Brian Gainer Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California, Us

Partner with a human resource team and managers as an internal consultant to strategize, develop base and incentive compensation programs, and to resolve extremely complex issues where analysis requires an evaluation of tangible and intangible variance factorsReview and analyze complex, multi-faceted, large scale, and long-term business, operational, or technical challenges that require in depth evaluation of multiple factors, including intangibles or unprecedented factorsMake decisions in complex and multi-faceted situations requiring understanding of policies, procedures, and compliance requirements that influence and lead a broader work team to meet deliverables and drive new initiativesCollaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, and middle level to more experienced managers to resolve issues and achieve goalsLead projects, teams, or serve as a peer mentor

Responsible for independently providing an enterprise view of the business that allows me to partner with Compensation, HR and key LOB executives to design incentive plans that enable the FLU to achieve its business objectives. Provide monthly forecasting support by developing compensation modeling based on varying conditions (market, wage, organizational). Serve as the primary point of contact (POC) for the Front Line Unit (FLU) on all incentive related items and serve as the incentive subject matter expert for key business partners.

Responsible for independently providing high level analytical support and assist in the design and development of complex compensation strategy for the organization, executives and International clients along with handling highly confidential and sensitive information with discretion and maturity. In addition, responsible for providing Compensation subject matter expertise and consulting to Human Resource and Compensation leaders while partnering with other members of the GHR Compensation team to lead projects and work-streams.

Responsible for providing business support to the GBAM organization, specifically Global Banking Loans, with a focus on centralized topics including stress testing, forecasting, planning, reporting and analytics including inter-area coordination with Capital, Asset Quality, Balance Sheet Management and Liquidity. This includes managing 3 associates and one Finance Management Program associate.

Responsible for providing all business support to the Home Equity Production team which included business cases, data mining, financial planning, forecasting, variance analysis and financial reporting. This included managing one to two individuals.• Instrumental in developing and implementing a forecasting process that was inclusive to all areas impacted by Home Equity Production while maintaining a link to economic variables from both Moody’s and the Enterprise Stress Test team.• Key contributor in the creation of a Loan Profitability Tool used for business case support, new production profitability and pricing related to the Home Equity Product. Performed monthly, weekly and daily scorecard tracking to provide feedback and analysis throughout the organization.

Responsible for providing all Financial Planning and Analysis for various Lines-of-Business in Technology Finance (Capital Markets, Commercial and Investment Banking) and switched to Home Loans which included business cases, data mining, financial planning, forecasting, variance analysis and financial reporting. This at times included managing up to six individuals.

Las Vegas, Nevada, Us

Direct Report to Site Director and responsible for all finance activities (including performance management) for National Commercial Operations Center. This included managing a staff of eight individuals.• Developed, compiled and prepared performance measurement reporting for entire Operations Centerwith recommendations to management on operational efficiency issues and employee productivity.• Devised methodology to calculate and implement unit costing for the purpose of controlling and allocating expenses within the Commercial Banking Group.

Cleveland , Ohio, Us

Directly responsible for all financial aspects and incentive compensation for six distinctively different Lines of Business (Healthcare, Media & Telecom, Syndications, Structured Finance, Technology Lending, Key Global Finance). This included managing a staff of four individuals.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Accounting

Associate'S Degree, Accounting