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Newport Beach, Ca, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Delivered compensation consulting services in areas such as compensation strategy, base pay program design, variable pay program design, job evaluation, and all forms of competitive compensation review. Responsibilities included project management, delivery, business development, and supervision of five consulting associates.

New York, Ny, Us

Provided expertise and counsel regarding design, implementation, and communication of compensation programs, ensuring internal equity, market competitiveness, and alignment with corporate philosophy. Led a team of two compensation professionals.• Identified compensation best practices; prepared and presented analyses and recommendations to senior leadership.• Partnered with Finance, Legal, and HR colleagues in addressing business unit compensation issues.• Directed annual salary increase and bonus processes, including development of Access database to streamline:– Annual incentive plan modeling and accrual analyses.– Merit increase and market adjustment budget recommendations and modeling.– Preparation, distribution, and analysis of manager recommendation spreadsheets.

San Mateo, California, Us

Responsible for planning, implementing, and communicating global compensation and equity programs. Led team of 13 professionals and provided support and guidance to international Total Rewards Managers.• Developed compensation and equity strategies and designed and implemented related programs, including:– Updated salary ranges and bonus targets to simplify administration and communication and improve market competitiveness, and a global grading process to improve consistency of job leveling across geographies.– Access databases to improve quality and efficiency of reporting; reduced equity reporting time from seven to three days and improved analysis and reporting of market data to global leaders.– Conversion to new equity administration vendor for restricted stock and employee stock purchase programs, resulting in cost savings and improved features and employee interface. – Incentive plans for investment management, sales and key executives to improve competitiveness and alignment with business strategy. – Web-based leader compensation training module.• Directed annual salary increase and bonus process, including annual incentive plan modeling and accrual analyses, merit increase and market adjustment budget recommendations and modeling, and equity grant agreements and acceptance. Developed a comprehensive communication program including leader information sessions and online toolbox, online salary increase and bonus recommendation tool. • Directed development of presentations for Board of Directors Compensation Committee, including compensation analysis, trends, regulatory updates, and incentive plan funding updates.• Consulted with HR Business Partners and business leaders in assessment and resolution of business unit compensation-related issues. • Partnered with Finance and Legal on bonus accruals, equity administration, and Board materials. • Coordinated Sarbanes-Oxley compliance activities for compensation and equity functions.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Responsible for planning, setting, and implementing reward strategy for consulting and non-consulting staff. Led compensation team of two professionals.• Developed and implemented compensation strategies and related compensation programs, including:– Global competitive analysis of consulting and non-consulting roles.– Functional salary ranges for non-consulting roles and target salary model for consulting roles.• Directed annual salary increase and bonus process, including bonus modeling, budget development, salary increase and incentive guidelines, and review and approval of unit recommendations.• Coordinated Sarbanes-Oxley compliance activities for the compensation function.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Delivered compensation consulting services in areas such as base pay program design, variable pay program design, job evaluation, and all forms of competitive compensation review. Responsibilities included project management, delivery, business development, and supervision of four consulting associates.

London, England, Gb

Delivered compensation consulting services in areas such as compensation strategy, base pay program design, variable pay program design, job evaluation, and all forms of competitive compensation review. Responsibilities included project management, delivery, business development, and supervision of six consulting associates.