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Houston, Tx, Us

Hanover, Maryland, Us

Houston, Tx, Us

Responsible for the design and implementation of Compensation, Employee Records, and HR Technology plans, programs, and systems.• Oversaw the successful delivery of fiscal year end HR processes including annual salary increases, performance evaluations, and system updates.• Successfully designed and implemented a new salary structure to address attraction and retention issues for law enforcement personnel.• Conducted job analyses and market reviews of jobs in multiple, critical areas to address recruitment and internal equity issues. • Chosen to serve on the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leadership Council.

Houston, Us

Houston, Tx, Us

Responsible for the overall strategy, design, benchmarking, and delivery of benefits and compensation programs, medical and occupational health services, and recruitment.• Achieved significant annual and long-term savings while improving the relative value of the total benefits offering to employees through vendor contract renegotiations, operational efficiencies, and plan enhancements and design changes. • Led the integration of benefits and compensation programs for a chemical plant acquisition. • Presented recommendations for compensation programs to the Talent and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors and executive leadership team. Responsible for managing and delivering annual merit, multiple bonus programs, long-term incentives, recognition programs, and performance management. • Managed the team charged with the delivery of occupational medical services, substance abuse programs, random drug testing, medical surveillance, absence management, and wellness programs at multiple sites. Redesigned disability programs and outsourced administration in order to deliver significant savings and reduce absenteeism.• Responsible for the company-provided wellness and fitness centers. Recognized by the Houston Business Journal in 2019 as one of Houston’s Healthiest Employers.• Assumed leadership of the recruitment function beginning in September 2018. Sourced, hired, and onboarded over 250 employees and executive leadership to establish a new Major Projects organization.• Featured in an April 2020 article in HR Executive highlighting changes to leave programs in response to Covid-19 (https://hrexecutive.com/crisis-shines-light-on-caregiving-benefits/). • Implemented expatriate medical, travel medical, and international assistance programs in 2019.

Houston, Texas, Us

Responsible for the overall strategy, design, and delivery of benefits, HR shared services, HR policies, and HR systems globally.• Modernized and automated benefits and compensation plans, processes, and systems. Conducted benchmarking exercises to ensure programs were competitive and cost effective.• Served as designated lead for the integration of benefits, compensation, and HR operations for an acquisition of 25,000 employees. Generated significant annual savings and implemented new program designs in less than twelve months. Established an HR Shared Services team to support the combined organizations.• Served as HR lead for two separate divestitures of business lines. Established standalone HR, benefits, and compensation programs and infrastructure to support the new businesses in six months.• Led the compensation function until May 2016. Presented recommendations for executive compensation programs to the Board of Directors. Responsible for managing and maintaining annual merit process, titling, grading, proxy preparation, and all other aspects of global compensation programs.• Established a global benefits pooling program that generated significant savings in addition to annual dividends. • Served as HR lead on multiple due diligence efforts and acquisitions.

Houston, Texas, Us

Responsible for oversight and delivery of U.S. retirement and benefits programs across several lines of business.• Established internal compliance procedures and financial controls for existing programs.• Integrated delivery and governance of U.S. plans into a global framework in conjunction with senior leadership in Canada and the UK.• Established vendor management routines and evaluation criteria to monitor ongoing delivery.• Performed due diligence for acquisitions and divestitures and developed plan to integrate new acquisitions into the current benefits structure.

London, Gb

Managed a team of 30 direct reports and numerous indirect reports in multiple locations to deliver defined benefit, defined contribution, and health & welfare services to several clients. • Accountable for the cost and revenue management and budgeting for a book of business totaling $24M which included fully outsourced and co-sourced Fortune 100 clients in the energy, food and beverage, healthcare, hospitality, engineering and construction industries.• Generated new business with revenues of $4M annually. Exceeded targets for year-over-year increases in revenue and profitability. Led delivery group to total annual revenue growth in excess of 10 percent. Increased client satisfaction and achieved numerous awards for team results.• Managed team through Hurricane Ike, evacuating the building and producing uninterrupted service and delivery of work virtually. Client presented a Making a Difference award to the team for service excellence.• Implemented Agile project management and Lean Management concepts for the client delivery group in order to improve project turnaround times and eliminate waste.

London, Gb

Served as the primary point of contact for the client regarding all benefits issues during the benefits administration conversion and for an extended period after the live date. Responsible for budgeting, forecasting, and staffing for implementation resources as well as overall adherence to the System Development Life Cycle process.• Led the implementation of ongoing health and welfare administration and the transition of other compensation and benefits services to Hewitt as part of the first business process outsourcing engagement subsequent to the merger of Hewitt and Exult.

New York, Ny, Us

Managed health and welfare, retirement plan, payroll, and HRIS vendor searches and evaluations. Performed and managed benefit compliance reviews for clients. Managed staff, budgets, project plans, billing, and deliverables for the Houston Compensation and Benefits practice.• Generated over $1M in revenue by managing the selection, evaluation, and implementation of payroll, HR, health and welfare, retirement, timekeeping, expense reimbursement, and relocation outsourcing vendors for a company formed by the purchase of a Fortune 50 company division by a foreign-based multi-national.• Generated over $1M in revenue by implementing and integrating the qualified and nonqualified retirement plans, welfare plans, payroll practices, and policies for a joint venture between two Fortune 100 energy companies with domestic, expatriate, unionized, and Puerto Rican employee populations.• Performed pre-closing due diligence reviews and post-transaction integration services with respect to benefit plans, HR, payroll, and compensation programs for several transactions.

New York, Ny, Us

Converted clients’ defined contribution and defined benefit plans to an integrated, Oracle-based relational database administration system for a technology-intensive, “start-up” employer (Synhrgy, which was later acquired by Mercer).

Worldwide, Oo

Performed benefit plan compliance reviews for local audit clients. Researched and coordinated a variety of consulting projects including: review of city-wide benefit plan compliance and tax reporting, setup and implementation of stock option and non-qualified deferred compensation plans, calculation of excess parachute payments, due diligence reviews of benefit plans, ESOP deductible dividend studies, Walk-in CAP and determination letter filings, drafting of wrap plan documents, and maintenance of prototype plan documents.

Florham Park, New Jersey, Us

Managed workflow of the Houston office defined contribution department. Performed recordkeeping services for qualified and nonqualified defined contribution plans. Duties included client consulting, plan conversions, government filings, nondiscrimination and compliance testing, trust reconciliation, and preparation of reports and statements.

New York, Ny, Us

Performed recordkeeping services for defined contribution retirement plans. Duties included trust reconciliation, preparation of quarterly reports and statements, non-discrimination and compliance testing, government filings, and client consulting.

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