Laurie Bennett Email & Phone Number

Birmingham, AL, US

Clearwater, Florida, United States

• Led multiple small to medium sized executive compensation projects
• Attended and prepared presentations for board meetings at multiple Life Sciences companies
• Project manager for executive compensation projects including: Peer Group Development, Equity Guidelines, Executive Compensation benchmarking, Board of Director compensation, Burn Rate/Overhang
• Pulled data from public filings such as proxy, 10k and Form 4’s

Alabama, United States

• Oversaw design of Institutional, Fixed Income, Key Equipment Finance and Enterprise Payments incentive plans including adhering to sound compensation guidelines
• Responsible for the Institutional, Enterprise Payments, Analytics, Legal and Corporate Center’s cash compensation programs including base pay, bonus, long term incentives
• Developed and evolved compensation practices and recommend changes that were consistent with market trends, compensation philosophy, journey to greater pay transparency, and the Company's business objectives
• Led salary and bonus planning compensation cycles for assigned line of businesses.
• Provided advice and support to Executive Leaders, Finance and HR Directors regarding salary structures, policy interpretations, job evaluations, job leveling, career ladder design, offer analysis, etc.
• Ensured compensation programs are in compliance with internal guidelines, local and country regulatory requirements

• Provided consultation on market and industry trends leveraging a broad network of external resources
• Developed and executed compensation training programs for managers and associates
• Worked with Legal and Compliance to ensure compliance with local, state and federal laws
• Partnered with HR Partners and Recruiting to review client-group compensation and make recommendations on how to ensure market competitiveness.
• Worked collaboratively with business partners to develop and implement pay strategies concerning compensation ranges, shift differentials, spot differentials, and other pay practices
• Provided functional leadership for the bank’s broad based compensation and incentive compensation administration

• Administered and interpreted PAR Human Resources policies, procedures and programs.
• Designed, planned and implemented corporate benefits and compensation programs, policies and procedures
• Coordinated with external vendors for online enrollment and administration of benefits
• Oversaw administration of Workers Compensation, Disability, Retirement Plan and FMLA
• Provided advice, counseling, and services to PAR management and employees regarding Human Resources related issues
• Ensured that all programs are compliant with legal requirements

• Developed and implemented field and corporate salary structures to ensure competitive compensation for the company across the United States.
• Ensured flawless execution of annual salary planning programs. Supported organizations through job evaluation activities across multiple areas.
• Provided competitive comparisons and compensation insight for groups supported.
• Evaluated jobs for exemption status, internal equity, and external competitiveness against salary survey data.
• Utilized pay analyses to assist HR Directors in preparation for communicating equitable pay recommendations to their respective hiring managers.
• Worked with HRIS and outsourced vendor to ensure transactions are accurately recorded in the HRIS system.

• Partnered with HR and business lines to evaluate, design, and implement both internally and externally competitive compensation programs.
• Conducted analysis of compensation data.
• Evaluated external market competiveness, internal equity analyses and incentive program evaluation.
• Participated in training and communications of compensation related programs.
• Functioned as primary contact for Management Incentive Plan and Deferred Compensation.
• Developed Access database to house Deferred Compensation accounts.

• Maintained deferred compensation records.
• Maintained life insurance records.
• Assisted with preparation of Human Resources budget.
• Prepared journal entries for medical benefits.
• Reconciled general ledger accounts.
• Analyzed expense variances.

• Participated in the recruiting process by reviewing applications and pre-screening candidates to forward for review by the assigned recruiter.
• Responsible for managing the Applicant Harbor process in conjunction with recruiters to ensure the review of all qualified candidates and the complete documentation of the interview process through the applicant.
• Coordinated with recruiters to post positions, obtain approvals for openings, communicate with candidates regarding the status of applications, and close job files for forwarding to centralized files.
• Assisted recruiters in preparing job overviews, candidate assessments, offer letters, and other documentation in support of the recruiting process.
• Transitioned candidates through the hiring process by coordinating background checks, drug screens, reference checks and the scheduling of assessment tools/testing.

• Calculated and verified employee hours, and distributed funds into accounts.
• Problem solved work orders and site projects with clients.
• Served as primary contact for all distribution and supply vendors.
• Prepared payable invoices including calculating amounts, verifying proper departmental approvals, coding using general ledger accounts, weekly check runs, posting manual payments.
• Audited and inputted employees' expense reports.
• Monitored accounts receivable, resolved past due balances, made account collection phone calls to clients, sent accounts receivable past due notices, prepared weekly collections reports for management.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Business Administration And Management, General

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