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SANDRA DENISE McCARTHY

Summary

A proactive adaptable conscientious and dynamic Recruitment Agency Owner/HR Professional with many years of experience in the Recruitment and HR Industries. Proven to be phenomenally successful in executive positions with broad-based specialist skills and experience. With 34 years of experience in recruitment, talent acquisition, human resources – 360 function, payroll, IR and labour outsourcing. Successfully run own business for over 27 years, achieving success with every challenge, establishing firm and reliable contacts within various industries

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience

Work history

Owner/Managing Director/Recruiter/Sales

McCARTHY CONSULTING
07.2018 - Current
  • HR and talent management and acquisition
  • HR/IR outsourcing
  • Outsourced, Run weekly and monthly payrolls for client, Resolution Circle, full function - head count 1500
  • Acting HR Officer for Resolution Circle:
  • Design and implementation of appropriate HR strategies
  • 360 HR Function, including 2 retrenchements
  • Responsibility for approx 100 temporary/contract
  • Set targets and review budgets for Consultants
  • Training of Recruitment staff
  • Monthly sales meetings with staff to assess their ability to achieve set targets
  • Visiting of clients to ensure Client satisfaction
  • Canvassing for new business including cold calling
  • Taking detailed job specifications from clients
  • Interviewing and screening of candidates
  • Writing of advertisements for various online media
  • Posting of available vacancies on online media, PNet & Indeed Job Portals
  • Assisting clients in identifying staff needs
  • Preparation of Limited Duration Contracts for contract staff
  • Full function - Weekly wages for temporary/contract staff of approx 100 for seconded/contract staff
  • Using VIP Payroll and Sahe One Payroll
  • Full function - Monthly wages for 9 permanent staff using VIP Payroll
  • Weekly and monthly Authorisation of release of wages
  • Using on line banking systems
  • Paying of creditors accounts
  • Debt collecting
  • Invoicing using Quick Books / Sage One Accounting System
  • Labour Law consulting for clients
  • Appearing at Council for Conciliation Mediation And Arbitration (CCMA) on behalf of clients and self
  • Responsible for annual renewal of BEE certificate
  • Submission of workplace skills and employment equity
  • ROE submission
  • Dealing with COIDA claims
  • Various ad hoc duties
  • Client Relationship Management for specific client: Resolution Circle
  • HR Officer for specific client: Resolution Circle
  • This is done on an outsourced basis


Client Relationship Manager

RESOLUTION CIRCLE
10.2016 - 12.2018

· Client Relationship Manager:

· Full responsibility for customer care of key accounts including standards and outputs

· Maintaining and building customer relationships

· Customer centric environment

· Overseeing the link between customer needs and procurement and production

· Attending production meetings

· Attending weekly sales meetings

· Responsible for debt collecting for Key accounts

· Running the monthly debtors age analysis

· Meeting with customers from initial kick start to end product/delivery

· On and offsite meetings

· Site tours of production facilities with Key accounts

· Mentoring and managing of Technology Incubator Coordinator and Business Administrator

· Client relationship duties for Entrepreneur programme

· Various ad hoc duties

· Payroll Manager:

· Full responsibility for monthly payroll – head count 1500

· Run 3 monthly paid companies

· All SARS reporting and submissions:

· Monthly EMP201

· Bi-Annual EMP501

· All DoL submissions and reporting:

· UIF declarations

· UI19 & Certificate of Service

· ROE submission – Was8

· Monthly reports for Management:

· Salary Recon report

· Employee Tax Incentive report

· VIP Premier payroll system

· Full responsibility for the Employee Self Service (ESS) system

· System Administrator for both VIP and ESS

· Check attendance from SDM system against the ESS and VIP systems

· Monitor sick leave and abuse thereof

· Recruitment for the Graduate Internship programme - bulk recruiting

* 360 HR Function

· Identifying skill requirements for Internship

· Chairing of disciplinary hearings

· Training of all staff on ESS – 1 hour sessions of approximately 30 employees at a time

· Mentoring of Graduate interns

Director/Recruitment/Sales

Decker Recruitment (Pty) Ltd
10.1996 - 10.2016

· HR and talent management and acquisition

· HR/IR outsourcing

*Day to day running of medium sized company

· Responsibility for approx 300 temporary/contract employees:

· Set targets and review budgets for Consultants

· Training of Recruitment staff

· Monthly sales meetings with staff to assess their ability to achieve set targets

· Visiting of clients on a face to face basis to ensure Client satisfaction

· Canvassing for new business telephonically and face to face

· Cold calling

· Taking detailed job specifications from clients

· Input of candidate information on Rapid Recruit System

· Searching for suitable candidates from data base using Rapid Recruit Software

· Interviewing and screening of candidates face to face and telephonically

· Writing of advertisements for various online media

· Posting of available vacancies on on-line media, PNet &b Indeed Job ortals

· Assisting clients in identifying staff needs

· Preparation of Limited Duration Contracts for contract staff

· Full function - Weekly wages for temporary/contract staff of approx 300 for seconded/contract staff

· Using VIP Payroll

· Full function - Monthly wages for 7 permanent staff using VIP Payroll

· Printing of payslips

· Weekly and monthly Authorisation of release of wages

· Using on line banking systems

· Paying of creditors accounts

· Debt collecting

· Invoicing using Quick Books System

· Hosting annual labour law conference for clients

· Liaison with conference venues regarding catering etc

· Labour Law consulting for clients

· Appearing at Council for Conciliation Mediation And Arbitration (CCMA) on behalf of clients and self

· Responsible for annual renewal of BEE certificate

· Submission of workplace skills and employment equity

· ROE submission

· Dealing with COIDA claims

· Various ad hoc duties

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Branch Manager

KELLY PERSONNEL GROUP OF COMPANIES
02.1989 - 09.1996
  • Running of small branch with 3 staff members
  • Ensuring that Consultant and Sales Rep met targets
  • Achieving own set targets
  • Writing of advertisements for various print media
  • Interviewing, screening and reference checking candidates
  • Searching for suitable candidates for vacancies
  • Matching candidate skills to job specs
  • Visiting clients at their premises
  • Cold calling and telephone canvassing for new business
  • Interaction with other branches for suitable candidates
  • Compilation of weekly and monthly Branch Manager Reports
  • Attending monthly Branch Manager meetings at head office

Education

HEALTH & SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE TRAINING FOR SHE -

MSEQ

VIP PAYROLL: VARIOUS PAYROLL, TAX YEAR END AND ANNUAL PAYROLL TAX COURSES GLOBAL BUSINESS SOLUTIONS: VARIOUS LABOUR LAW COURSES AND SEMINARS - undefined

INSITITUTE OF PERSONNEL SERVICE CONSULTANTS

GRADE 12 -

DAMELIN COLLEGE

CERTIFICATE IN LABOUR LAW -

GLOBAL BUSINESS SOLUTIONS:
2003

RECRUITMENT CONSULTING COURSE -

KELLY PERSONNEL GROUP OF COMPANIES
1989

Skills

  • Entrepreneurial mindset
  • Business administration
  • Contract management
  • Customer service
  • Problem-solving skills
  • End-to-end recruitment

Languages

English
Native
Afrikaans
Fluent
French
Upper intermediate

Timeline

Owner/Managing Director/Recruiter/Sales

McCARTHY CONSULTING
07.2018 - Current

Client Relationship Manager

RESOLUTION CIRCLE
10.2016 - 12.2018

Director/Recruitment/Sales

Decker Recruitment (Pty) Ltd
10.1996 - 10.2016

Branch Manager

KELLY PERSONNEL GROUP OF COMPANIES
02.1989 - 09.1996

HEALTH & SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE TRAINING FOR SHE -

MSEQ

VIP PAYROLL: VARIOUS PAYROLL, TAX YEAR END AND ANNUAL PAYROLL TAX COURSES GLOBAL BUSINESS SOLUTIONS: VARIOUS LABOUR LAW COURSES AND SEMINARS - undefined

INSITITUTE OF PERSONNEL SERVICE CONSULTANTS

GRADE 12 -

DAMELIN COLLEGE

CERTIFICATE IN LABOUR LAW -

GLOBAL BUSINESS SOLUTIONS:

RECRUITMENT CONSULTING COURSE -

KELLY PERSONNEL GROUP OF COMPANIES
SANDRA DENISE McCARTHY