Functional Skills

Project Management
Revenue Growth
Operations Management
Finance Transformation
Data Collection / Research
Innovation Management
Business Process Outsourcing
Human Capital Consulting
HR Management
HR System Implementation
HR Transformation
Program Management

Certifications

SPHRSenior Professional in Human Resources

Sector Experience

Financial Services
Business Services
Social & Public Sector
Technology
Consumer Goods
24
years

Years of Experience

4/24

Member Since


Big 4 Accounting
Top Consulting Firms

Experience

 
The Hackett Group Management Consulting
Director
07/2023 - 04/2024
• Served as a Co-lead and Subject Matter Advisor (SMA) for a Market Intelligence study of global HCM solution providers providing users with vendor capabilities and value realized by the customer. Scope expanded to all segments of the HR taxonomy; Reward to Exit, Time to Pay, Talent Management
• Reorganized and led testing and status reporting team for a global payroll implementation of 27 countries for a multinational conglomerate.
• Managed a strategy engagement to benchmark and analyze the optimal team sizing by country, setup priorities for succeeding 18 months and recommend / staff initiatives to reduce their overall expenditure while increasing control, for a globally recognized financial services company.

Deloitte Management Consulting
Sr. Manager
06/2022 - 08/2023
• Managed an engagement team of 5 to identify the optimal HCM application following a company's acquisition of a business of a similar size. Partnering with senior IT, HR, and Finance executives, designed a process to guide the project team to evaluate the Workday and SAP SuccessFactors applications.
• Co-managed an engagement to consolidate the Workday HCM applications in use by two companies following a merger. Responsible for the non-North American countries to consolidate the HR functions and lead a vendor selection for two payroll vendors. Project finished in 14 months and was 2.5% under budget.
• Directed a divestiture of 2,200 employees from 7 countries for a client operating Workday HCM/Finance to a PE firm. Working within a larger M&A program, all employees were moved into a working ADP application to meet the 4-month timeline.
• Led a Phase 0 discovery/analysis engagement prior to a company initiating a Workday HR, Benefits and USA/Canada payroll implementation at the requ

Ernst & Young (EY) Human Resources
Director
12/2017 - 06/2022
• Serve as business owner of Global Payroll Strategy Accelerator (GPSA) application for analyzing global payroll for multi-national organizations, providing future-state recommendations, delivering projects costs and staffing levels, and negotiating contracts.
• Collaborated with development team to create software; set roadmap for 24 months—$8M in revenue generated.
• Created a SC CHRO roundtable to build a community of HR professional to drive solutions (~$380K in opportunities).
• Led Lunch & Learn sessions for Charlotte, NC office to train employees in consulting skills and technology skills.

Magellan Health Information Technology
VP of HR Technology
09/2016 - 12/2017
• Established HR application (Workday and ServiceNow) project priorities driven by business needs; this included meeting with senior leaders in HR, Finance, and IT monthly with a set goal to deliver a project every 1-2 months, using an agile approach.
• Achieved 43% reduction in consultant billable hours by hiring qualified employees for Workday roles and cross-trained team in ServiceNow development; achieved annual savings of $375K.

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Information Technology
Manager
09/2013 - 09/2016
• Reviewed 'best practices' for process of Workday implementation for a technology client; managed 8-week project with eight professionals and completed 4.2% under $443K budget—delivered 75+ recommendations for HR modules.
• Assessed Workday implementation design to develop a report of operational process changes, deficiencies, and roadmap for future enhancements; staffed project team of seven and developed budget of $170K (7% under).
• Managed talent management assessment project for a global insurance company leading to licensing of several cloud-based applications; directed fourstaff to deliver 'best-fit' recommendations; $1.7M project was delivered on time and 6% under budget.

Accenture Information Technology
Manager
09/2010 - 09/2013
• Directed 12 resources on a 2-year PeopleSoft HCM 9.0 implementation project as payroll and benefits lead for a large city transit authority (75K employees); motivated team and improved test completion statistics by 100% with $1.2M budget.
• Oversaw payroll workstream for 14-month Workday implementation for two divisions of a global entertainment company.
• Reconciled tests and parallel payrolls while resolving benefits administration configuration issues for Midwestern utility's PeopleSoft upgrade from v8.9 to v9.0—satisfied client requirements by matching calculated earnings, taxes, and deductions.
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SIERRA-CEDAR (Previously CedarCrestone, Inc.) Information Technology
Principal Consultant
05/2006 - 09/2010
• Sold project and managed business process re-engineering of position management for the University of Kansas Medical Center, preceding PeopleSoft 9.1 HCM upgrade of 8.4K jobs for 14K employees; led team of three and $380K budget.
• Upgraded HR, benefits, and benefits administration PeopleSoft HCM modules for City of Kansas; proposed/implemented five process changes surpassing client expectations—$1.1M project on time and under budget (4%).
• Developed data staging environment for 1K managers to streamline hiring 17% of students and 10% of faculty from 113 countries for the University of Connecticut (UCONN); maintained project budget of $5.3M.

MMC COMPANIES INC. (Marsh Inc.) Human Resources
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
01/2000 - 05/2005
• Created business case, winning approval to replace manual documentation with online automation; saved $1.5M by driving business changes and customizing existing HR module.
• Spearheaded web-based custom-built solution, Web Global, for non-North American HR data collection; cut country-specific reporting requirements by 26% and raised collection efforts to 100%.
• Resourced and managed variable compensation module implementation for tracking, reporting, annual reconciliation, and payment of $865M; consolidated 30+ local systems and national plans.