Greater Chicago Area
A highly-experienced and results-oriented Senior Human Resources Total Rewards Leader, with an extensive record of experience in benefits and compensation strategy that includes HRIS, payroll administration, project management, financial analysis, cost containment, vendor selection and management, regulatory compliance, and acquisition due diligence/integration. An adaptable and detail-oriented problem-solver, who develops and leads strategies, initiatives, and programs to drive cost savings and meet business and employee needs.
Designed and implemented new and revised benefits and compensation programs, including defined benefit and contribution retirement plans, non-qualified deferred compensation plan, group health and welfare plans, and work-life, wellness, and leave-of-absence programs, ensuring compliance with ERISA reporting and disclosure requirements, FLSA, ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, and other federal and state laws. - Developed multi-year benefit strategy to proactively manage costs while continuing to educate and provide good benefit options to employees. - Implemented high-deductible health plan design and communication strategy that educated employees on advantages and disadvantages, resulting in a significant migration of employees from PPO plan to the high-deductible plan, resulting in significant company savings.
Led design and implementation of new and revised compensation and benefit programs, including defined contribution retirement plans, group health and welfare plans, work-life, wellness, and leave-of-absence programs, ensuring compliance with ERISA reporting and disclosure requirements, FLSA, ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, and other federal/state/local laws. - Created early-retirement incentive program for faculty and staff resulting in significant savings. - Conducted annual executive compensation review (intermediate sanctions) for officers.
Led design and implementation of new and revised global benefits and compensation programs, including defined-contribution retirement plans, group health and welfare plans, and work-life, wellness, and leave-of-absence programs, ensuring compliance with ERISA reporting and disclosure requirements, FLSA, ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, and other federal and state laws. - Conducted company-wide healthcare project to select new health plan administrator for self-funded health plan, consisting of high-deductible healthcare plan and PPO plan with significant projected network savings. - Performed analysis on company's defined-contribution retirement plan and implemented plan design changes and vendor change to provide 1,200 participants with enhanced value-added benefit.
Managed Abbott Benefits Service Center (22 employees) and administration of company's global benefit plans (including health/welfare and retirement plans) in service center and call center environment. Provided input on benefits design and planning and led implementation and communication of new programs and administrative processes. - Guided the development and implementation of Abbott Benefits website, providing 50,000 customers easy access to life events transactions, annual open enrollment (24/7) and pertinent benefits information. Additionally, the website functioned as the administration tool for service center personnel. - Led process to bring retiree service center health plan operations in house, resulting in a significant company savings.