- Led a team of professionals building compensation offerings for our railroad network across Canada, the United States and Mexico to support a high performance culture.- Delivered the annual compensation process including salary planning, incentive awards, equity grants, system updates and member communications across North America.- Provided leadership and guidance on compensation-related matters including job evaluations, salary recommendations, market reviews, organization design, and career framework development.- Managed the relocation program involving in-country and trans-border relocations, with a mandate to augment the program given CPKC’s growth and evolving needs.- Supported the preparation of public disclosure materials and the administration of executive compensation programs.- Supported special projects as needed including in-country total rewards design and pay equity.- Supported the Human Resources leadership team including preparing executive level materials for the CHRO, CEO and the Board.

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- Managed global group insurance benefit plans, administrative services only (ASO) benefit plans, defined contribution (DC) pension plans, defined benefit (DB) pension plans, supplemental pension plans (SERPs), 401k plans, health & welfare benefit plans, employee share purchase plans (ESPP), employee profit staring plans (EPSP), group RRSP, group TFSA, presenting to pension boards committees.- Chair of DC pension committee to enhance strategic and practical understanding of program effectiveness at pension committees and multiple Board of Director committees.- Streamlined programs, ensuring perceived value is greater than actual cost ($100M CAD annually for global pensions, benefits and ESPP).- Utilized data-driven insights and market trends to optimize global programs while ensuring cost-effectiveness and compliance with regulatory requirements.- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to align total rewards initiatives with business goals and drive a culture of excellence, innovation and continuous improvement.- Implemented strategic initiatives to enhance employee engagement, including wellness programs, enhanced education offerings, and robust data analytics.- Developed a multi-year transformational project to modernize global total rewards including defined benefit, defined contribution, SERPs, Group RRSP, Group TFSA, 401Ks, employee share purchase programs, local and international benefit programs and wellness initiatives.- Transforming a collection of high calibre individuals away from their tactical focus toward a more high-impact, expertise-centric, internationally-minded team of professionals.- Provided strategic direction for total rewards in support of the organization’s operational and financial objectives.- Achieved $350K CAD in savings during implementation of new employee benefits interface.

- Led strategic deep dive, review and rewrite of the HR policy library.- Achieved 67% savings in company spend on outmoded HR programs by streamlining policies.- Upskilled internal HR communications practitioners and enhanced material to be engaging and effective.

- Managed employee and executive compensation programs for Canada and the United States.- Designed and implemented flex benefits program and defined contribution (DC) pension plans in Canada, and 401k and health & welfare plans in the United States.- Managed the annual compensation program including merit increases, Short-Term Incentive Plans (STIP), Medium-Term Incentive Plans (MTIP) and Long-Term Incentive Plans 9LTI), offering guidance to senior leaders and Compensation Committee, and ensuring systems and communication materials are user-friendly, informative and – last but not least – attractive.- Ensured compliance with ERISA, HIPAA, DOL, and IRS regulations.- Drove the annual benefit renewal programs in Canada and the United States ensuring regulatory compliance for programs in both countries- Subject matter expert (SME) and Secretary to the Management Pension & Benefits Committee.- Sprearheaded pay equity initiatives among our suite of reward programs.- Took ownership of directly programming complex elements into the Workday Advanced Compensation module, then taught the team.- Partnered with HR advisors and company leaders to ensure alignment and competitiveness of each of our total rewards offerings.- Enhanced corporate brand by creating compelling videos for benefit programs, compensation components, and other materials for employees.- Deep data analytics, from descriptive to diagnostic to predictive analytics, shepherding total rewards models through the 5 V's of big data with an eye toward eventual prescriptive analytics (data is the future).- Led a highly-talented cross-border CoE team of compensation and benefits professionals in the design, development and administration of compensation, pension and benefit programs in Canada and the U.S.

- Senior advisor in the compensation arena while leading the international pension and benefits practices.

- Led the global executive compensation practice supporting the design, delivery and administration of executive comp programs, policies and projects for an oil and gas-leading firm with 3800+ employees.- Configured compensation delivery to align with company objectives, pay for performance philosophy, and industry trends through comprehensive analysis, survey benchmarking and business needs in each region.- Deep data compilation and analysis to support employee and executive compensation recommendations, projects, reporting and Board and committee materials.- Directed the education of business leaders on global job design and evaluation.- Supported senior leaders and HR Business Partners for divestitures, reorgs, mass severances (always tough on the heart) as well as all the good stuff.- Designed global compensatory elements for new hires, inter-company transfers and promotions for local employees, ex-pats and Third Country Nationals.- Collaborated in the development of retention and recognition programs.

- Led a team of pension and benefits professionals in multi-union company.- Led the overhaul and streamlining of annual compensation program delivery and approval methods.- Achieved operational success by streamlining administrative processes and program data oversight.- Achieved $50K CAD in annual savings by bringing in-house what was previously outsourced to consultants.• Pension Manager, committee secretary, and SME to the Board.• Led the overhaul of pension governance mandates, texts and policies.• Achieved the successful redesign and execution of education and communication materials.• Created, designed, delivered and supported best-in-class on-demand total compensation statements.

- Pension specialist for complex DB and DC pension plan designs- Managed annual provincial and federal reporting, quality assurance, overseeing external service providers- Tackled and completed prior plan wind-ups (in the works for well over two decades)- Developed and implemented data feeds to external service providers and web-based estimator.

- Managed dozens of clients including diverse multi-provincial employers, full and partial plan wind-ups, and providing analysis during union negotiations.- Provided quality assurance of peers' calculations.- Trained new and veteran colleagues in pension operations and data management.- Streamlined education materials and client-facing communiqués, conducting peer reviews of in-house training materials from other regional centres.

- First look at the world of pensions; took to it right away.- Processed complex DB event calculations, including vested and non-vested terminations, retirements, buybacks, portability calculations, and more.- Conducted on-site visits to assist Payroll and HR staff at various hospitals, providing insight and training on pension-related reporting, and helping clean up previous years’ data errors and inconsistencies.