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Head of Talent (Human Resources) for NRG. Responsible for all aspects of Talent for the company, including compensation, benefits, talent, HR operations, employee and labor relations, and the client-facing Talent business partners serving the business units and functions across the organization.

Head of Human Resources for 1,200 Corporate Center employees. Act as strategic business partner for the Legal, CFO, HR, IT, Sourcing, and other corporate center business groups, including responsibilities for recruiting, employee relations and strategic HR planning. Manage team of 5.Oversee benefits programs for 8,000 US employees. Manage health, wellness insurance, retirement, immigration and relocation programs. Manage team of 8.

Oversee benefits programs for 8,000 US employees. Manage health, insurance, retirement, immigration and relocation programs.

Head up employee benefits department for 15,000 US and non-US Americas employees Oversee and coordinate strategy, design, administration, and compliance for all plans: Executive health & life insurance (global), 401(k) & pension (US), RRSP (Canada), DC savings (Brazil); active & retiree medical, dental, vision, Rx, disability, life insurance, and excess liability (Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, US)Direct on-site fitness and back-up child-care center operationsRolled out new defined contribution and life insurance plans in Brazil office where only statutory benefits previously providedDeveloped and delivered retirement education seminars for employees, with focus on different life stages (getting started, investment & asset growth, and asset decumulation); over 4,000 employees attended with more than 10% taking action (increasing contribution and/or changing investment allocation in 401(k))Spearheaded firmwide initiative, in collaboration with Executive Office, to be first major US Investment Bank to provide tax gross up for same-sex domestic partner health benefitsIntroduced new integrated health and wellness data warehouse; provided analytics to develop future health strategy, reduce costs for on-site health providers, and establish ROI for ongoing programsSuccessfully integrated benefits and wellness departments; launched Benefits and Wellness Cabinet to bring together health & wellness vendors to increase referral activity and develop strategic partnershipsAccountable for program budget of $300M; executed expense reduction initiatives resulting in $80M savingsManage, mentor and direct staff of 13 employees across multiple locations

Headed US employee benefit programs for 150,000 US and Puerto Rico employees; included all retirement and active & retiree health & welfare plansLed initiative resulting in freeze of legacy cash balance and final average pay pension plans and replaced with matching 401(k) plan; developed grandfathering program under pension plan for certain employees and established program to provide transition credits in the 401(k) plan for othersEstablished new financial education and investment advice program for all employeesImplemented new HDHP medical plan with company funded HSAIntroduced comprehensive disease management program, including health risk appraisal with cash incentive, data warehouse, targeted disease and lifestyle management programs, and health coaching/advocacyCreated new brand for compensation & benefits program; resulted in complete overhaul of employee communications, including web, print, and online video materialsIntegrated benefits from multiple acquisitions ranging from 50 to 30,000 employeesDrove complex recordkeeper conversions for pension, 401(k) and health & welfare plansHired, developed and directed staff of 20 employees

Held multiple positions in the Benefits department, including Head of Health & Welfare, Health Plan Manager, and Special Projects ManagerDeveloped and rolled out new employee store for employees, including access to retail and auto discounts and new long-term care and supplemental insurance plansConsolidated health plans by reducing number of HMOs nationwide from over 100 to 25 Integrated benefits programs between Citibank, Travelers Insurance, and Smith Barney following 1998 merger of Citicorp and Travelers Group