Marie Smith Email & Phone Number

Saint Johns, Fl, Us

We specialize in providing comprehensive Compensation and Pay Equity Strategy Services designed to help organizations build and maintain fair, competitive, and effective compensation programs. Our services include:Compensation Strategy Development: We design tailored compensation frameworks, including salary structures, variable pay programs, and market benchmarking, to align with your business goals.Pay Equity Analysis and Strategy: We conduct equity audits and compliance reviews to identify and address pay disparities, ensuring fair and legally compliant pay practices.Total Rewards Strategy: We craft comprehensive benefits packages and employee recognition programs that complement your overall compensation strategy.Executive Compensation Consulting: We advise on executive pay packages, performance metrics, and alignment with shareholder interests, ensuring competitive and fair compensation at the highest levels.Employee Communication and Change Management: We create transparency initiatives and change management strategies to ensure smooth implementation of new compensation structures.Ongoing Monitoring and Adjustment: We offer regular reviews and data-driven adjustments to keep your compensation programs competitive and equitable.Our services are ideal for companies experiencing growth, mergers, or organizational changes, and for those committed to fostering a fair and equitable workplace.

Zurich, Zurich, Ch

Since 2021, I advanced rapidly from Global Compensation Director/Sr. Director to VP Global Reward Partner for the publicly traded, global workforce solutions provider with 55,000+ employees in more than 60 countries and territories around the world. I expertly develop and manage full cycle total rewards processes for 15,000 to 25,000+ employees and senior leadership while overseeing solutions aimed at achieving enterprise and business unit people-first objectives. I also design executive compensation packages for board approval. My contributions include: > Introduced a phased plan to improve the transparency of compensation structures.> Analyzed compensation and fringe benefits plans to identify opportunities to enhance packages. > Designed and drove adoption of a single source tool to provide global HRBPs and Finance executives with the ability to look up salary ranges and pay guidance for positions in 38 countries.> Created a merit matrix process that blended performance scores and salary range penetration to identify merit increase percentages for all team members.

Zanesville, Oh, Us

During this time, I was instrumental in analyzing the effectiveness of current and future programs and designing new initiatives to improve performance. Additionally, I prepared quarterly board meeting documentation, communicated findings and recommendations on critical initiatives to senior decision makers, and influenced/empowered executives to act on those findings.My contributions include designing a retention model using R-programming to enable the organization to pinpoint employees at high risk of departure, construct profiles of individuals more inclined to stay, and understand associated risk at an enterprise level. I also created a dynamic cost analysis model that enabled C-suite to compare salaries to key points within multiple markets; the model enabled leaders to make strategic and informed decisions related to labor budgeting.

Zanesville, Oh, Us

As both Manager and Director of the Compensation & Workforce Intelligence function, I played a pivotal role in designing, executing, and tracking the effectiveness of current and future programs, including identifying issues, developing recommendations, and conducting data analysis on pay strategies and merit reviews.

Zanesville, Oh, Us

During this time, I advanced through positions of increasing scope and accountability, gaining expertise in all aspects of benefits and compensation analysis/management. I led several key related projects, overseeing each the full project lifecycle, from design and testing to implementation and sustainability, ensuring we achieved all critical deadlines and milestones. Leveraging strong interpersonal and communication skills, I provided regular updates on project progress to executives and key stakeholders. I also provided guidance on key project initiatives as directed by VPs of Shared Services and manage third party relationships as needed.

Irvine, Ca, Us

During this time, I served as the initial point-of-contact for employee relations while overseeing HR initiatives for a publicly traded apparel retailer with 6,500+ employees spread across 428 locations in the US. I managed workplace issues for the Eastern Region of the US, including optimizing hiring practices, leadership development, and recruiting while performing audits and reporting findings to executive leadership to ensure compliance with state/federal law and EEOC policies. Within the first month of joining the company, I developed and implemented a case tracking system and process for employee relation investigations. I also designed and launched a new HR dashboard, providing progress snapshots for companywide initiatives covering policy acknowledgments, requisition aging averages, and required training programs. Additionally, I developed TALEO "how to" training videos to coach field managers nationwide on how to properly use the ATS system and created forms, documents, and process flow charts to improve the user experience. I was also a key contributor to creating a management competency assessment tool and provided quarterly employee relation trend analysis too assess risk and recommend mitigation strategies.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Having earned rapid promotions at Forever 21, in late 2012, I was asked to work on improving employee benefit practices by benchmarking best practices, researching industry and employment trends, tracking legislation, and estimating impact. As part of this effort, I provided recommendations for new employee benefit programs by examining, evaluating, and optimizing employee understanding, acceptance, and interests as well as costs, regulatory requirements, and competitive advantage. My additional contributions include evaluating proposed employee benefit contracts to estimate impact; explaining employee benefits through meetings and written communications; and providing management planning and control information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing employee benefit data and trends.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

In 2012, I was hired to develop and deliver innovative recruiting programs and services designed to support the mission of the company. My early contributions included increasing success rates by decreasing the number of visibly under-qualified or overqualified applicants, reducing employee turnover through proper screening and sourcing, and providing positive job seeker experiences to meet the organizations legal and social obligations.In less than six months, I was promoted to develop a detailed recruiting process flow for the company, including identifying areas for improvement and providing recommendations to streamline recruiting and shorten fill time. As part of this effort, I oversaw training and created custom forms to aid the recruiting team in clearer communication between various departments.Under my leadership, we successfully implemented group interviewing which decreased time-to-fill rates from an average of 66.25 to 43.50 days. I also negotiated savings for the company's job marketing strategy and launched Forever 21’s first Corporate Internship Program. In recognition of my work, I was selected by the Executive team to represent the HR/Recruiting department in the ERP selection and implementation process.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

In this early role, I specialized in the placement of Accounting, Financial, IT, and Operation professionals for a wide range of companies and financial institutions. As part of this effort, I used a consultative approach to provide customized solutions, including temporary and project staffing, direct-hire placements, strategic partnerships, and outsourcing services.

Jacksonville, Florida, Us

New York, Ny, Us