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Wilmington, Massachusetts, United States

Serve as subject matter expert on Compensation project-planning, design and implementation for UniFirst Corporation. Serve as a team lead role to help strengthen the Compensation team's knowledge, skills, and abilities.

United States

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area

Perform job evaluations and job analysis to support strong compensation practices for the company. Use market sources to identify appropriate market analysis data to effectively match and price jobs to stay competitive.Calculate and estimate 401k employer matching amount periodically throughout the year to estimate and anticipate annual cost for the 401k employer match based on matching procedures determined by the company. At end of the year, perform actual 401k employer matching to send to 401k administrator for disbursement to employee files. Provide spreadsheet calculations to adjust accounting accruals for Employer Match with actual employer match once match has been funded.Calculate and estimate accruals quarterly for various incentives performed by the company.Performed detailed data analysis for business decisions, such as turnover reports, comparative financial and company data and its effect on Human Resources and the business itself, including benefits costs tracking and analysis.Participated in incentive plan design updates and modifications for management positions within the company, reviewing financial metrics, financial statements and accounting data and made recommendations to senior leadership regarding incentive plan design and recommendations. Participated in calculation of some manually calculated safety incentives and provided accruals to Accounting dept on a quarterly basis. Reviewed accruals and assisted Accounting dept with analysis to true up accruals on an as needed basis.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Support the Compensation philosophy and pay practices of the organization based on best practices, management approvals and guidance, and recommendations of Compensation dept. Designed current salary offer process to analyze, recommend and communicate salary offers for almost every position in the health system. Designed official analysis form and redesigned SharePoint website to effectively communicate accurate data and submit offers electronically for large volume of offers. Established use of metrics derived from salary offer process (turn-around time for offers, success/failure of offers compared to desired rate of pay, etc.) to track progress of both Compensation and Talent Acquisition teams to identify areas off improvement and successes.Serve as Compensation professional for Corporate office, hospitals, and physician groups providing guidance and analysis for various requests related to classification, pay, FLSA practices, and other areas of Compensation. Serve as record-keeper of the Compensation Council, a 5-member executive team that reviews all compensation- and position-based requests. Perform market pricing and market adjustments to various classifications of current jobs, as well as new job requests. Serve as submitter of data to survey vendors.Assist with the re-design, market pricing and restructure of pay grades and market realignment of virtually every position within the health system.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area

Provided clients and prospective clients with various HR products and services, evaluating their management and HR-related functions and makes recommendations on improvements that add value to the organization.HR Projects included the following: job description creation, FLSA exemption testing and training, compensation pay practice creation and creation of pay grade structures and pay practice guidelines, handbook design and training, etc. Also provided assistance on non-HR projects to utilize financial background, such as financial statement analysis, sales/use tax analysis for construction projects, and audit/review of large-scale class-action lawsuit claims.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area

Performed various compensation duties to promote the overall compensation philosophies of the company, including Compensation Analysis, Incentive Plan Analysis/Administration, Job Description drafting/editing/revising, Executive Incentive Administration, and Compensation Reporting.Maintained both HRIS, LMS, and in-house software related to the function of Human Resources and Compensation. Led Annual Performance Management for 2012 year performance through LMS system Taleo for 15,000 employees, including the configuration, implementation, reporting, and metrics during the evaluation period.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area

Processed employee transactions via HRIS programs as well as audit changes to ensure compliance with HR policies and procedures and assist with payroll adjustments due to employee transactions. Assisted with various types of employee transactions from new hire processing/onboarding to terminations, being mindful of both state and federal regulations.Assisted with employee transactions with both existing business and acquisitions, traveling to acquisition locations to ensure paperwork was processed and provided on company intranet for future processing.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area

Performed overall HR Analyst/Generalist duties for Louisiana Department of Public Safety employees, including job posting and interviewing, processing employee transactions in HRIS system from hire to termination, job description/classification and pay inquiries, consult management for basic Employee Relations issues that may arise in compliance/violation of Civil Service Policies and Procedures, audit payroll records to ensure compliance and accuracy, and prepare paperwork for retirement.Provided HR support to both Civil Service employees and Louisiana State Police Commissioned Officers, governed by two different Civil Service organizations with different policies and procedures.

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Finance

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