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Fort Lauderdale, Fl, Us

Fort Lauderdale, Fl, Us

Fort Lauderdale, Fl, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Direct report to the Vice President-Global Compensation, and responsible for the management of U.S. non-executive compensation for 26,000 employees and equity administration for 38,000 employees. Provided consultative services to 7 Latin American subsidiaries. Managed team of 5 total rewards consultant/liaisons to U.S. & Latin America business functions with departmental budget of $1.8 million. • Redesigned salary structures, annual incentive plans, sales incentive plans, and equity plans on annual basis to enhance market competitiveness, providing managers with competitive total compensation guidance for determining appropriate pay levels. • In collaboration with HR partners and managers, facilitated creation of over 400 career development job ladders, enabling managers and associates to determine requirements for career progression. • Lead all compensation integration projects for 10 major acquisitions, including due diligence, comparative total compensation analyses, job conversion, transition arrangements, communications, organizational hierarchy, and systems. Efforts resulted in immediate transitions with minimal business disruption. Oversaw benefits integration for three Latin American acquisitions. • In conjunction with HR partners and senior management, developed a global grading structure to equate job levels internationally, facilitating career development, talent management, and standardization of global compensation programs.• Developed and coordinated all U.S. non-executive compensation communication programs, enabling managers and associates to access information and training materials on-line.• Client satisfaction survey scores indicate department “Exceeded Expectations” for 9 consecutive years.

New York, Ny, Us

• Managed implementation of U.S. web-based market survey database, reducing annual compensation planning and recommendation preparation time by 75%.• Managed comprehensive review, consolidation, standardization, and redesign of 100 U.S. sales incentive plans, producing estimated savings of over $5 million annually. Designed call center team incentive plan that produced estimated savings in excess of $2 million annually through reduced turnover, heightened employee engagement, and higher productivity.• In response to 2004 FLSA regulatory changes, proactively worked with HR partners and managers to review more than 1,000 jobs over 9 months. Efforts resulted in reclassification of 800 associates, followed by a significant drop in DOL compliance inquiries.• Directed annual review of pay discrimination analyses required for federal contractors. Addressed ostensible issues with management, leading to clean federal audits with no adverse findings.• HR Project Lead for establishing stock option administration practices and procedures, as well as vendor selection and management policies, following 2000 initial public offering. Coordinated efforts with Tax, Treasury, Finance, Legal, IT, and HR departments, and successfully launched on-line administration, communications, and reporting within 6-month timeframe.

• Prepared and jointly presented with VP-Compensation & Benefits semi-annual presentations of compensation recommendations for the Board of Directors, enabling immediate approval of planned actions.• Carried out Board’s pay-for-performance mandate through redesign of executive incentive and non-qualified plans. Eliminated executive SERP in favor of cash long-term incentive plan; designed executive communications for implementation. Overall efforts resulted in a simpler, cost-neutral incentive plan that was easier for managers to communicate and for employees to understand. • Designed and Implemented health claims team incentive plan, enhancing employee engagement and producing savings of over $1 million annually.• Reduced departmental headcount by 50% as a result of various productivity enhancements, including simplifying compensation administration through research, analysis, design and implementation of new base compensation structure; streamlined salary survey data collection and analysis through vendor selection, design and installation of customized software. • In collaboration with MetLife HR partners, coordinated compensation integration projects for MetLife’s acquisition of GenAmerica, including job mapping, comparative total compensation analyses, and systems conversion.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.)

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Accounting

Ab, Legal Studies

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