Brian Rivera Email & Phone Number

Carlsbad, Ca, Us

Toronto, On, Ca

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Manage bank-wide compensation policy/program development and consulting support. Manage the most complex, highest impact projects (such as variable pay design and effectiveness, large organizational restructures, and design and development of enterprise-wide compensation initiatives). Manage Compensation staff and collaborate with HR Business Partners in prioritizing line of business requests based on resource availability. Develop and leverage cross-functional relationships to support company short-,mid-,and long-term strategy objectives.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

- Support Commercial Banking and Audit senior leadership by managing full spectrum of rewards activities including, but not limited to: broadband conversion of business units, variable pay program design, approval, evaluation, and assessment, market reviews, compression analysis, and annual corporate bonus administration.- Lead Bank wide effectiveness review of all active variable pay programs thru partnership with 3rd party vendor, HR and BU Finance teams, BU sales, and HR senior leaders with results reported directly to CEO.- Serve as strategic Compensation consultant to business line and HR senior leadership.

Irvine, Ca, Us

San Antonio, Texas, Us

- Lead cross-functional teams through the discovery, design, data acquisition, test, and implementation stages of Varicent Incentive Compensation Management System (IT Quality Cup Winner) and SAS Business Objects Wealth Management Scorecard projects.- Developed, implemented, and manage enterprise first-of-kind sales incentive compensation program for Wealth Management business line.- Responsible for providing strategic guidance to business line senior leaders around the design, implementation, and administration of variable pay and recognition programs- Provide day-to-day work product leadership to Compensation Variable Pay team.- Created and implemented Incentive Compensation Governance, Sign-On and Retention Bonus Guidelines, Enterprise Recognition Guidelines, and annual Competitive Analysis Review.

- Directly supported Retail Bank, WM Investments, WM Group of Funds, and Enterprise Customer Care client groups by managing the development, implementation, and administration of multi-million dollar variable pay programs; designed communication campaigns to sufficiently educate population regarding personal and corporate financial benefits of programs.- Liaison for variable pay programs between legal, technical, financial, operational, and client groups.- Mentored and assisted in development of junior analysts.- Developed analytical and reporting tools to track the effectiveness of variable pay programs.

Dallas, Tx, Us

- Benchmarked and amended sales, staff, and executive compensation packages utilizing market data and other tools creating more competitive structures.- Compensation project lead for PeopleSoft 8.9 global integration; responsible for outlining corporate business requirements and move forward strategies.- Administered company wide discretionary and sales professional bonus plans; including quarterly accrual and annual pay out processes in excess of $40,000,000 for sales staff of 2200. - Managed monthly, quarterly, and annual sales professional bonus accrual, honorary title and recognition statement process designed to motivate and drive increased sales.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

- Managed yearly forecasting and auditing of approximately $1,000,000 for College pay increases for 7 unions and personnel groups totaling approximately 1150 employees.- Created comprehensive Access databases to run ad hoc, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports for College Budget and Human Resource departments.