Human Resources Employee Relations
Resume:
James “Jim” Colello Arlington Heights, IL
***.*******@*****.***
Professional Summary:
Solid Human Resources leadership experience, excelling in areas such as human resources management, change management, organizational design, talent, and performance management. An influential executive in managing politics and creating innovative strategies. A change agent driving efforts to enhance total reward strategies and functions, compensation and HR systems that enable consistent organizational development on an internal and external scale. Extensive expertise providing strategic direction regarding performance and talent management and rewards initiatives that best fit the organizations’ culture, priorities, and business model. Well experienced in rapid growth and change environments including start-ups.
Areas of Expertise:
Executive Advisor/Business Partner
• Identified areas of management vulnerability and employee relations practices, recommending changes that virtually eliminated employment litigation and governmental claims.
• Developed methodology and provided process to detect attrition and improve retention to a rate of 95% annually.
• Served as the advisor and consultant to several CEOs and top executives in matters of reorganization, change, disciplinary actions, and compliance. Employee Relations, Compliance and Employment Law
• Conducted highly sensitive investigations into claims and assertations of transgression and misconduct providing sound advice to resolve and reconcile matters.
• Prevented a multi-million-dollar judgement against a company found negligent in its employment practices.
Benefits, Compensation and Policy Development
• In conjunction with Benefit Brokers designed and recommended comprehensive programs to increase competitiveness while decreasing overall benefit expenses by over $300K annually.
• Provided compensation programs to meet the needs of salaried, hourly, and commissioned with the purpose of remaining competitive, attracting and retaining top talent.
• Merged comp plans of acquired organizations to provide consistency and uniformity.
• Developed required and optional employment policies to provide consistency in employment practices and legal compliance.
• Provided insight and counsel to competitive compensation programs while remaining sensitive to operating costs.
Employee Development and Culture
• Developed several programs and methodologies for employee development and succession planning.
• Created a program to generate a healthy culture resulting in the company being names as a top ten company to work for by a prominent business publication for three consecutive years.
• Created and implemented employee review and evaluation systems including 360s, skip level, peer reviews, etc.
Mergers and Acquisitions, Organizational Development
• Managed HR workstream for over 22 mergers and acquisition from the due diligence process through the practices of merging cultures post-acquisition.
• Provided sound advice in matters of organizational development and change to support strategic business objectives.
Core Competencies
• Executive HR Business
Partner/Advisor
• HR Generalist
• Compensation
o Merit/Budgeting
o Plan design and incentives
• Job Analysis
• Employment Law
• Compliance
• Employee Relations
• Policy Development
• Global HR
• Strategic Planning
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Performance Management
• Compliance
• Recruiting
• Benefits
• Culture
• HR Technology
• Learning and Development
• Organizational Design and
Effectiveness
• Change Management
Industry Lines
• Technology
• Financial Services
• Mortgage Banking
• Transportation
• Web/application development
• Entertainment
• Insurance
• Professional Services
• Not for Profit
Computer Applications
• ADP Workforce Now
• Ultimate / Kronos
• Paylocity
• Paycom
• Workday
• MS office Suite
Education
• BA, DePaul University,Business
Admin/Psych
James “Jim” Colello Arlington Heights, IL
***.*******@*****.***
Career History
Independent Consultant HR Consultant
2020 - Present
Korn Ferry / SALO Interim
HR Consultant 2020 - Present
Fay Financial LLC CHRO/EVP 2015 – 2020
FactSet Research Systems, Inc. VP HR 2004 – 2015
USFreightways Director, HR 2002 – 2003
Netgov.com VP HR 1999 – 2001
Konami of America Director, HR 1995 – 1999
System Software Associates Director, HR &
Administration
1988 - 1995
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