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Cornell University, ILR School; Ithaca, NY May 2013 Bachelor of Science in Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR); Minors in Law & Society, Inequality Studies University of Warwick, Warwick Business School, Coventry, United Kingdom Spring 2012 ILR Exchange Program
EXPERIENCE
Population Services International, Global HR Business Partner: Washington, DC August 2021 - Present
• Partner with international client groups to develop and implement workforce planning strategies, aligning talent needs with business objectives to foster a high-performance workforce and drive organizational success.
• Advise senior leadership, including the CEO, in the creation, review, and finalization of job profiles to assess workforce needs, ensuring alignment with business strategy and operational requirements before job postings or hiring decisions are made.
• Provide strategic guidance on complex employee relations issues, effectively mitigating legal risks and ensuring adherence to regulatory compliance across multiple regions.
• Lead talent management initiatives, including performance discussions, coaching, and feedback, to proactively identify top talent, manage performance, and drive continuous improvement.
• Spearhead the execution of HR initiatives and process improvements across business units, ensuring consistency in application of policies and practices related to compliance, onboarding, branding, succession planning, and employee engagement.
• Manage the integration of HR services throughout the talent management lifecycle, working closely with functional leads and overseeing outsourced PEO/Employer of Record partnerships to streamline HR service delivery and ensure a seamless employee experience.
• Oversee and execute HR administrative processes for client groups, collaborating with outsourced vendors to ensure compliance and efficiency in the administration of employee relations, benefits, and other HR- related functions.
Abt Associates, International HR Business Partner: Rockville, MD February 2020 – July 2021
• In partnership with the International Development Division (IDD), develop strategic Human Resources programs/solutions that will engage, cultivate, and retain employees.
• Facilitate the adoption of enterprise and division change initiatives and identify opportunities for global employee, manager, and leadership development.
• Provide coaching to management on addressing a variety of employee issues such as performance while effectively mitigating business and company risk.
• Support employee performance evaluation process: partner with management to ensure all employees are provided clear and consistent feedback on performance; provide performance improvement recommendations; training where growth opportunities exist for employees to develop additional job skills.
• Recommend and implement Human Resources policies and procedures. Partner with employees and management to communicate these policies, procedures as well as laws, standards, and government regulations.
• Work in collaboration with other members of the Human Resources team to integrate and deliver outstanding HR services to the business.
Management Sciences for Health (MSH), Global Mobility Specialist: Arlington, VA June 2016 – Feb 2020
• Lead initiative to revamp and restructure domestic and global relocation policies and allowance package options for international assignees and ultimately published the policies.
• Create terms of assignments and allowances for ~80 expatriates located within 25 countries and manage their life cycles (onboarding to end of assignment).
• Develop metrics and analyze survey data to create insights on the global mobility program; serve as advisor/subject matter expert and answer questions during bid/proposal and onboarding process.
• Guide MSH’s recruiters and budgets by creating local benefits cost analysis on currently 41 countries and leverage market, USAID/donor, MSH, mandated labor code information to effectively provide a final recommendation on what should be budgeted to remain competitive within the local market.
• Draft employment agreement templates and update country HR manuals for around 41 countries while reviewing mandated labor codes for compliance.
• Serve as primary point contact to Expatriates/TCNs and HR Partners regarding business unit employee relations matters, providing counseling and coaching for international employee relations issues, ensuring effective resolution, and escalating issues as appropriate. OTHER
EXPERIENCE
• Deliver mobility orientations to assignees prior to relocation and facilitate employee international relocations with Travel, shipping vendor, and Procurement departments.
• Support Contracts, Finance, Project staff, Payroll, and accounting departments to coordinate approvals, ensure donor compliance for processing updates to employee allowances, guarantee accurate and timely approval administration of biweekly expense reimbursements, advance payments, and updates to payroll allowances in adherence to the Department of State Regulations.
• Streamline interdepartmental accrual processes with Payroll & Accounting and improve on-boarding and repatriation process flows in collaboration with stakeholders to increase efficiency. Management Sciences for Health, Compensation & Benefits Analyst: Medford, MA Oct. 2015 - June 2016
• Evaluated total rewards compensation surveys, analyzed salary data, and created country pay structures: Promotions, Merit, and Salary Adjustments.
• Shadowed and supported mobility analyst role while in transition: Reviewed Department of State Standardized Regulations and made respective updates to MSH’s Expat/TCN locations, created biweekly payroll changes report for updated allowances and new hires, updated ~80 Expat/TCN Documents – Terms of Assignment (Annex IIIs and TOAs) based on allowance rate changes.
• Evaluated jobs and ensured they were properly classified for regulatory statutes globally and US to include FLSA and EEO requirements; coordinated with and advise HR Partners in preparing job descriptions.
• Assisted in cyclical project work (Open Enrollment, renewal support, communication campaigns, etc.).
• Administered monthly benefits orientation to all new hires in addition to health, welfare, retirement, and fringe programs and plans including day to day operations. Xylem, Global HR Analyst: Beverly, MA April 2015 - October 2015
• Correspond with functional areas covering 25 locations in 14 countries to capture requirements around reporting and analytics, validate requirements against best practice and translate into reporting solutions.
• Utilize technology and analytical tools to develop and analyze enterprise-wide cross-functional data.
• Manage HR Systems/data integration of new acquisitions at Xylem Analytics business unit.
• Provide training and communications around processes managing rollout of new tools to end users and interpretation of HR data/metrics.
International Business Machines (IBM), Workforce Analyst: Armonk, NY February 2013 - June 2014
• Analyzed about a quarter million employee records in 67 countries in which results were constructed and presented into graphs and tables as well as “propensity to leave” data for tens of thousands Growth Market Unit (GMU) employees to distinguish which job categories and job roles are at risk for attrition.
• Evaluated effectiveness of annual equity program by investigating retention factors such as band progression and competitive base salary.
• Led an initiative to design a repository to house major assets for the Retention & Performance Management Center of Excellence (R&PM CoE) to leverage as they deliver to clients and collaborate with teams, improving client response time and ensuring consistency of delivery.
• Coordinated with SVP technical leaders to build a retention roadmap, outlining programs ensuring retention of technical women leaders as they progress to become distinguished Engineers and IBM Fellows.
• Corresponded with GMU Business Unit Talent Partners and Human Resources Leaders to test attrition probabilities for critical job roles in the sales job categories. Infineum, Human Resources Intern: Linden, NJ Winter 2012 Smithsonian Institution, Human Capital Performance Intern: Washington, DC Summer 2012 Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), Human Resources Intern: Washington, DC Summer 2012 Cornell University, Becker House Office Assistant: Ithaca, NY October 2010 - December 2011 Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, Field HR Student Volunteer: Sargur, India Summer 2011 Tompkins Cortland Community College, Records Office Assistant: Dryden, NY Jan 2010 - Jun 2010 SKILLS/
INTERESTS
Computer: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint; ADP, Oracle, BrassRing, MyHR, LMS, SharePoint Foreign Language: Fluent English, Basic Spanish, Native Wolof Interests: Travel • Outdoors • Music • Cooking