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New York, Ny, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Raleigh, Nc, Us

Developed and implemented benefits strategy for more than 18,000 employees in the US, Puerto Rico and Canada. Accountable for compensation, benefits, HRIS, retirement/stock and HR Shared Services for multiple business units, unions, and vendor partners. Managed General Parts/Advance Auto Parts HR integration project. Supervised 18 direct reports.✔ Designed and delivered organization’s first long-term health strategy increasing employee engagement and decreasing overall cost of company healthcare by $5M.✔ Established company-wide benefits portal to streamline communications, enhance data integrity, consolidate vendors, and improve operational efficiencies to offset 50% reduction in benefits staff.✔ Reduced benefit costs $250,000 through negotiated fees and outsourced vendor consolidation.✔ Created three-year benefit strategy for two Canadian business units with 2,000 employees including blueprint to harmonize multiple plans and address rising cost of pharmacy spend. ✔ Developed and implemented multi-year health reform strategy, addressing all short- and long-term ACA deliverables. Educated executive leadership and eliminated $21M in future ACA penalties.✔ Led merger, acquisition, and integration activities for Total Rewards and HR Shared Services/ Corporate HR Teams relative to the acquisition of General Parts by Advance Auto Parts.

Raleigh, North Carolina, Us

Directed administration and compliance of all health, welfare, retirement (401k, ESOP, RRSP), recognition and relocation plans and programs. ✔ Consolidated carriers for eight Canadian health and welfare plans resulting in $150,000 annual savings. Leveraged new system to enable electronic enrollment. ✔ Centralized Leave of Absence process recovering $90K in uncollected healthcare premiums.✔ Ensured compliance with HIPAA, COBRA, ACA, Section 125, ERISA, and FMLA.

London, England, Gb

Managed all compensation and benefits policies for US, Canada, and Mexico. Responsibilities included health and welfare renewals, salary surveys/planning, merit increase recommendations, performance management administration, 401(k), retirement plans, HRMS, annual 5500 filings, and legal compliance. ✔ Conducted full compensation analysis and implemented changes to job banding, salary ranges, and geographic differentials for 1,500 employees across the Americas region.✔ Audited 500 positions and created new job descriptions. Evaluated positions for current market rates, updated for new FLSA requirements, and maintained HRIS.✔ Revamped annual performance/merit process and created efficiencies for leadership review committee to administer $30M merit eligible payroll.✔ Recommended and implemented wrap plan to consolidate five annual benefit filings.

Managed all compensation, benefit and HR-related systems and programs for this multi-state property management company. ✔ Researched, selected, negotiated contracts, purchased, and implemented HR/Payroll systems with a $100K ROI due to self-service efficiencies and systems/database consolidations.✔ Established standard operating procedures for administration of all total rewards programs.✔ Researched and recommended competitive compensation and benefits program for start-up division of company including insured programs, rewards programs, and share options.

Durham, North Carolina, Us

Responsibilities included recruitment, orientation, employee relations, leave administration, benefits enrollment, and compensation administration.