Cindy Parres Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, Us

International, Oo

International, Oo

Lead global Total Reward team responsible for all aspects of compensation, benefits and insurance. Lead People Analytics team and work closely with DEI, HRIS, and Finance to deliver top tier, progressive employee reward and benefits. Chair US Retirement Plan and Benefits Committees. Upgraded benchmarking quality by adding Comp Analyst resource to traditional annual survey process. Provide SME support to global People team on all aspects of US human resources including employee relations, performance management and development, and applicable regulation. Responsible for legal assistant supervision in the US. Developed and launched progressive investment hours and attorney time away policy.

International, Oo

Global responsibility for strategy and administration of: Total Reward including compensation, benefits, insurance, assessments and promotions, HR operations, procedures and practices, data analytics and HRIS. Analyzed market and work force data and developed competitive base and bonus compensation plans across all global locations. Delivered positive, upward trend in associate retention rates. Analyzed benefit plans, conducted health plan RFP and consolidated to a single US health plan provider. Partnered with regional brokers and consultants to review global benefit offerings and enhance coverage. Led US Benefits & Retirement Plan Committees. Added financial health training to retirement plan offerings. Responsible for supervision of US legal assistants.

International, Oo

Led team of 6 US based direct reports responsible for People Operations, Talent Development, Business Partnering, Total Rewards & Wellbeing, Employee Relations/Performance Management, People Data Analytics, HRIS and legal assistant teams. Collaborated with UK based Chief People Officer in transition to post-merger Global Human Resources mindset, strategy and policies. Partnered closely with Firm leadership, Practice Group Leaders, Office Managing Partners & Office of General Counsel on all aspects of talent development and management. Responsible for pandemic workplace response. Implemented mandatory and optional pandemic relief health and welfare benefits to employees. Developed sabbatical plan to support colleagues during pandemic shut down of schools and childcare. Worked in coordination with global colleagues to ensure seamless business services support to attorneys and clients and compliance. Led global business services efficiency and effectiveness task force.

Leawood, Kansas, Us

Strategic business and legal advisor to entrepreneurial Company & its Board of Directors. Skilled at successfully balancing business opportunity & risk. Leveraged critical business & financial analysis skills to streamline processes, increase efficiency & transparency, & maximize internal & external resources. Consistent history of delivering Legal & HR annual expenses within/under budget.Responsible for Board governance & planning, regulatory compliance, risk management, and the design & implementation of corporate policies, employee benefits, & customer claims servicing. Deep experience with commercial, franchise, commercial contracts, vendor agreements, real estate transactions/leases, and insurance & benefits contracts. Led team in development of comprehensive system for addressing customer & employee claims. Claims tracking system provides real time insight about emerging areas of concern and system compliance. Provide advice regarding labor, employment, benefits, social media, marketing, franchise, license, insurance, lending, information technology, privacy & general corporate legal issues. Solid working knowledge of IT, IP & consumer promotion issues as well as the rapidly evolving cybersecurity area. HR Executive responsible for 3,500 employees. Design & manage benefit plans. Responsible for ACA, FMLA, I-9, ADA, EEOC, WARN, & other regulatory compliance. Manage hybrid team of internal personnel and outside consultants & counsel. Developed EEO training program & proactive employee concern management system which reduced filed EEOC claims by over 400%. Evaluate, review, recommend, design & place all insurance, including health insurance. Responsible for benefit plans'​ structure/offerings. Implementation of suggested design changes has resulted in health plan costs significantly below national and industry averages. Lead retirement plans'​ committee and administer plans.

Lead commercial banking, bank litigation, restructuring, workout and Chapter 11 counsel for lenders, creditors, landlords, debtors and other stakeholders. Over a decade of representation of the largest KC metro lender - documented, negotiated and managed large commercial credits in cooperation with senior management and loan officers. Significant representation of regional banks in areas of commercial lending and litigation. Representative industries include agriculture, construction, real estate, manufacturing, food service and food distribution, service and retail. Lead reorganization representation of Farmland Industries, Inc, largest Chapter 11 debtor filing for the region, resulting in 100 percent payout to all creditors and most stakeholders in the Company - representation included sale or wind down of numerous joint ventures (many international) and sale of 5 divisions. Lead/co-lead for 100+ transactions. Lead responsibility for legal representation and business advice regarding executive compensation, employee compensation, benefits and insurance, employee relations and management, workers' compensation and employee related regulatory compliance. Handled all aspects of business representation in pre, post and Chapter 11 proceedings. Lead responsibility for all employee related issues.Designated office partner responsible for ER issues & open door policy. Primary responsibility for investigation & resolution of employee grievances. 15 years experience in legal talent recruitment, development, coaching & mentorship, promotion & succession planning & diversity/inclusion initiatives.

Litigation associate with broad, general exposure to insurance defense, medical malpractice, commercial, school district and general litigation and creditors' rights and bankruptcy. Wrote prevailing brief to the Missouri Supreme Court on the constitutionality of medical malpractice caps. Supreme Court incorporated numerous sections of brief directly into its decision.

Executive Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Olin Finance For Non-Financial Managers Certificate Program, Business/Managerial Economics

Doctor Of Law (Jd), Law

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs