Kris Buckner Email & Phone Number

Northbrook, Il, Us

• Leads compensation functions such as job evaluation, benchmarking, and competitive analysis• Provides influence with large and complex client groups to institutionalize compensation philosophies and provide ongoing consultation• Develops compensation structures and sales incentive plans that are cost effective, competitive, and assists in attracting, retaining, and motivating quality sales employees• Develops the analyses of quantitative and qualitative analysis from trend data to draw conclusions to support drive business results• Leads compensation design and options related to broad-based, sales, specialty, and/or international compensation• Directs the analyses and reporting of compensation trends and makes recommendations on compensation practices• Manages the development and implementation of key technology initiatives and enhancements• Provides assistance and guidance in the development of junior members of the team• Stays current on external market trends and economic data that affects compensation practices

Coppell, Tx, Us

• Support the installation, administration, development, and testing of Xactly solutioning in multiple environments (Incent, Connect, Analytics, Forms)• Subject matter expert (SME) on Xactly native functionality to provide technical hands-on support to internal business partners , vendors, end users, and IT staff• Consistently creating and updating system documentations to keep support references current• Seek out and implement continuous improvement opportunities related to production support and change management processes• Participate in roadmap prioritization based on technical knowledge• Establish and review business metrics with the ability to articulate and provide visibility to the team on various business metrics ensuring every new feature developed meets and is tracked towards those metrics• Manage the UAT process for Retail channel to ensure timely resolution of all defects. Scope of phase includes ensuring data integrity of 10 reference files utilized in 13 different integrations and 55 different plans that highly complex utilizing lookup tables, rate tables, and named relationships. Utilized different environments of Xactly that includes multiple environments including multiple Sandbox environments and Forms. Project acceptance requires validation of 3 FRDs focused on Integration, Data Common requirements, and Plan Specific Requirements that consumers 500+ pages. Engage with multiple teams to ensure data and business requirements align with configurations in FRD. Conduct root cause analysis of test cases and work with developers to identify solutions to test case defects.

Coppell, Tx, Us

• Collaborated with Sales, HR, and IT leaders to understand the strategic goals of new sales incentive plans, define comp plan design requirements, and identify improvement opportunities and risks of proposed solutions to reduce configuration time on plan deployments• Provided guidance as the team lead for companywide sales compensation review and implementation project for more than 4,500 employees across 6 different business channels in a multi-phase rollout strategy focused on improving customer experience thru standardization of compensation statementso Served as project manager and liaison between Sales, HR, Finance, Legal, and third-party vendor, setting prioritization of activities, collaborating on problem solving, mitigating risks, and communicating updates to executive leadership • Reviewed proposed comp plans to provide solutions on data requirements for each plan component and assess complexity of plan framework to determine administration costs and plan effectiveness • Identified and communicated solutions to address root causes of sales comp plan administration issues to improve compensation processes across various internal database and systems• Conducted training to multiple levels of the sales organization on sales comp processes, systems, and best practices tailored to each sales channel to ensure compliance with internal controls• Assisted in the development of team members by providing advice on compensation processes and procedures

Coppell, Tx, Us

• Designed sales comp plans thru partnership with IT, Sales, and HR to meet changing market conditions • Utilized sales comp plan experience and knowledge to make recommendations to ensure sales incentive plan implementation success • Partnered with third-party vendor to successfully complete system configuration projecto Led daily and weekly meetings with Caliber project team members to review and prioritize tasks, facilitate discussions, identify repeatable design solutions, and propose solutions to meet standard configuration requirements based on plan design requirements o Partnered with implementation team to create test cases that covered all sales plan requirements and provided guidance, training, and insight on best practices for testing and rollout timeline• Collaborated with BU leaders and sales compensation analysts to provide sales comp reports and analytics to evaluate plan performance• Resolved and communicated resolution of plan defects consistently meeting payroll deadlines

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Engaged with HR, Finance, and Sales to standardize and centralize the sales compensation process, model total target compensation (base salary + sales incentives) for each sales role, and consolidate sales comp plans based on the primary responsibilities and projected sales volume of role• Collaborated with sales and finance leaders to maintain territory assignment in databases and reporting tools to ensure accurate sales comp calculations• Implemented sales comp performance models, reports, and metrics to aid in sales and finance strategic decisions• Standardized cost of sales methodology to track and report comp results against benchmark for executive leadership• Responsible for the accurate and timely sales incentive calculation of roughly 500 employees on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basiso Reconciled and resolved discrepancies in sales inventive pay o Researched and proposed solutions to payout disputes for Sales and HR leadership• Created standardized and ad hoc reports and dash boards to monitor sales comp vs. sales performance• Served as liaison with IT to ensure data feeds transmitted as expected and troubleshoot reject errors• Managed payroll submission process during high volume period• Conducted review of requested materials with auditor to ensure appliance with auditory requirements

Financial Analyst (Contractor) for Procurement Finance in areas of Corporate Procurement, Commodity Procurement/Risk Managment, Dairy Direct, and Cream & Butter. This role focused on the following area to support risk management and procurement activities:• Risk Management: Commodity reporting, trade reconciliations, bank settlements, month end close, position reports, and cost/lb. reporting• Reporting: Receiving Shrink Reporting (DMOS), Supplier Diversity, Supplier Spend Reporting, Urner Barry Egg Reporting• Capturis (NISC): Administration support, daily payment/FTR, refund check processing• Cost/Pricing Support: Updates and communication of pricing changes thru Sharepointe

New York, Ny, Us

• Analyzed and summarized key factors driving compensation trends• Interfaced with Sales and Marketing to determine impact of potential risk or opportunity of various initiatives• Calculated financial results and variance analysis for variable compensation components. Communicated results to executives to facilitate decisioning on target pay and compensation plan components• Modeled compensation changes to summarize overall impact to financial reporting• Provided compensation and performance results in monthly governance meetings with executives• Calculated financial results and variance analysis of processing volume and revenue• Developed annual sales budgets and quarterly forecasts based on anticipated growth from specific initiatives or anticipated decline in industry trends• Documented flow of data information to create new processes to pay incentives in a timely manner

Charenton Le Pont Cedex, Fr

• Prepared and uploaded journal entries for month end close• Maintained access databases to report on Key Performance Indicators on a weekly and month basis• Interfaced with lab managers and finance to report financial and operational data to monitor and control profitability• Completed month end close, data compilation, and organization of manufacturing expenses and inventory• Administered cost updates to specific product and national coupon program• Assisted in the reconciliation and accounting of semi-annual physical inventory

Plano, Tx, Us

• Researched and developed new economic and financial indicators for monthly report• Created investment tracking report forms to ensure accountability• Completed sales tax forecasting model• Completed other financial analysis

Dallas, Tx, Us

• Cost analysis of different service enhancements• Researched and created Concrete and Asphalt Recycling Program Policy• Created SAR Manual as well as updated website• Completed project using Arch View GIS program at Flood Control• Assisted in preparing a seminar for training of employees after transition• Participated in other research projects• Explained policy and procedure on a regular basis

Master'S Degree, Public Administration With Specialization In Financial Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Social Work