SHAWKNEKA WARREN

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A passionate and excited Global Human Resource Leader with 15+ years in corporate, operations, and shared services expertise. A full understanding of best world practices in the areas of vendor management, compensation, expatriate payroll, relocation, immigration, tax equalization, strategic management, contract negotiation & project management. A servant-leader, who possesses a strong business acumen, energetic work ethic, and cultural sensitivity, with a desire to impact a strong global human resource branding, prioritization skills, and a positive demeanor. Capabilities include:

Global Mobility Policy/Program strategy

Project Management

Strategic Sourcing/Vendor Management

Financial Acumen

Compliance Management

Talent Acquisition

Immigration

Payroll/Compensation (shadow/home/host)

Relocation Management (domestic/international)

Analytics and Reporting

Manage team of 15 employees

Training & Development

Client Relationships/Communication

SOFTWARE PROFICIENCIES:

SAP, Taleo 10.1, Oracle, Workday, Windows 7, Microsoft Office 2010, PeopleSoft 9.1, SharePoint

EDUCATION

Master’s Degree in Organization Management & Leadership

CAPELLA UNIVERSITY, Minneapolis, MN

Master’s Degree in Human Resource Management

TROY STATE UNIVERSITY, Troy, AL

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration

NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY, Norfolk, VA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

INDEPENDENT HR CONSULTANT- Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX 2013 – present

Independent HR Consultant (self-employed)

Implement the best strategy for relocation, immigration, background screening, and EEO/FCC compliance within Workday ATS system for 10,000 employees.

Manage testing, configuration, and go-live of Workday applicant tracking system (hiring/on-boarding), processes, and trouble-shooting for all managers, HRIS, HR Business Partners, recruiters, and RPO suppliers.

Instruct consulting services for vendor selection options and advise clients with global recruitment (RPO) and Human Resources best practices for different organizational cultures.

Develop and build new Talent Acquisition Operations, process documentation, and manage reporting capabilities to ensure efficiency, structure, and merge best practices across all brands.

BAKER HUGHES INTERNATIONAL (BHI) - Houston, TX 2011 – 2013

Global HR Vendor Management Leader /International HR Manager, Shared Services

Owned and managed six global shared services Project Management (PMO) initiatives for 80+ countries resulting in cost savings of $4M of $90M annually enhancing total rewards, relocation and immigration programs, vendor contracts, and policies for 60,000 employees.

Directed all contractual negotiations related to RFQs, RFPs, SOWs, KPIs, metrics, and financial management to improve talent acquisition, workforce planning, and global mobility programs’ cost efficiency, consultations for new country territories, and quality control.

Successfully standardized global change management models through governance, escalation restructuring, and policy exceptions across shared services, operations, corporate, and vendors to ensure compliance, risk management, and create better partnerships.

Partnered with various teams and created presentations for executives and management including: Human Resources, Legal, Talent Acquisition, Workforce Planning, Finance, IT, and Shared Services to address hiring and global on-boarding issues and develop project strategies.

Executed Lean event deliverables to reduce hiring cycle from 75 days to 14 days within six months using Taleo, SAP and vendor related systems.

Managed up to 15 direct employees within shared services overseeing daily operations and providing learning resources to increase knowledge base related to industry publications or legal regulations.

HEWITT ASSOCIATES/NUCOMPASS MOBILITY - Addison, TX 2008 – 2010

Sr. Global Mobility Human Resource Lead

Provided global mobility expertise implementing creative solutions to address immigration documentation, payroll, tax equalization (hypothetical cost estimates) issues, year-end planning and relocation.

Led, configured, and facilitated over new HRIS technology strategy for all global compensation and tax (home/host) through Fx data for international employees to ensure accuracy and tracking year-end earnings.

Offered consultations to all employees, managers, Human Resources, and Finance processing international payroll, immigration logistics and meetings, policy exception solutions, accurate cost estimates, expense management, and benefits details.

Facilitated SLA agreements through client relationships, policy management, and quarter reviews through metrics

KPMG, LLP - Dallas, TX 2007 - 2008

Sr. Tax Associate, Global Mobility Advisory Services

Led global mobility engagement initiatives for several clients including: third-party management, compensation management, payroll, policy management, cost estimation, and tax equalization compliance for year-end reporting to the IRS.

Built client relationships with internal and external stakeholders globally to promote potential business opportunities networking in International HR Roundtables, off-site global mobility meetings, and related opportunities.

Engaged in client tax engagements to ensure quality assurance with employee and corporate tax requirements, hypothetical review (home/host), W-2s and W-2Cs (itemized expenses and allowances), tax credits for year-end reporting, and budgetary goals.

CARTUS - Irving, TX 2006 - 2007

International Assignment Consultant

Managed clients’ policy from different sectors and global compensation/payroll methodology to ensure validation of expatriates' allowances entitlements, and relocation benefits.

Tracked all global payroll activity and managed all immigration support and year-end tax preparation with vendors for assignees for overseas assignments.

Owned and facilitated relocation policy/program for expatriates; consultation of best utilization of supplier chain resources (i.e. language and cross-cultural); coordinating the shipment of household goods, destination services and expenses.

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION - Bethesda, MD 2000 - 2006

Sr. HR Business Partner (International)/Expatriate Consultant

Managed all end-to-end global mobility programs overseeing International HR policy for 150,000 employees in over 100+ countries, revised relocation packages from 40 to 14 globally to improve cost effectiveness, compliance, and reduction of exceptions requesting VP of HR’s approval.

Participated in LM Kaizen’s project and related recruiting goals to address complex compliance gaps in relocation (domestic/international), global benefits, cost of living allowances, immigration and tax equalization model to create on-line checklist to automate information simultaneous to all providers globally.

Created global on-line modules (Intro to International HR, Tax Equalization, Benefits, & COLA allowance) through the Learning Management System (LMS) to provide educational tools for HR, Operations, and employees.

Received an award for successfully and seamlessly implementing global PeopleSoft expatriate payroll and tax equalization for 2,000+ employees by developing the training and import items needed for testing, configuration, and met go-live deadline.

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