Geraldine Mitchell Email & Phone Number

Ireland

Worldwide, Oo

• Responsible for developing & delivering a Reward Strategy to support the firm’s business objectives of attracting, retaining, and engaging talent.• Preparing & managing the annual reward and bonus review in line with the firm’s policies and timeframes• Providing salary analysis & metrics to the business as required• Ensuring competitiveness of the firms reward and benefits via research and benchmarking for best practice • Developing recognition tools to support the company culture and integrate to support their values• Provide day to day support & advice on Reward & Benefits queries to the HR team & to the business• Ensuring accuracy of all reward and benefits related data held on HR systems• Dealing with ad hoc reward and benefits projects and queries as required

Dublin, Ie

• Supported the Global Performance & Reward team to develop reward policies, best practice solutions, which fit with ICON’s reward philosophy and guiding principles• Played a key role in the annual reward review by supporting the implementation of program design and system solutions• Partnered with the core team to support the Workday compensation configuration alongside HRIS, and acted as key point of contact for HR to ensure that information was managed accurately and on time• Supported Workday functionality in line with internal Reward processes and policies and was responsible for integrity of Workday compensation eligibility rules, UAT and data quality• Led M&A integration activities linked to the annual reward cycle, including stakeholder management and project management• Maintained the global job catalogue in Workday, associated salary ranges and employee job profile matching• Analysed large volumes of data from multiple sources and in multiple currencies• Communicated effectively and supported engagement on policy matters relating to Performance & Reward in partnership with internal stakeholders

San Jose, Ca, Us

My role was to partner as a consultant to the management team on various compensation and benefits related matters, to drive progressive initiatives across PayPal’s 2 sites in Ireland and Berlin. Responsibilities include:• As a C&B business partner, I provide solutions and counsel to the regional HR and management stakeholders by providing insightful analysis, expert advice and innovative recommendations• Lead the annual salary, bonus and equity planning cycles within the region. Educated management and key stakeholders on the pay philosophy, annual cycle timelines, process, tools and reporting• Conducted competitive benchmarking analysis across the region ensuring alignment with corporate strategies/philosophies and legal requirements, participated in and analysed surveys as necessary• Identified opportunities to improve C&B programs - diagnose gaps between current and desired states and deploy actions to resolve those gaps, shaping the decision-making process and influencing stakeholders as appropriate• Managed C&B change projects of moderate complexity, designing and socializing changes which help support strategic business plans and strategies• Worked with the global benefits team to balance local, regional and industry norms within the generally consistent global benefits framework• Lead the annual benefit plan renewal cycles within the region• Optimised processes and mechanisms to administer benefit programs in conjunction with external vendors, payroll and MyHR, with a view to outsourcing administrative work or processes to external vendors - periodically audit administration to ensure efficiency• Implemented communication initiatives to ensure appropriate understanding of C&B programs among HR colleagues, business leaders, people managers and employees• Designed, developed and drove the Wellbeing agenda for the 3 sites based on management feedback, employee engagement surveys and analysis of risk, medical and health assessment information

Austin, Texas, Us

As the Senior Compensation & Benefits Consultant I held sole responsibility for C&B Compensation Cycles and Programs in Ireland and EMEA lines of business – Oracle Direct, EMEA Finance and EMEA Facilities. My role incorporated the following:• Business Partner to Recruitment, HR Business Partners and Managers for Ireland and Oracle Direct EMEA, EMEA Finance and EMEA Facilities• Participate in and support the business in annual EMEA & Global processes i.e. FOCAL review period, global bonus process, salary range reviews• Management of the Flexible Benefits Program including vendor management, benefit reviews & tenders and system changes• Drive employee engagement through companywide benefit communications, design and analysis of internal benefit surveys, analysis of internal benefit selection trends, leading benefit focus groups and redesign of the Irish Benefits Intranet site• Management of the Oracle EMEA Ltd pension scheme which won Pension Scheme of the Year 2015 at the IP Awards• Tender of the Pension Consulting and Administration contract resulting in significant company savings • Management of risk benefit rebroking process• Management of the PHI claims process• Introduction of Voluntary Benefits Portal for Ireland• Responsible for M&A activity for UK and Ireland• Policy review and updates where deemed necessary• Partner with payroll and HR Operations teams to ensure administration processes, procedures and employee queries are dealt with effectively

Ca, 95134, Us

As the HR Business Partner, EMEA I had sole responsibility for sites based in Ireland, UK, France and Germany. My role incorporated the following:• Drive restructuring and change programmes in EMEA• Build relationships and partner with Sales, Systems Engineering and Professional Services and Marketing teams in each country.• Coach Managers on day to day HR issues ensuring they have the tools to deal effectively with their teams.• Provide advice on employment legislation to ensure the company meets its legal and social obligations and avoid legal action.• Develop and help maintain performance management processes that are owned by the line managers and employees to ensure significant contribution to employee motivation, performance and development.• Deal effectively with grievance and discipline situations across the 4 sites.• Partner with Managers to co-ordinate recruitment in accordance with headcount plans.• Build relationships with Training in the US to ensure employees in Europe have access to new programs• Implement HR policies and procedures that fit local business requirements.• Ensure we remain competitive locally with regard to compensation and benefits packages.

Singapore, Sg

As the European HR Specialist I supported Nordics, Benelux, Eastern Europe and Russia on all HR related matters – Recruitment, Compensation and Benefits, Employee Relations, Organisational Changes and Restructuring

Singapore, Sg

As the European HR and Training Coordinator I supported the HR Team on all HR administration, reporting, recruitment and training matters.

Ba In Accounting And Human Resource Management (Hr Specialisation), Human Resources

National Certificate In Business Studies (Industrial Relations/Hrm), Industrial Relations / Human Resources