Support the administration of annual compensation cycles including merit, promotion, equity adjustment and bonuses - with added emphasis on Workday configuration & testing of planning grids, reports and statements. Efforts have resulted to reduction in errors, greater compliance and more interactive, user-friendly submission process.Advise HR Business Partners and Talent Acquisition on new hire and posted promotion salary offers; provide job evaluation and market analyses services.Project manage company participation in 20 salary and budget planning surveys, MarketPay match migration process, Pay Equity Reviews and Total Compensation Analysis project.Conduct ongoing internal compensation reviews, market analyses and compliance audits (e..g. minimum threshold laws, minimum wage, etc.). Assist in the production of Compensation Increase Plan for Dept. of Energy approval and support company response to compensation systems audits.

Responsible for the development and maintenance of various compensation tools for HR and people managers. Monitored federal, state and local compensation legislative changes and performed compliance audits (e.g., FLSA, minimum wage, minimum threshold, pay transparency, etc.) Also collaborated with various HR entities to ensure data integrity, covering over 20,00 employee records in US and Canada. Managed market salary surveys and submission process for the Americas region. Provided external market-based and internal peer analyses, geographic differential reviews and impact analysis to support annual salary structure reviews and business requests. Support annual merit and bonus planning including Workday user acceptance testing, and other HR initiatives such as global career pathing.

Performed recruiting functions to include hosting job fairs, candidate sourcing, social media postings (e.g., LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Craigslist), responding to external inquiries, and involvement in community outreach programs. Also responsible for inventory management of recruiting materials and resume database management in SharePoint. Assisted in the development of talent pipeline builder campaign.Provided full cycle staffing which include partnering with hiring managers, creating job announcements and managing requisitions, applicant screening, coordinating interviews/ assessments, performing salary analysis, conducting background checks and new hire processing.

Stay at Home Parent to care for my children, one born with health and early developmental issues.Membership Chair & Charter Representative for Cub Scouts Pack 696: Assisted in recruiting; maintained membership database and recorded participation in events; generated Council and leadership data reports; assisted in coordinating events.Technical Election Judge: Helped set up voting site; greeted voters; determined voter eligibility; provided voter assistance on how to use voting machines and its features to accommodate disabilities; reconciled voter records, and trouble shoot technical issues on voting machines. Also helped ensure voter privacy and the abidance of election rules.School parent volunteer: performed a variety of tasks such as: Destination Imagination Team Manager (where I managed a team of students in a structural interschool competition. Team earned 6th place in regional competition). Other volunteer tasks included crossing guard duty, field trip chaperone, activity/ task facilitator for various events, library book fair assistant, etc.

Designed an employee self-service portal for updating personal information and 401K contributions and an HR portal with information on benefits, compensation and performance management policies. Member of a team that upgraded the HRIS system (PeopleSoft), in partnership with IT, Payroll and Benefits departments. Responsibilities included assessing user needs, data integrity testing & vendor liaison. Efforts enabled store managers from various locations web access to recruit, transfer, promote and terminate employees. Upgraded system also provided for I-9 verification and workflow notifications. Assisted in training store managers on navigating upgraded HRIS system, and helped trouble shoot or escalate system issues.Filed EEO-1 annual report and managed portal content development for HR benefits, in absence of a Benefits Director.

Successfully managed the design and implementation of companywide online employee surveys covering 50,000+ employees in 14 states. Responsibilities included: employee communication, questionnaire development, vendor management, training of HR business partners, designing of data mining tools and reports with benchmark comparisons (multi-level, yearly and industry) to support managers' feedback and action planning, and conducted senior leadership presentations. Secured the company's membership with the prestigious Mayflower Group, a consortium of Fortune Most Admired Companies with best-in-class survey practices. Also represented the company in benchmarking initiatives with external organizations.Managed external vendors in the development of various workforce analytics reports on staffing and retention. Also took part in the development of new company initiatives/ policy development (e.g. telecommuting).

Authored and managed “Employer of Choice”/ Diversity branding applications that won twelve national and local awards. Examples of awards obtained include: The Ron Brown Corporate Leadership Award (presented by US President Bill Clinton), Fortune 50 Best Companies for Minorities, Catalyst and 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers. Awards improved employees’ perception of the company, reduced EEO litigations and reduced recruiting costs. I was selected as recipient of the 1999 President’s Club Award, the company's highest award, for this work. Co-developed the business case for diversity, the corporate diversity strategy and an EEO metrics model that tracked internal and external trends (e.g. work force, marketing, business and legislative). Conducted statistical analyses using data from internal and external sources, summarized comparative results with year-to-year trends, and presented information to leadership. Served as internal resource for diversity recruiting. Also participated in job fairs, resume screening, interviews/ assessments, and assisted in the development of onboarding tools. Served as speaker for Diversity Symposiums for company employees and the business community.

Conducted global employee surveys and served as internal consultant on various HR initiatives such as empowerment, diversity, work-life and customer driven quality awards. Member of a team that developed a global competency based salaried selection system for marketing and sales functions.

Served on multi-college faculty councils' review of undergraduate programs. Responsibilities included evaluation of colleges’ 5-year plans, enrollment trends and forecasts, budget-resource allocations, faculty compensation and workload reviews. Also served on Councils efforts to facilitate school-to-work transition by examining gaps between graduates' skills preparation and employers' skills requirements.