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Collaborate with senior leaders across the division to analyze and clarify over 200 incentive plans for 10,000 participants. Manage 25 incentive analysis and technology employees within mortgage division to execute those plans. Coordinate with technology for seamless automation of compensation incentive payments. Partner with Human Resources for base and variable pay and Employee Relations for resolution. Compensation Design: As the company evolved through acquisitions and organizational restructuring, continually designed and revamped compensation plans to be fair, competitive and aligned with key drivers. Managing Vendors - Established working relationship with industry vendors to utilize benchmarking data. Asked to participate in financial industry benchmarking surveys and round table strategy reviews. Integrating Culturally Diverse Teams - Created a best in class team by integrating two culturally diverse teams located on opposing coasts due to a merger. Designed and delivered an entire systems training curriculum and coached each team member, empowering them to use individual skills and develop to the best of their abilities. Compensation Governance Committee - This committee comprised of the President; Legal and line of business senior leaders was pivotal in transforming a silo-ed culture to shared practices approach, focused on core values and overall division profitability. Compensation Reporting - Developed senior leadership compensation expense reporting to analyze trends and assist leaders in discovering and correcting design flaws and align with key drivers for overall results. Consistent Communication Strategy - New hire training, education presentation and compensation communication calendar for overall divisional employees.

Created and managed Retail lending business reporting along with Incentive plan design and senior leadership presentations. Led expense reporting, analysis and budget planning for entire division. Prepared benchmarking surveys for competitive analysis for compensation design Assisted Chief Finance Officer and Controller of Wachovia Mortgage on a variety of special projects including merit pool and data review for mortgage benchmarking studies.