SueAnn Hannigan
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New York, New York 10010
Cell 917-***-****
acv6w8@r.postjobfree.com
www.linkedin.com/in/sueannhannigan
Summary
A strategy-driven senior human resources business partner with
executive-level experience creating and implementing innovative
solutions to enhance human capital effectiveness in large, complex
global organizations. Polished interpersonal and communication skills
to build and nurture strong relationships with clients and partners
and lead multi-functional teams to outperform business objectives.
Possesses a deep understanding of talent and change management,
workforce strategies, employee relations, talent acquisition, training
and development, executive compensation and organizational
restructuring and design. A detail-oriented, client focused problem
solver with a record of developing HR strategies that drive
quantifiable business results.
Experience
AIG, New York, New York
Vice President, Human Resources, Global Senior Human Resources Business
Partner, Commercial Insurance, July 2011- December 2015
Senior HR Business Partner responsible for developing and executing the
human capital plans for several of the Commercial global business lines
including Casualty, Financial Lines, Specialty and the Chief Underwriting
Office. Advised leaders on talent acquisition, compensation and workforce
decisions. Selected as HR strategy lead for new HRBP community of
practice; created a "how to build a human capital plan" tool kit for
company HRBPs.
. Advised and partnered with the global Head of Casualty in implementing
new compensation and grading structure and communicating new grades
and bonus targets to 2,500 employees in 90 countries.
. Collaborated with newly-hired CUO in building new CUO organization
including role design, hiring internal and external talent and
reorganizing underwriting audit team. Partnered with CUO and Head of
Business Training on new Underwriting Excellence initiative which
entailed determining the "role of the future underwriter" to better
develop, grow and retain the underwriting talent pool. Co-delivered a
new underwriting training curriculum for all Commercial underwriters.
. Partnered with global Head of Financial Lines to identify and hire new
Head of EMEA and to develop the EMEA leadership team. Partnered with
EMEA leaders and HR talent management to assess key issues and
implement leadership, talent and communication plans. Led global
succession planning and talent management assessment.
. Served as project manager for first coordinated global Reductions-in-
Force (RIF) effort across all Property and Casualty businesses.
Implemented and led weekly project meetings with employment lawyers,
employee relations, executive compensation and benefits, global
mobility and business partners to ensure and deliver an effective,
synchronized action for leaders, managers and exiting employees.
UBS, New York, New York
Executive Director, Human Resources, Global Senior Human Resources Business
Partner, General Counsel, Compliance and Risk, October 2005- July, 2011
Senior HR Business Partner responsible for leading a global team of
business partners to develop and execute all human resource initiatives for
the global Legal, Compliance and Risk businesses. Led variety of complex
projects including compensation initiatives, organizational restructurings
and aggressive expense reductions. Advised leaders and provided tools to
engage workforce during time of continued business uncertainty.
. Led talent management and succession planning efforts to ensure
tracking of accelerated development activity for critical human
assets. Linked training and development efforts to succession
planning.
. Drove comprehensive study for legal and compliance business by
partnering with Towers Perrin and MGMC to assess compensation trends
at height of market and address necessary changes.
. Identified and hired external consultant specializing in legal talent
to provide general counsel with benchmarking data and best practice on
workforce planning, staffing/cost metrics, organizational structure
and communication. Designed global senior leader off-site to address
findings and implement solutions.
. Recommended and co-designed training and development platform targeted
at senior market and credit risk population addressing concerns
expressed in annual employee survey.
. Appointed as Americas' HR business partner for 18 months. Partnered
with HR talent management to develop HR consulting training and with
HR talent acquisition to attract and hire top talent.
MORGAN STANLEY, New York, New York
Vice President, Human Resources, Global HR Business Partner, Investment
Management, March 2001- October 2005
HR Business Partner responsible for delivering human resources services to
2,200 employees in global Technology, Operations, Institutional/Retail
Sales, Marketing and Product Development. Provided strategic oversight and
execution in addressing HR issues arising from continued integration of
company with Dean Witter, Van Kampen and Miller Anderson. Partnered with
operations senior management in reduction of 800 operations employees
resulting from functional realignment of global operations. Managed
executive recruiting assignments for external senior talent, including
heads of U.S. institutional sales, global marketing and global product
development. Led the HR function for the 9/11 WTC disaster recovery site
including creation of command center to address all human capital concerns
for the 1,500 displaced WTC employees.
BARCLAYS BANK, PLC/BARCLAYS CAPITAL, New York, New York
Vice President, Head of HR for U.S., Canada and Latin America Private
Banking, Barclays Bank, May 1998 -March 2001
Responsible for establishing new HR recruiting practices including hiring
head of credit, head of investment advisory, COO, private bankers and
investment advisors in New York, Miami, Geneva and Caribbean. Collaborated
with country head in addressing major business restructuring. Served as
member of global team responsible for designing new compensation approach
to better align pay for performance.
HR Business Partner, Investment Banking, Barclays Capital, October 1995 -
May 1998
HR Business Partner responsible for US Region's Technology, Finance,
Operations, Legal, Compliance and Risk groups. Managed all compensation and
promotion processes. Led project to change compensation structure for
technology and trading operations talent to address retention issues and
better integrate incentive and reward systems with business strategy.
Collaborated with senior managers to identify staffing needs and perform
extensive recruiting, including new COO, CIO, head of compliance and senior
hires in capital markets and investment banking. Negotiated search fees,
managed expatriate assignments and created new job-posting program.
Designed new requisition process aligned to budget.
Fordham University, New York, New York, M.B.A., Management and Marketing
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., B.A., American Government