officer
KICS Team – Compliance Officer
Maintain the KICS mailbox and ensure all emails are answered within 24 hours
Allocating work and providing guidance to all Non Partner regarding their KICS accounts
Ensuring breaches are identified and are escalated in the correct manner
Taken ownership and carry out PCA’s on Non-Partners
Where a SEC breach is identified to notify the correct Senior Management teams and ensure confidentiality is maintained
Provide KICS advice and support to all Non-Partners
Review all KICS process manuals and updated to ensure that they were accurate and up to date
Carry out the weekly KICS processes and report any discrepancies to my manager
To ensure that any KICS processes associated with the KICS data is up to date and accurate
Liaise with Global KICS team to ensure that there are on-going updates with the system
Good knowledge of the E&I policies along with an expert knowledge of HR
Ethics and Independence team – Compliance officer
Send out new E&I training to new joiners, Secondee, Graduates and re-joiners and ensure they complete within the
timeframe
Ensure that the correct E&I training is allocated to the correct grade and function for that role
Review any new External Activities that are sent in to the mailbox and review against the Decision trees
Develop and maintain a strongworking relationship with the PeopleCentre and the business with any E&I queries regarding
new-joiners, secondee, graduates and re-joiners
Ensuring breaches are identified and are escalated in the correct manner
Review the PC check on a daily basis and send to the appropriate teams.
Allocating and maintain the mailboxes ensuring we are in line with the SLA’s
Provide information on results on a monthly basis
KPMG March 2010- March 2014- HR Assistant
Provide HR advice and support to over 100 maternity ladies by taking ownership with their maternity leave from their
commencement through to when they return to work
Expert knowledge of the Maternity process and Flexible working process and able to provide suitable advice to the
clients and business where necessary ensuring that the best possible option is chosen
Process all Maternity, Flexible Working, Paternity leave and Parental leave within the required SLA’s and send template
correspondence to all parties as well identifying employees’ eligibility for each process
Update the data on SAP HR, ensuring thatall thedata is accurateand up to date
Communicate to the relevant parties on any information regarding the Maternity Leave and Flexible working process
where necessary
Develop and maintain a strong client relationship with the PeopleCentre clients, HRAT, HR Managers, Finance, and Payroll
have a wide knowledge of all KPMG HR policies and practice so that queries can be resolved at the first point of contact
and keep up to date with any policy or process changes
Innovative thinking on how current processes can be changed so that we build client relationships and add value to our
current service i.e Paternity Leave, IVF process and People Portal
Attend the Back in Business workshop and being able to present confidently to the group on issues regarding PML’s,
Flextra, Maternity Leave and Flexible working process
Good understanding of the Sickness policy and responsible for providing monthly sickness letters to HRAT by pulling
data from the monthly sickness report and ensuring that all information is accurate before pay-roll cut off
Expert on MyPD and Dialogue and able to pull data from both systems and able to answer any ad-hoc queries over the
phone and via email with the SLA’s
2. Taken ownership on Experience Hire and Graduate Onboarding ensuring the candidate is successfully hired and all
require tracking and documentation are completed.
Applied for all 50 Tier 2 Visa’s for the Graduate Onboarding intake 2012 ensuring all documentation was valid and within
the UKBA guidelines. Provided advice on the process to all graduates and liaised closely with Fragomen to ensure all
visa’s were ready before the start of the intakes
Organised and scheduled interviews, arrangement of assessment centres, complex diary management and ensuring all
information is communicated to the relevant parties
Apply and manage the process of ICT Tier 2 visa’s, Tier 2 visa’s and COS applications (in-country and out-of country) and
answer all queries relating to immigration.
Ensure bounty payments and joining bonuses areprocessed and paid in a timely manner
Process internal transfers, secondments and resignations by updating SAP and producing letters from standard
correspondence
Coordinated the S&B letters and worked closely with Reward and HRAT to ensure that all data was correct and accurate.
Able to work under pressure to ensure that deadlines were met and all 500 letters were sent on the same day
Actively look to shareknowledge with the People Centre and wider team by seeking currentHR news articles
Search for new opportunities and knowledge building by actively volunteering & seeking new projects such as being
able to work alongside a Mentor (Vicki Trigg), GPS Survey Reward and Recognition Survey Session and The Journey to
HRAT
GIST People Service - December 2009 – March 2010 – Senior Education Support Administrator – Temporary
Responsible for supporting learners, managing the quality of delivery and mentoring their journey to achieve
qualifications working accurately withoutsupervision
Responsibilities included completing accurate enrolment paperwork and on line registrations to ensure that the
company fulfils thefunding body auditrequirements as well as OFSTED standards.
Administrateand invigilatetests ensuring thatthe awarding body standards areadhered to.
Inducting and enrolling learner,ensuring all information isvalid,authentic and reliable
ALS Training – November 2008 – December 2009 Senior Education Administrator
Diary management; scheduling appointments, arranging courses, accommodation and bookings – diary to be
maintained and communicated atall times
Pre-populating all Candidate College Forms ensuring I have the correct information and the candidate meets the
required legislation.Collating and compiling files in preparation for training courses and registration.
Booking & coordinating training sessions around theUK and finalizing all details
Working closely with the Awarding Bodies NCFE & Edexcel with regards to the courses we arerunning and the legislation
of all awards is up-to-date.
Jane Dewhurst August 2008 – November 2008 – Senior Recruitment Administrator Flame
Recruitment February 2008 – August 2008 –Head Receptionist
Meet and greet potential candidates, provide administration support to demanding Recruitment consultants and
Manager, Sending candidates interview information and preparing them for interview, creating and up loading new
vacancies on to websites, arranging the consultants invoicing is sent out correctly and preparing the invoices, generating
new sales leads and ensure the smooth running of the office on a daily basis
Kaiser Kraft – March 2007 – February 2008- Senior Sales Specialist
Receiving and processing orders over the telephone & email,providing quotes for customers by negotiating the best price
with the best discountin order to convertto a sale,ensuring we meet our daily sales target,responsible for inputting sales
orders on a daily basis viaFax,internetand telephone and handling any problems thatmay arisefromincorrectorder
entries
Hilton Watford - June 1998 – March 2007 – Senior Conference & Banqueting Coordinator, Senior Receptionist, Waitress
Organising in detail all Conference& Banqueting events by working closely with the clientand team members,
Negotiating and up selling thekey benefits of Hilton Hotel’s using my own initiativeto overcome any price resistance,
Organising in detail all Conference& Banqueting events by working closely with the clientand team members
Preparation on guests accounts and accepting paymentby cash/creditcard,Providing excellentcustomer service skills
and complainthandling,Responsiblefor checking in and checking outof all hotel guests
Responsiblefor servinghotel guests in restaurantand in banqueting facility,Acting as cashier using credit& cash sales,
Responsiblefor training newrestaurantstaff
3. Education
Bushey Meads School September 1996- June 1998
A-Level Art Grade C
Abbots Hill School September 1991- June 1996
GCSE- Art Grade B
GCSE- P.E Grade B
GCSE- English Language Grade C
GCSE- English Literature Grade C
GCSE- Science(Double) Grade CC
GCSE- Mathematics Grade C
References availableon request