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Stamford, CT

• Provided Employee Relations products and services to APAC, Americas, and EMEA regions, including policy, advisory, training, disciplinary, grievance, and investigations. Managed a staff of 16 across 3 regions.
• Ensured the business’ ability to meet regulatory reform requirements by creating a framework for consistency of terms and conditions and compensation within employment contracts and offer letters, across all divisions.
• Created global process and tools for collection of disciplinary case recording, enabling businesses and leaders to meet regulatory reporting obligations and respond to regulatory queries.
• Led change management projects to streamline processes and policies that generated consistent, reliable, efficient, and repeatable operations and procedures which could ultimately be outsourced, while allowing for.
• Directed scenario planning to evaluate severance and vacation policies which resulted in adoption of new policy and process and achieved multimillion dollar savings.

Stamford, CT

• Advised HR Business Partners, Americas HR Head, Americas COO, HR Managers, International Assignment Management, and senior business leaders on ER global policies and related issues. Managed a staff of 20. Represented.
• Led several business division restructurings with an overall workforce reduction of 30% with minimal claims by developing an employee exit framework and orchestrating global logistics.
• Facilitated employee mobility between divisions and across regions by developing consistency in employee policies.
• Enabled compliance with international employment law by introducing local jurisdiction training and providing counsel to managers on how to mitigate the risk associated with difficult situations.
• Improved readiness by developing both proactive and reactive plans to business continuity issues and crisis management situations.

Stamford, Connecticut

• Provided Employee Relations products and services to Americas and EMEA regions. Managed a staff of 70 across 4 regions.
• Increased operating efficiency by launching a Service Center covering 2000+ people; the center standardized and centralized administrative processes and operated on one technology platform with common tools.
• Improved recruitment and retention by developing a portfolio of engagement programs which tracked the employee lifecycle, including launching the Bank’s first diversity function.

Stamford, Connecticut

Led Employee Relations, Policies, Programs and HR Management Support functions. Responsible for employee handbooks, policies, work/life employee programs, and HR administration. Led integration activities, including policies, programs and processes for UBS-SBC merger. Expanded employee friendly policies and programs, including Work/ Life Assistance.

Chicago, Illinois

Maintained the stability of the US Investment Bank while physically moving a 1200 employee operation over a period of 3 years by developing a comprehensive relocation policy. Drove Work/Life agenda and introduced employee programs including back-up child care. Analyzed, proposed, gained approval and established on-site primary Child Care Center. Led policy.

Chicago, Illinois

O'Connor & Associates was a Chicago-based options trading firm, which was acquired by Swiss Bank Corporation (later merged with Union Bank of Switzerland) to form UBS.Held Human Resources positions including Director of Employee Relations and Relocation, HR Generalist for Fixed Income client base, Human Resources Manager, Campus Recruiter.

Chicago, Illinois

Covered Equities, Currency, and Fixed Income Options on CBOE, AMEX, CBOT as Manager Trading Administration, Trading Manager, Desk Manager, Research & Trading Assistant.