Bob Stuart Email & Phone Number

East Peoria, Il, Us

Provides technological, business and strategic guidance and leadership to the organization. Responsible for the coaching, mentoring and professional development of Team Members. Identifies opportunities for enhancing the Technology organization’s capabilities to support and achieve overall business objectives. Successfully collaborates with various levels of the organization, including the executive team. Develops and oversees the execution of long-term strategies to maximize systems, applications and infrastructure quality and efficiency. Prioritizes initiatives and projects based on their impact to the organization, resource requirements and cost restraints. Viewed as a change agent and champion of organization's vision, mission and values. Keeps current with technical and industry advances and may represent organization with external industry boards or organizations.

Supports and maintains Workday Payroll across the organization. Evaluates, modifies, tests, and supports implementation of solutions to help meet defined business needs. Performs application configuration, setup, and updating. Evaluates new packages, releases, upgrades, and other changes to understand change requirements, cost implications, timings, and potential user impact. Recommends changes in application development, maintenance, and system standards. Evaluates and reports on application business value added.

Responsible for design, implementation, maintenance, and support of Workday Payroll globally, as well as process ownership of a global time and attendance system, including policy, operational management, connection to Workday and aligning business needs with solutions. Experienced Payroll Manger with a demonstrated history of working in the machinery industry. Skilled in Business Planning, Management, Payroll Management, Leadership and Marketing. Strong Total Rewards professional with a Bachelors focused in Finance from Illinois State University.

Peoria, Illinois Area

Manage all US payroll operations and global time and attendance solution. Ensure timely pay per Caterpillar pay practices and to consistently find ways to improve processes involved. Provide strategic direction to implement best practices. Serve as the process owner for the U.S. Payroll and Time and Attendance processes. Responsible for the implementation of PeopleSoft (payroll), Kronos (time and attendance), as well as various payroll self-services. Involved in decision making for strategic direction of payroll. Primary payroll contact for internal business partners regarding Caterpillar pay practices. Partner with internal and external service providers to identify and implement lowest cost system solutions for administering and maintaining US payroll information. Establish standards for ongoing quality and cost improvement analysis. Interacts with external service providers (Alight) to ensure data provided is accurate and also ensure improvements are consistently identified and implemented. Work with business units to identify and resolve any problems before integration of acquisitions. Manage payroll staff of fifteen payroll professionals in the execution of daily payroll operations for weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly payroll cycles. Assure timely delivery of payments and adherence to internal controls. Provide direction during problem resolution of complex issues. Assist with the resolution of problems with internal business partners. Coach, mentor and develop staff of both salaried and management employees. Execute behaviors and tasks to support Caterpillar leader expectations. Responsible for all personnel issues and performance evaluation of subordinates. Often confronts complex issues or problems that require careful analysis and diagnosis.

Peoria, Il

To internally manage and monitor all projects and processes related to Caterpillar's qualified and non-qualified defined contribution plans. Manage and monitor performance guarantees of external third party administrator. Ensure quality service is provided and Caterpillar remains in compliance with governmental regulations. Work internally on matters regarding plan design to ensure that the plans are updated as needed to comply with new regulations as well as to ensure a market competitive benefit for Caterpillar employees. Member of internal M&A team to help integrate employees of acquired companies into Caterpillar's benefits model.

Peoria, Il

Several positions were held at Auto-Owners.1998-1999 Personal Lines Underwriter1999-2002 Commercial Lines Underwriter2002-2006 Marketing Representative2006-2006 Senior Commercial Lines UnderwriterPersonal Lines - Auto, Home and Umbrella coverageCommercial Lines - Auto, Commercial Property & Casualty, Umbrella, Workers Compensation, Dealer's Blanket, Garage Keepers. Responsible for development of independent agency force including appointment of new agencies and training of agents in state approved classes for C.E. credits. Also responsible for marketing Auto-Owners life, disability, and long-term care products.

Bachelors, Finance

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