Stacey McMahon

Mobile: 760-***-**** E-mail: ad4bc0@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

A strategic business partner offering 20+ years of progressive, wide-ranging experience throughout the computer gaming industry. A leader who understands how to integrate HR strategy with operations to drive change, build organizational alignment, further company goals, and improve the employee experience.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO

M.S. Global Business Leadership

Graduate Certificates in: Project Management, Global Business Strategy

Human Resources Professional

Mira Costa Community College Certificate Program

OSHA Compliance Employee Health and Safety

Rockhurst Continuing Education

Member: SHRM, P.M.I.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Director of Human Resources

Intrepid Studios 2021 –2024

As head of the newly created HR department, I established the core infrastructure for the company. I selected and implemented a full HRIS and payroll system as well as an ATS for recruiting. I led open enrollment for employee benefits then created our performance review process and ran annual performance reviews while managing a team of internal and external recruiters and a Sr. HR Generalist.

I did full cycle recruitment, growing the employer brand across all platforms to bring in over 3000 candidates every month. Increased studio size from 50 to 150+ in just 2 years, set up and managed contracts for external recruiters. Selected and attended industry events for recruitment of top talent. Trained hiring managers on how to conduct legal interviews and use of the ATS system. Created pay bands, wrote job descriptions, performed work studies for newly created roles.

Set up E-Verify for new hire onboarding compliance. Negotiated job offers with a 98% success rate of staying in budget while also landing critical candidates. Kept attrition to a low of 4% during “The Great Resignation”.

Director, Business Operations & HR

Playable Worlds 2019 –2021

Responsible for all finance, accounting, human resource, and corporate compliance functions in their entirety. Member of the leadership team responsible for organization development strategy and day-to-day business operations and administration.

As head of HR, reporting to the CEO, I developed a hiring strategy then created and implemented a pay band and titling structure across the org. I was responsible for full cycle recruitment and quickly grew the team from 4 FTE to 27+ FTE in just under a year.

As one of the first few employees at Playable Worlds I implemented our accounting system and integrated it with our banking, payroll HRIS, and state/government agencies for tax automation. I set up all the necessary compliance for business licensing and insurance and wrote all our employee policies including a California compliant Employee Handbook, T&E policy, PTO policy and remote worker policy during the pandemic. I've created full cycle accounting processes with multistate payroll, and I performed financial reporting and projections for monthly board meetings. I also managed budgets and hiring plans.

I selected and negotiated a full suite of "best in class" employee benefit plans that made us competitive as an employer in our current market. I then led the open enrollment process as well as the continued onboarding processes for all new employees. I continued to re-evaluate and renegotiate these annually as our company grew to help position us as an employer of choice in the game development industry.

Office Services Manager

E.E.D.A.R. (Acquired by The NPD Group) 2016 –2019

Responsible for office operations, administration, and HR Business Partner to an office of 65 people in the Games/Entertainment Sector of NPD. Drove compliance efforts for California and managed employee safety program (OSHA compliance, IIPP and EAP). Assisted with employee relations, recruiting, performance reviews and the on/off boarding for the Carlsbad office.

Key member of the “Energize & Mobilize” the Entertainment Sector planning team. Responsible for all team building employee engagement events for the Sector (138 employees). Chairperson of the NPD2 employee engagement committee and philanthropic/volunteer group.

Senior Employee Engagement Manager

LPL Financial 2014 – 2016

Served as Senior Project Manager to Chief of Staff, EVP for DOL Compliance. Managed all org charts, succession planning and learning and development tracking and licensing for division of 800+ finance securities and exchange professionals across 4 US offices. Planned quarterly town hall meetings. Responsible for planning executive retreats, team building events, tradeshows/event staffing, and executive committee meetings with extensive travel. Managed space planning efforts for San Diego office. Served as safety warden. Diversity Champion and Chairperson for LPL’s largest Employee Engagement and volunteer group The NPD Foundation a 401 (c) 3 non-profit organization.

Manager, Office Operations & Administration/HR Business Partner

Razer 2012 – 2014

Department head overseeing office operations, human resources, purchasing, corporate travel, facilities, and IT for all US offices. Responsible for the strategy and day-to-day administrative operations for a rapidly growing multi-national consumer electronics, lifestyle, and entertainment company.

Areas include, but not limited to team leadership, organizational development and training, full cycle recruitment, immigration, contracts, employee relations and retention, performance management, compensation, stock and benefit programs, HR compliance, internal communications, real estate portfolio management, lease negations, and special ad hoc projects.

HR Business Partner: worked with co-employer ADP to support 120 employees across 3 US offices. Managed total compensation and rewards, performance management, and career development systems. Constantly reviewed programs to ensure applicability, market competitiveness and alignment with corporate goals and objectives.

oConsulted on employee relation matters, job classifications and employee morale issues. Worked with management and employees on a day-to-day basis to prevent and solve employee issues. Coached employees and managers on how to help drive business results.

oAdvised Razer’s senior management team on all HR issues relating to benefits, payroll practices and progressive discipline and counseling.

oDirected Razer’s employee benefits and 401k plan to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations, while working within Razer’s cost-conscious budget

oOversaw employee termination and separation notices and related documentation and advised Razer’s senior management on strategies to reduce the company’s liability.

oExperienced with creating job descriptions, including collecting job duty information from hiring managers, benchmarking duties against industry standards and researching salary targets.

oEvaluated payroll 3rd party partnership and designed long-term strategy to reduce cost and improve service level; Managed transition to new payroll partner resulting in $50,000 cost savings to business annually.

oDeveloped and managed innovative quality of life programs, including employee education, corporate Yoga, personal services, morale, and team building activities, and employee events.

Contract Manager and Notary Public: Maintained legal archives and oversaw contract routing and execution process from the budget coding of new purchases and service contracts through the execution and payment phases.

oNotary Public responsible for filing immigration documents, domestic partnership affidavits for employee health benefits, and foreign document legalization/apostilles for visa applications.

Operations Manager

Munitio Inc. (Acquired by BDA) 2010-2012

Responsible for the overall structure and day-to-day processes of the business including human resources, payroll, accounting, online sales operations, order fulfillment, customer service, marketing & event logistics.

As part of M&A team, led transition efforts for sale of company, due diligence, corporate onboarding, and sales system integration from internally managed website to new proprietary ERP system-YODA.

Performed general financial analysis, budget planning and ROI tracking related to brand development, tradeshows, and events.

Project Manager (Finance & HRIS)

Sony Online Entertainment 2005 – 2010

Led key projects as assigned by CFO, responsible for research and initiatives for HR/Payroll, Finance and Legal departments.

oProject manager for HRIS system implementation from ADP to UltiPro

oR&D Tax Credit applications

oAchieved $600k credit for Texas and $200k for Colorado studios.

oTelecommunications account management and consolidations

oPorted 500 lines from 11 accounts onto one Enterprise account with NET savings of $100k per year and greater visibility into spending.

oMember of the” Sony United” Strategic Sourcing Task Force - responsible for vendor relations and contract negotiations that form partnerships with key vendors and result in significant savings across all Sony Global divisions.

o2010 Sony Global Project of the Year Nominee: “Sony United Wireless RFP”

Project resulted in a $40M annual savings across all Sony global op-cos.

Head Count Planning & Budgeting

oCollaborated with each team to collect monthly flash data projections for recruiting, relocation expense, succession planning, and additional headcounts or temp labor/outsourcing for product launch ramp-ups and deadlines.

oAssisted with team cost allocations and capex tracking.

Facility Management

oProperty management and maintenance management for 10 studios worldwide.

oEstablished OSHA Compliance Program: IIPP, EAP, and Ergonomics program.

oFixed asset tracking and warehousing

General Office Administration

oOversaw monthly reconciliation of corporate Amex, petty cash, and expense reporting processes for all studios. Created process and policy documentation for each.

oServes as back up to many accounting/finance functions related to purchasing, fixed assets, software license management, revenue collection, daily cash posting, budget forecasting, Corporate Travel, Payroll, AR, and AP.

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