Human Resource Employee Relations

Susan Masnyj

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Maplewood, New Jersey 07040

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Profile

Energetic self-starter with over 20 years Human Resources experience with a large New York and New Jersey major pharmaceutical and financial institutions. Extensive experience in compensation, development and training, employee relations and staffing. Expertise in coaching and consulting managers at all levels on complex issues to ensure decisions are in alignment with the firm’s business strategies and objectives.

Experience

Novartis Pharmaceutical, East Hanover, NJ 2007-2016

Senior Compensation Specialist

Provides compensation expertise initially as a consultant later hired as an employee. Responsible for annual and ad-hoc salary and incentive compensation review for division supported which was 2,800 plus employees. Role also consisted of job evaluations (leveling and determining appropriate benchmark salary) as well as evaluations stock buyout for new hires. In addition to the divisional role manages multiple survey submissions for the U.S. Company. Liaison to survey companies for any ad hoc requests.

Credit Suisse Bank, New York, NY 2006-2007

Human Resource Generalist – Credit Division

Provided Human Resource expertise to the U.S. Credit Division as a consultant in a variety of HR disciplines including employee relations, compensation, hiring and employee consultation.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, New York, NY 1985-2006

Compensation Officer – Asset Wealth Mgmt Group 2002-2006

Provided compensation expertise approximately 3,000 employees in the Private Bank. Participated in developing and driving the long term functional agenda for the business’s compensation goals. Ensures that compensation is equitable both for peers within JPMC’s Private Bank business but as with other high net worth Private Banks as well. Participated and interpreted Compensation surveys results to ensure that staff is paid equitably to their peers.

Participated in creation of an Opportunity Matrix which is used translate business specific performance goals, as well as individual’s performance to the appropriate compensation.

Conducted and administered FLSA review for the business, resulting in converting 200+ employees to non-exempt roles.

Human Resource Generalist – Assistant Vice President – Legal Group 1997-2002

Provided Human Resource expertise to JPMCs Legal Group for a global staff of more than 1,000.

Compensation – Managed full year compensation planning process for a global business. Coached and counseled managers as well as General Counsel on the equitable administration of the total compensation plan across newly merged organizations. Conducted compensation comparability surveys, job matching and benchmarking of jobs.

Staffing – Worked with hiring managers to understand their staffing needs and preferences on all legal jobs. Handled the recruiting process for attorney hires from beginning to hire. This included consultation with external legal recruiters from the placement of job description, consulting with attorney managers to determine the best candidates and consulting with managers regarding the compensation offers. This resulted in high quality diverse talent.

Employee Relations – Served as primary contact for employees and managers on issues relating to employee relations. This included policy interpretation, conflict resolution and restructuring. Served as objective third party for employee issues. Advised and counseled managers on FLSA, FMLA, ADA as well as sensitive issues such as sexual harassment, discrimination, etc.

Training and Development – Consulted with managers on range of innovative programs/products to support the business strategies. Rolled out and delivered training on new programs.

Compensation Specialist – Assistant Treasurer 1992-1997

Administered the various compensation programs for diverse client - Corporate Staff Group. These businesses included Financial Management, Administrative Services, Legal and Credit/ Risk Management.

Designed and managed the compensation planning program. Created user friendly planning documents for the quarterly and annual planning process. Designed budget expenditure reports to apprised management to facilitate staying within budget.

Other responsibilities included Coordinating 4-5 annual compensation surveys and analyzed their results. Consulted and advised the Business Partner population and managers of the appropriate salary structure for their diverse population. Reviewed all job evaluations and assigned proper grades and salary ranges. Designed and managed the job comparability process due to reorganizations and mergers.

HR Representative – Supported the Administrative Services Group. Responsible for various functions such as interviewing, payroll, benefits, training, salary planning and employee relations for a staff of over 600.

Skills

Strong PC skills in a variety of software – Excel, Word, Paradox, Business Objects, PeopleSoft, SAP & Access.

Education

BA coursework SUNY – Potsdam 1976-1979

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