Director Of Corporate Human Resources
Tousa
Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area
(additional roles included Director of Compensation, and Consultant during company liquidation)• Responsible for the corporate human resources function which included executive compensation, tax planning, government filings, payroll, compliance, employee relations, mergers and acquisitions. • Managed payroll department which encompassed four regions in the United States while managing all executive compensation issues and reporting to the CEO and CFO. • Prepared employment agreements for all officers ensuring FLSA adherence. • Appointed as the corporate liaison with outside counsel, investment banks, financial consultants and external auditors.• Successfully managed the HR due diligence team during an aggressive acquisition of 7 entities. Integrated company policies and human resources processes following successful acquisition closings. • Collaborated closely with all corporate departments, including legal, accounting/finance, planning, and treasury during high volume growth and geographical expansion mode.• Directed implementation of all company-wide human resources initiatives such as policies, processes, or system changes. • Partnered with VP of HR, General Counsel and Director of Benefits to establish benefit policies and create employee handbook. • Established new payroll system for TOUSA, from conception to vendor selection and implementation. Consolidated payroll systems used by the 2 merged companies into new system. • Collaborated with legal department to draft new sales compensation policy.• Sole provider of human resources services during liquidation. Services provided included payroll processing via ADP, benefits administration, preparing documents for worker’s compensation audits, responding to unemployment claims and employee-related federal government requests, closing accounts for non-operational entities, conducting research and gathering data for employee-related law suits and bankruptcy claims.
