Andrew Schechter Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

• Develop, implement, and maintain companywide human resources, payroll and HRIS policies & procedures
• Support and make recommendations to the company leadership team on strategic business plans and objectives
• Responsible for all compensation programs and compensation analysis including updating management on updates to compensation laws and trends
• Ensure compliance with all federal and local laws and regulations, including compliance reporting such as EEO-1
• Create and manage HR & Payroll department financial annual budget
• Manage HR & Payroll related vendor and broker relationships and respective contracts

New York, NY, US

• Develop, implement, and maintain companywide human resources policies & procedures
• Support and make recommendations to company leadership team on strategic business plan and objectives
• Responsible for all compensation programs and compensation analysis including updating management on updates to compensation laws and trends
• Ensure compliance with all federal and local laws and regulations, including compliance reporting such as EEO-1
• Create and manage HR department financial annual budget
• Manage HR related vendor and broker relationships and respective contracts

New York, New York, US

• Lead all aspects of the HR function for an organization with locations in New York, Brussels, Santiago, Chile, Shanghai and Singapore.
• Established partnerships with all staff through effective counsel on HR and other operational issues
• Coach and advise managers through in aspects of management including setting job accountabilities and goals, delivering performance appraisals, performance improvement counseling and staff development
• Responsible for programs aimed at optimizing employee morale, communication, and teamwork
• Instituted INTA’s first online performance appraisal process.
• Completed a review of compensation, benefits and total rewards for all INTA positions.

• Act as HR expert and project manager for compensation update
• Work closely with HR and senior management to evaluate instructor and director job titles
• Select market data that best matches ELS needs, match ELS jobs to market place and perform market analysis
• Proposed revisions to starting pay rates and salary caps that ensured pay decisions align with company compensation philosophy
• Develop Total Rewards communication plan

Eagan, Minnesota, US

• Lead an HR function of two in June 2010 that supported an organization of 350 employees which grew to over 750 employees by July of 2015.
• Advised management on all facets of HR.
• Successfully provided counseling and support to management on a wide range of employee issues ranging from work force planning and training to management coaching.
• Guided the HR function through 4 different acquisitions affecting over 300 employees
• Managed the compensation impact of Mergers and Acquisitions
• Accountable for the interpretation and design of all compensation policies, processes

Schaumburg, IL, US

• Investigated over 60 harassment or discrimination claims and brought them to a successful conclusion.
• Client base included 550 employees in 8 schools across 5 states
• Advised employees up to school Presidents & corporate executives in 8 schools from Boston to Washington, DC.
• Headed the HR effort to close 14 schools which included issuing severance agreements, retention bonus programs and an outplacement program for approximately 1500 employees
• Successfully closed 14 schools with no employee relations legal incidents from non-union schools
• Conducted arbitrations and grievances in the Company’s only union school.

Parsippany, New Jersey, US

• Advised management on all facets of human resources in an organization of more than 350 employees
• Primary in-house resource for employment law issues.
• Created Employee Satisfaction Survey Program.
• Successfully implemented Company job description program
• Responsible for processing Visas, Green Cards, Work Permits and Trade NAFTA Letters
• Created the Company Affirmative Action Program

San Diego - US | Tokyo - JP, US

New York, NY, US

Atlanta, GA, US