SANDRA RIOS-DORIA
Frisco, TX *****
**********@*********.*** 214-***-****
Cell
PROFESSIONAL OVERVIEW
Compensation professional with extensive experience in leadership, relationship building, organization, time
management, communication, change management, problem resolution, global interface, and all areas of
compensation analysis, with specialized skills in creating, developing and implementing initiatives for compensation
strategies.
Merit and bonus process FLSA exemption analysis
Long and short term incentive analysis Market analysis / job pricing
Sales commission analysis/administration Salary structure development
Performance appraisal process Process improvement
Project management Survey submissions
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Project manager for FLSA revisions in 2004, ensuring compliance with new regulations and corrected FLSA
status on appropriate jobs. Worked with DOL on employee back pay
Developed new relocation subsidy process which allowed compensation analysts to enter data and receive
reports directly from the supplier database realizing an annual cost avoidance of $22K
Created a process to completely organize all electronic job descriptions, job change forms, and archives
Managed Service Line Productivity target of $71M and managed plans totaling $82M exceeding target by
15%
Negotiated supplier contracts resulting in a cost avoidance totaling $700K
Worked with system engineers to completely automate the sales commission process which allowed a
reduction in manpower and annual cost avoidance of $40K
Successfully managed relocation and transfer of Emperion (EDS joint venture) organization personnel to a
new location. Contracted office space, negotiated lease, purchased furniture, disposed of current furniture and
equipment, transferred phone service, mail delivery, etc
Developed administration process for Travel Requests reducing receptionist time spent processing requests by
15 hours per week resulting in an annual manpower savings of 38%
CAREER HISTORY
Affirmative Insurance Holdings, Dallas, TX 2008
SR COMPENSATION ANALYST
(Contract Work: Revise / set up Compensation structure)
Responsibilities: Market pricing, creating / revising salary structures, developing job codes, developing job
descriptions, creating / revising compensation process and procedure manual, Creating / revising Salary
Administration Guide, FLSA projects, manager consultations, developing corporate policies and processes for contract
workers, developing training materials, assisting with benefit projects.
Towers Perrin HR Consulting, Dallas, TX 2007 - 2008
SR COMPENSATION ASSOCIATE
Responsibilities: Managing human resource projects for external clients, performing QA (quality assurance) on
compensation associate’s work including job analysis, market survey matches, market pricing, revising salary
structures, FLSA exempt / non-exempt projects, assisting with interview process for new employees.
CompUSA Corporate, Dallas, TX 2004 - 2007
SR COMPENSATION ANALYST (2005 – 2007)
Responsibilities: managing market surveys including selection, budget, and participation, conducting job code
reviews and desk audits, developing ROI justification on compensation products, creating and providing analysis on
executive reports, consultant to company leaders on employee salary, FLSA, performance management, job codes, and
various employee issues, and all general analyst job responsibilities.
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COMPENSATION ANALYST (2003 – 2005)
Responsibilities: Creating justification for salary structure increase, job analysis, managing market surveys including
selection, budget, and participation, market pricing jobs, revising salary / bonus ranges, revising sales incentive plans,
conducting desk audits, resolution of exempt / non-exempt issues, revising organizational charts to prepare for
performance appraisal process, DOL reports, creating and providing analysis on executive reports, consultant to
company leaders on employee salary, FLSA, performance management, job codes, and various employee issues.
Electronic Data Systems (EDS), Plano, TX 1986 - 2003
PROJECT ANALYST - Portfolio Management (2002 – 2003)
Responsibilities: Managing productivity budgets for business operations by building internal and external
relationships, leading weekly management meetings to monitor account productivity progress, tracking productivity
dollars, and dissemination of Intelligence.
PROJECT ANALYST - Global Vendor Management (2001 – 2002)
Responsibilities: Managing all aspects of vendor selection for electronic courseware offerings. Interfaced and
developed relationships with various levels of internal management and external suppliers. Negotiated contracts on
selected offerings.
COMPENSATION ANALYST - Corporate Compensation (1995 – 2001)
Responsibilities: Conducting annual market analysis on all jobs, special projects for FLSA compliance, geographic
modifier updates, internal equity analysis, DOL reporting, and all general analyst job responsibilities.
HUMAN RESOURCE ANALYST - Corporate Compensation (1994 – 1995)
Responsibilities: Administration of the sales commission process, working with Database Administrator to automate
commission process, co-leader for Inner Circle project, tracking sales revenue for sales organizations, participating in
market surveys, developing corporate policies and processes, providing DOL reports, creating and providing analysis
on trend reports.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
MS Office applications, Oracle Discoverer, Lotus Notes, Outlook, Network Link, Intranet / Internet, Corporate
Administrative System, Project Administration System, Market Analyzer, Survey Library
EDUCATION
Cincinnati Technical Institute: Math and Chemistry courses
Stanton Ctr. For Ministry Formation: Graduate courses in Theology-prep for ordination to Diaconate
(a voluntary ministry)
CONTINUING EDUCATION
World at Work Courses: Completed the following CCP classes:
T3-Quantitative Methods, C1-Regulatory Environments for
Compensation Programs, C2-Job Analysis, Design, Documentation, and
Evaluation. C4- Pay Structures, Pay Rates Determination, and Base
Salary Administration
Project Mgmt. Classes: Project Management Basic Scheduling
Project Management Start-up and Planning,
Project Management Execution and Closedown
Standards Act, laws, theory