Aaron Morris, EA.

Office: 305-***-**** Cell: 312-***-**** Email: acdc65@r.postjobfree.com

Career Summary

Performance driven professional with extensive experience in broad based and executive compensation

advisement and administration. Notable experience in creating and supporting labor compliance programs

and corporate tax advisement.

Education

Bachelors of Science in Business Administration & Actuarial Statistics (B.A.)

-DePaul University: Chicago, IL 2004-2007

-Westminster University: London, United Kingdom, 2002-2004

-Enrolled Actuary: Society of Actuaries Member: 2011- Present

-World at Work Society: CCP (Certified Compensation Professional) 2009

Career Experience

ChenMed LLC: Labor Compliance & Total Rewards Manager Miami, FL/Chicago, IL

4/2012-Present

- Performed company-wide salary market analysis and implemented salary grades with accompanying

internal equity pay ranges for 1,200 positions.

- Partnered with senior management and established an investment and compensation committee to help

facilitate strategic planning around compensation budgeting and corporate investments.

- Developed strategies, counsel and trained company managers to effectively manage risks and avoid

costly employment and regulatory legal problems including EEOC, NLRB, Wage and Hour, ERISA and

OSHA.

- Handled all labor, employment and benefits-related legal issues and documentation including drafting of

employment termination and immigration letters, employee handbooks, management policies and

procedures manual and SOP.

- Defend, counsel and provide support on labor-related grievances, charges and mediations.

- Identify, assess and negotiate to resolve employment or other litigation before it is formally filed or as

early as reasonably possible once filed.

- Worked in partnership with Chief Administrative Officer to develop and implement the company’s

overall business strategies.

- Worked with outside counsel and managed all employee immigration cases and advised recruiting team

and management on all ongoing employee immigration cases.

Grant Thornton LLP: Sr. Associate, Chicago, IL 3/2011-Present

- Coordinated all aspects of HR client assignments, including recommending new executive compensation

programs, salary market pricing, benchmarking job descriptions, and monitoring the tax implications for

Expat and Impat employees.

- Responsible for interpreting and educating 830 of Nalco Energy Company’s Business Sales

Representatives on their 6 incentive compensation plans and components

- Adhered to strict deadlines to ensure Verizon Communications Inc. Sales Representatives were paid in a

timely manner, and ensured that reporting was in compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley financial disclosure

guidelines.

- Responsible for completing annual compensation valuations for 30 clients throughout Illinois and

California, including data collection, kickoff meetings and describing necessary information needed to

complete the salary market study with clients.

- Assisted in the defining of salary compensation levels for staff, senior and executive level segments

within Grant Thornton’s Chicago and Oakbrook locations.

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McDonalds Corp: Sr. Compensation Analyst, Oakbrook, IL 1/2010-1/2011

- Responsible for all areas of the compensation function including daily Ceridian & PS HRIS support &

troubleshooting. Organized and implemented the executive compensation program.

- Led the Global Compensation Committee in reporting, system design, and development of PeopleSoft

ERP Financial software for the US and Netherlands office locations

- Completed compensation surveys and analyzed compensation survey results.

- Researched external compensation surveys and networks to create and maintain competitive market

pricing structures.

- Created & documented systems and procedures to accurately perform annual executive staff expense

planning to improve efficiency and continuously monitor, modify, and communicate compensation plans

to management.

Aon Hewitt Consulting: Benefit & Compensation Analyst, Chicago, IL

6/2007-1/2010

- Evaluated executive level compensation plan viability, capital structure, and compliance with U.S. statute

requirements for the Chicago Tribune Company.

- Involved in all aspects of litigation support including legal research, factual investigation, medical

records review, document management and trial preparation.

- Served as liaison between clients, opposing counsel, vendors and witnesses.

- Researched legal issues; cite-checked and shepardized legal documents.

Additional Skills

Advanced MS Excel Statistical Modeling, Bloomberg Legal and Financial, LexisNexis, PeopleSoft HRIS,

ProVal Actuarial Modeling, Ceridian HRIS, ADP Payroll, SAP, Lotus Notes, & Westlaw PeopleSoft Financial

8.4 Financial Modeling & Valuation experience, Strong analytical pattern detection and problem solving

abilities, excellent interaction with executive and senior management clients.

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