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Minneapolis, Mn, Us

United States

Eden Prairie, Mn

Eden Prairie, Minnesota

Currently assigned as the Manager, Totals Rewards.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Benefits consultant

Minnetonka, Mn

Led H&W Benefits design and administration team for the 127,000 UnitedHealth Group employee population. Corporate Director responsible for the implementation of the Optum Market Benefits Enrollment Platform. Led Benefit Compliance meetings to ensure employee plans met all legal and regulatory requirements, Provided technical support on plan design change recommendations, and pricing. Responsible for internal and external vendor relationships. Worked closely with Finance, Legal,and Corporate HR staff on all benefit plans. Responsible for M&A integration and Spectera Union Benefit negotiations. Provided reporting to Corporate leadership on benefit plan enrollment and performance. Led implementation fo Voluntary benefit programs. Ensured compliance with ACA reporting requirements.

Minnetonka, Mn

Responsible for managing UnitedHealth Group employee H&W benefit plans including Administration, and Benefit Compliance. Primary daily contact for client account Responsible for the day-to-day project management of the Mercer client service team, directly supervising four employee’s onsite at the client headquarters. Managed client business process and identify areas for continued improvement. Subject matter expert and primary resource for day to day client issues. Led Benefit Compliance meetings to ensure employee plans met all legal and regulatory requirements, provided technical support on plan design change recommendations, and pricing. Responsible for internal and external vendor relationships.

Eden Prairie, Mn

For a large Midwest wholesaler/retailer reporting to legal, performed an audit of the stock option grants to ensure compliance with the Merger Agreement post acquisition of a competitor. Served as support to legal staff on the Equity Edge Software application. Liaison with corporate IT on the upgrade of Equity Edge, and implementation of interface with PeopleSoft Payroll system.

Minnetonka, Mn

Corporate HR Director post acquisition supporting the conversion of Metris HR and Payroll data from SAP to PeopleSoft. Responsible for all Change of Control Agreements for former Metris employees and ensured payouts and execution per CoC Agreements post-merger. Worked with former executives financial planners, and tax advisors on golden parachute payment.

Minnetonka, Mn

Responsible for the administration of all qualified and non-qualified Metris compensation and benefit programs, including all equity plans, and perquisite program. Prepared and presented plan programs and details to the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. Drafted the Employee Matters section of the M&A Agreement between Metris and HSBC. Developed and implemented 280(g) mitigation strategy deployed prior to merger that reduced liability and saved the acquirer over $5.7MM. Developed and administered Retention Bonus program. led job titling and leveling project to align all jobs to a corporate structure.

Cambridge, Ma

Led PeopleSoft implementation for a large East Coast Insurance organization. Provided weekly project summary and financials to CFO on status of project. Led implementation of the PeopleSoft Workforce Administration, Workforce Development, and Organizational Development module and developed and delivered custom PeopleSoft training for large midwest hospital human resources team in the area's of benefits administration, application tracking, salary planning, organization management, succession planning, and training and development. Performed fit-gap analysis and pricing estimate on implementation of Pension Administration module for Midwest Tire Manufacturer.

Fridley, Minnesota

Led implementation of PeopleSoft training administration module. Led implementation of separate application tracking system, and interface with PeopleSoft application. Led implementation and rollout of the Succession Planning application.,Managed M&A integration of employee data records and payroll and benefits enrollment for acquired entity. performed job level comparison, compensation and benefit analysis on acquired entity and made recommendations to management prior to integration. Developed PS/Query and PeopleSoft custom training for HR staff.

Minneapolis, Mn

Lead Analyst on the five year redesign of the company wide benefit programs, including defined benefit plans, pension plan, defined contribution plan, employee stock purchase plan, life insurance program, disability plans, and medical, dental, and vision plans. subject matter expert for writing and editing of the Summary Plan Descriptions (SPD's) for company benefit programs. Performed and provided financial and benefit costs analysis to the labor relations department during union contract negotiations. Provided cost analysis on layoff programs. Performed compensation and benefit analysis on acquisitions and divestitures.

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