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Whiting, In, Us

Irvine, Ca, Us

• Currently implementing Time Tracking for North America with limited help from an outside WD Partner. • Successfully implemented Payroll for a new acquisition with impeccable accuracy and zero issues.• Collaborated with process owners and Workday to design, maintain, and enhance Workday Payroll configurations, posting rules, and functionalities.• Contributed to Workday governance meetings, prioritization, project planning, and resource allocation.• Coordinated and participated in change management and training initiatives related to system design changes, upgrades, and new features.• Supported the development of a strategic Workday HCM/Payroll roadmap in partnership with process owners and Workday, considering desired enhancements and new functionality.• Provided expertise in payroll for inquiries, testing, and special projects, including bug/fix and enhancement/ optimization efforts.• Managed Workday tickets and collaborated with vendors to address Workday product issues.• Engaged in Workday functionality discussions with Workday Customer Success and participated in advisory and design groups.• Cultivated strong relationships with diverse stakeholders at all levels, from end users to executives.• Acted as a Subject Matter Expert for Workday PATT, encompassing business process design and configuration.• Coordinated with the IT technical team to troubleshoot and resolve integration-related issues and failures.• Ensured the seamless functionality of third-party systems integrations.• Evaluated legal and regulatory requirements governing PATT, recommending necessary changes to Workday configurations.• Provided ongoing leadership and functional support for Workday modules, including Time Tracking, Absence Management, Reporting, and Payroll.• Developed and maintained security and business process solutions in Workday that aligned with the business needs of PATT.

Deerfield, Illinois, Us

Led the Workday implementation for the Union employee population and participated in the Workday implementation for the entire organization. Due to achieving milestones faster than estimated, the Implementation was accelerated with a cost savings of $50k under budget. Currently manage Workday configuration of Security, Time & Absence, HCM, Benefits, Payroll & Settlement, Reporting, and Integration across a diverse manufacturing organization operating in 20 states with an employee population of ≈850 worldwide. We will be implementing Advanced Compensation, which I am scheduled to lead later this year. • To prepare for Workday, I met with key stakeholders in the Chicago plant to explore key objectives and used those findings to configure Business Processes in Workday to align with business objectives• During implementation, I exported and validated data from the legacy systems, mapped the data to Workday equivalent fields, and ran integrations into Workday though EIBs• After the data was resolved, I ran audits comparing data from Tax Registers to Workday to find discrepancies and correct Subject & Taxable Income in History as Workday calculates and reports earnings differently from ADP, e.g. GTL• Maintain our relationship with the TopBloc Workday Helpdesk to maximize our ROI, which has also allowed me to quickly upstart on Workday functionality to troubleshoot issues, e.g. Domains, Security Groups, Calc Fields, Payroll• Partner with Production leadership to increase Union integration into Workday aligning to the new CBA for 2020, which has resulted in greater utilization of Workday as compared to our legacy ADP system• Manage Time Tracking compliance though Time Entry Templates, Time Shifts, Time Tags, Time Calcs & Groups, and Time ACRC (payroll) allowing the Union to use the Workday time management solution• Build out SOPs and work with employees to learn Workday through individual trainings to maximize ROI for Workday

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Manage the regional HRIS, global employee data integrity, and global metrics reporting for a global employee population of ≈4100. Serve as local HRIS and operations leader through training, SOX compliance, implementation, maintenance, and coordination of our human resources management systems. Provide all global people reporting and analytics used by Leadership in making key business decisions.• Responsible the day-to-day operations of regional HRIS, security of all employee and system table information, regional data audits, reporting and interfaces with local payroll, and global HRIS systems.• Implement the WorkDay HR and analytics solution for Canada and USA and integrate ADP Payroll (US)/Ceridian (CA). • Design, investigate, implement, and test our HR systems’ compliance to SOX and any future HR systems’ needs or interfaces due to regulatory changes or one best way of working.• Serve as the regional HR Operations technical leader by liaising with vendors, finance, payroll, and other areas of HR to ensure systems and operations needs are met.• Lead the Affordable Care Act (ACA) 1095C reporting by partnering with ADP (during implementation our team saved the company $90k by developing an in house solution to exchange benefit data through an SFTP solution).• Responsible for data and files relating to HR transactions including mergers and acquisitions.• Configure systems (WorkDay, ADP, Success Factors, Taleo) to reflect updated requirements, schedules, and other initiative specifications.• Consistently review and document internal operations processes to ensure efficiency, accuracy of data and service levels; respond to audit issues and controls as needed.• Lead local file maintenance and ensure record keeping standards and requirements are met.• Responsible for all HR reporting including (but not limited to): head-count reporting, compensation analysis, compliance reporting, ad-hoc reports.

Leeds, Gb

My role as the Global HR Operations Specialist was based out of Chicago and supported the global businesses (4,500 employees) in the Americas, Europe, and APAC with responsibilities which spanned the HR department.HRIS/Operations• Worked on the global quarterly HR metrics dashboard• Involved in employee communication, testing and training during system implementations • Managed award payment and communication of years of service and retirement awards• Developed and administrated the HR SharePoint sites and libraries• Developed employee contracts• Administered and contributed to the HR policies• Helped to keep the company in compliance with government standards for reporting • Maintained HR files (electronic and paper)• Developed HR related communications and responded to employee questions • Enhanced employee experience on our global and three regional HR Intranet sites• Supported Taleo in the US to improve upon candidate experienceRewards• Completed salary surveys and prepared salary survey budget• Assisted in the development of executive compensation packages and prepared related material for Board meetings• Developed employee and manager communications for global pay review and STI/LTI processes• Assisted employees with relocations, managed relationship with immigration counsel, and managed taxation of relocation costs

We were given the wonderful opportunity to work with a medical clinic in Kiev, Ukraine to have two beautiful sons through their surrogacy program. I tendered my resignation at Hewitt to be a stay home father with our son born in 2010.We successfully had another baby, a little boy, in March 2014.

Chicago, Us

This role was a sales support position in the Retirement line of business located out of the Chicago Loop office. We were a satellite team, and my role was responsible for project management and keeping operations seamless through maintaining key relationships with the actuaries and resources in the Lincolnshire headquarter. As a part of the sales process, managed customer information in our database, implemented and administered Citrix in our office location for record retention, reported on billings from the ERP, developed marketing products for presentation that effectively communicated how Hewitt was the right solution. Our team was highly successful and won several new large clients in a shrinking defined benefit marketplace. After a project was won, I was responsible with • Aligning our team to proper retention schedules• Partnering with the team in the development of solutions and papers for our clients• Managing databases to house client information, sales credit, and generating reports to effectively manage against project budgets.

Chicago, Il, Us

This student teaching experience in Mathematics and History took place in an inner city high school that had a diverse student population. • Established an IEP system and developed successful working relationship with my co-teachers from the Special Education department• Attended family conferences • Analyzed student needs and modeled curriculum to accommodate • Measured student success to my learning plans • Used data in the development of models to predict student success• Achievement was measured empirically and in the end my students had a 60% improvement on median test scores with a decrease in the standard deviation of 7%

London, England, Gb

Support a twenty-person team in the Change Implementation and Executive Compensation and Rewards groups in the Chicago practice of Towers Perrin. The group included leadership principals, senior consultants, consultants and entry-level professionals, while the team was divided among home-based, client-based and office-based team members. • Managed schedules and e-mail accounts• Assisted clients with issues and helped find solutions• Developed client communications such as invoices, letters, papers, and presentations• Maintained client databases and sales credit program

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Supported an executive overseeing the global arm of JLL’s real-estate consulting group. Thisposition required complete management of the executive’s schedule, e-mail, and travel. • Scheduled meetings• Met with the executive daily to outline his day• Worked with his clients (internal and external) to resolve issues independently• Developed letters, papers, packs, and reports

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Supported the HR organization in aligning the training courses and opportunities to the skills needed to meet the business priorities. As part of this role I had • Conducted Surveys• Purchased or Developed Training Materials• Organized and administered the training courses • Reviewed performance evaluations to look for consistent skill sets

Bachelors Of Art With Distinction, History

Master Of Arts, Education/Special Education

Associate’S Degree, Commercial And Advertising Art