Sonja White

About Sonja White

I am a strategic planner, outside the box thinker, collaborative team player with extensive experience (20+ years) in compliance, operations, human resources, employee relations, and performance management. Human Resource Management & Administration Employment Law Employee Relations / Investigations Training and Development Organizational Change / Succession Planning Recruiting Compensation Analysis / Benchmarking Fraud Systems & Fraud investigations Behavioral Interviewing Policy Development/Process Improvement Labor Relations / Operations Management Succession Planning EEO/ADA/Worker\'s Compensation, FMLA, FLSA Skilled in building effective partnerships with all levels of employees and has a demonstrated history of coaching, influencing, facilitating, communicating, and problem solving. Possess broad experiences in operations; financial analysis, sales, target marketing, brand/product development, large territory team management including 1.8 billion dollars in P/L\'s, RFP\'s, and all H.R. aspects of up to 39 branch banks and 19 locations in government sector. I earned an MBA, and an MPS degree in Human Resources, with 20+ years of hands on HR experience in the field and recently completed another Masters in Legal Studies at Trinity Law School, Feb 2021, which includes contract, employment, property, and tort law. Experience and education in; employment law, compliance, human capital management, recruiting, training and developing high performance teams. Specialties: Executive Operations Leadership Retail Banking Operations / Compliance Bank Secrecy Act, AML Financial Technology (CORE systems) on 4 conversion teams with different banks Consumer, Commercial, and Mortgage Sales & Lending Compliance Reg Z, Reg M, Reg X, SAFE, TRIAD Auditing(checklists) Regional Branches (19) Commercial Business Development Financial, Asset, and Brand Management Culture Change Implementation Onboarding/Offboarding Employee Engagement Facilities Multi-unit bank retail H.R. experience (39 Retail Offices) Vendor Selection & Management (RFP’s) Operational Support Remote Deposit Capture Teller & Mortgage Operations Account Reconciliation ACH, Fedwire, SWIFT, CHIPS Kronos, ADP, ADP WFN, Peoplesoft, Uttend, Fiserv, SAP-SuccessFactors, TEAMS, Google Drive, Plex-ERP, Paylocity 2023 Jack Henry, DocVelocity, Mortrac, STARS PeopleSoft CRM, Zoho CRM, Oracle CRM, Creatio CRM Conflict management & Negotiations SmartSafe Deposit Technology Implementation KTA Doc Management- 2021

Experience

1. Human Resources Director

   Batesville Tool & Die, Inc.

   Apr 2022 — Present · Batesville, IN, US

   Formulates, maintains and communicates employee policies and procedures to comply with corporate culture for recruitment, orientation, benefits and employee relations for Headquarters- Batesville Indiana, South Carolina, Tipton Indiana, Mexico, China.*Corporate Communications *HR Strategic Vision/Implementation *Community Engagement Plans, directs, supervises, and coordinates work activities of staff relating to employment, payroll, employee relations, benefits, litigation, FMLA, Workman’s Comp, EEOC, L-1A, L-1B Visa processes and unemployment. Improving process efficiencies with ADP Workforce Now payroll setup. Vendor selection and rollout of a sales CRM system- Creatio. Vendor selection of new payroll company and implementation.(Paylocity) 3 Company payroll management. Provides guidance to staff when necessary to reach solutions to unusual personnel issues or circumstances. Monitors compliance with divisional policies and local, state, and federal laws/guidelines/regulations related to personnel activities. Partner with department managers to provide guidance and counseling on employee relations issues. Prepares related data for responses to other forms of inquiry; reports findings to management and recommends course of action. Maintains the compensation program, including job evaluation, position classification, performance appraisals and salary increase programs. Ensure compliance with FLSA, ADA and other applicable employment laws. Communicate and coordinate performance management program. Provide guidance and counseling to management and employees. Confer with management/Department staff to gain knowledge of possible skill gaps of employees, to identify areas where employees may need better understanding of specific procedures, etc. Succession planning and strategic vision Manages and coordinates outside legal counsel work related to employment law matters to ensure efficient and effective use of external resources for greatest benefit.

Education

• Leadership Hendricks County

  Organizational Leadership

  2000 — 2001

• Trinity Law School

  Master of Legal Studies

  2020 — 2021

• IT Certificate

  Certificate in Web Design Fundamentals

  2013 — 2013

• University of Indianapolis

  BLS

  2002 — 2006

• Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering

  Certification

  2025 — 2026

• University of Phoenix

  MBA

  2006 — 2008

• University of Indianapolis

  Master of Professional Studies

  2016 — 2018