King's College London, U. of London

University of California, Los Angeles

Human Resources Manager at Putnam Associates

Greater Boston

HR operations: manage all aspects of HR for consulting firm across four offices in the US and UK
- Employee onboarding, orientation, training, offboarding
- Payroll management: process payroll runs for US and UK offices
- Benefits administration: review annual benefits plans, administer plan renewal and open enrollment, manage communication with staff
- Visa processing: process visa applications and petitions

Performance management and development: drive ongoing performance management and career development processes for consulting team members

Recruiting: full cycle recruiting for consulting and operations staff

Staffing: allocate staff to firm projects, ensuring well-structured and balanced teams that can deliver against the project objectives

Training: assist in planning and attending employee training programs

Employee Engagement: participate in engagement committee, organize firm-wide events to boost employee morale and well-being

Putnam Associates

Human Resources Manager

Business operations: efficiently administer operations for over 100 employees across four offices
- Financial administration: maintain multiple databases to track company projects, clients, budgets, and staffing
- Assist in troubleshooting IT, phone, and AV systems

Executive assistance: support upper level management
- Manage and distribute project pipeline and staffing spreadsheets for weekly partner meetings
- Draft and submit statements of work for project proposals to external clients
- Oversee calendar and travel management, setup of onsite and offsite meetings, and reconciliation of expenses for multiple partners

Executive Assistant

HR and recruiting initiatives: assisted in administering all areas of Human Resources
- Recruiting: coordinated interviews with candidates and hiring teams, interviewed candidates for cultural fit, created interview packets for interviewers and benefits packets for candidates
- Onboarding: set up meetings and trainings for new hires, assisted in benefits administration, served as point of contact for new hires
- Assisted in other HR projects as needed: organizational charts, employee orientation programs, creating materials for HR meetings

Event coordination & employee relations: cultivated a thriving company culture with numerous team building activities and events, including holiday parties, happy hours, and seasonal company outings

Office management: performed all administrative functions as employee #3 of a startup company that grew to over 150 employees
- Facilities administration: located and set up multiple office and laboratory spaces as company grew, coordinated two office relocations
- Office setup: created and maintained relationships with catering, mailing & shipping, and office supply vendors; created and maintained database and templates for expense filing, meeting materials, and company correspondence

Leadership: trained and assisted office receptionist to ensure smooth running of daily operations

Executive assistance: supported multiple C-level executives with calendar management, travel coordination, and reconciliation of expenses

Website maintenance: point person for updating and formatting content on company website
- Collaborated with external PR firm for backend fixes for website

Lina Zhong

Lina Zhong