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DIRECTOR, COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Professional Profile

Performance driven Human Resources leader with over 20 years of strategic and accomplished expertise in Compensation, Benefits and HRIS. Innovative problem-solver with strong analytical, organizational, communication and presentation skills.

Areas of Expertise
  • Total Rewards Administration
  • Benefits Automation
  • Project Management
  • Data Analytics Reporting
  • Job Architecture Implementation
  • Vendor Management
  • Executive Compensation/Benefits
  • Expense Management/Budgeting
Career Accomplishments

 

Compensation:

  • Directing job architecture initiative for more than 2,500 job titles
  • Implemented job description database to replace homegrown system  
  • Initiated Executive Total Rewards communication on quarter, bi-annual and annual basis improving outcomes and retention.
  • Champion System Accountability Team for Leader talent management; Designated National Best Practice by The Studer Group
 
 
Benefits:
  • ​Automated Benefit enrollment system following RFP process 
  • Performed strategic benefit program trend analysis resulting in $5.5 million expense reduction
  • Converted Vacation, Sick, Holiday leave programs to Paid Time Off (PTO)

 

 

Human Resource Services:

  • ​Automated process improvements reducing HR FTEs by 25%

 

 

Designations:

  • 2014 Axial Exchange and Becker's Hospital Review recognize Roper St Francis in Top 16 National Patient Engagement Ranking    
  • 2014 & 2013 Rated Top 15 Hospital Health Systems by Truven Health Analytics
  • Awarded Modern Healthcare's Top 100 Best Places to Work 2010 & 2011. Overall Ranking - 27, Large Employer Ranking - 4
   
 
  
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Professional Experience
Director, Compensation & Benefits 08/2014 to Current Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN

Academic Medical Center with more than 20,000 employees, including 4,500 faculty/physician members

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  • Manage Compensation & Benefit programs including philosophy, plan designs, structure and strategic initiative
  • Spearhead cross-functional job architecture initiative (JAI), streamlining job titles by more than 25% to date
  • Manage both compensation and benefit vendor relationships, agreements, and RFPs
  • Assuming new hire salary offers (9,000/annually) with a team of 5 to minimize compression and streamlining internal equity
  • Advise executive leadership on proposed market adjustments for upcoming budget projections including adhoc market reviews
  • Collaborate with leadership on strategic department restructuring and re-classifications 
  • Audit leadership STIP annually for accuracy
  • Participate in more than 25 salary surveys per year 
  • Restructured compensation team to better support organization strategic goals ​​ 
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Director, Compensation/Benefits/HRIS 09/2007 to 08/2014 Roper St Francis Healthcare Charleston, SC

694-bed not-for-profit healthcare system comprised of three hospitals, more than 90 facilities including ambulatory centers, outpatient labs, and 80 physician practices in seven counties

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  • Manage $400 million System Compensation and Benefit Programs 
  • Executive Compensation Program including TCC, TDC, STIP, LTIP and mid-level leadership STIP
  • Transitioned benefit enrollment from paper to online process
  • Performed 5 year benefit program trend analysis resulting in $5.5 million expense reduction
  • Implemented Wellness Program with 70% first year participation rate, 80% participation in 2012, and 90% participation in 2013
  • Oversaw HRIS strategic coordination with short/long term system goals, integrations, and updates ​
Compensation & Benefits Manager 02/2003 to 10/2007 Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood, SC

421-bed not-for-profit healthcare system including one hospital, ambulatory surgery center, and physician practices

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  • Managed $230 million compensation and benefits program including Executive pay, incentive programs, and talent management
  • Converted Vacation, Sick, Holiday pay to Paid Time Off (PTO) program
  • Reduced Worker's Compensation expense 20%
  • Coordinated annual open enrollment, monthly training opportunities, and any form of compensation/benefit communication
  • Self Excellence Steering Committee Chair , Leadership Development Institute (LDI), Steering Committee member for SELF PRIDE, and Self Lifestyle Improvement Challenge (SLIC) chair
Human Resources Director/HIPAA Privacy Officer 02/2000 to 02/2003 Abbeville County Memorial Hospital Abbeville, SC

52-bed not-for-profit tertiary care Hospital

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  • Implemented HIPAA Privacy policies and practices in adherence of regulatory requirements
  • Key participant in strategic hospital planning programs: rapid cost reduction program saving $340,000, management action plan, and hospital expansion
  • Restructured fringe benefit program, saving approximately 10% annually
  • Developed and implemented employee education tracking system
  • Prepared and guided the human resource department through initial Joint Commission Accreditation
Education
Master of Arts: Human Resource Development Clemson University Clemson, SC
Bachelor of Arts: Business Administration Lander University Greenwood, SC

Organizational Development

SHRM SCP Certification - May 2015 

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification – December 2011

Presenter: SCHA Working Well Webinar “Obtaining Gold Star: Smoking Cessation” - September 2012

Presenter: SCHA Working Well Webinar “Tobacco Cessation Facilities” – August 2013

Presenter: The Studer Group National Webinar “LEM: Journey to Accountability” – November 2013

Presenter: The Studer Group National Webinar "Who Owns It: Populating Results" - April 2014

Affiliations

2017 - Present Member, ASHHRA 

2003 – Present Member, World at Work

2001 – Present Member, Society for Human Resource Management

2013 – 2014 Studer Group National Advisory Council – Leader Evaluation Manager

2006 – 2014, Member South Carolina Hospital Association

2003 – 2014, Member South Carolina Healthcare Human Resources Association


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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Roper St Francis Healthcare
  • Self Regional Healthcare
  • Abbeville County Memorial Hospital

School Attended

  • Clemson University
  • Lander University

Job Titles Held:

  • Director, Compensation & Benefits
  • Director, Compensation/Benefits/HRIS
  • Compensation & Benefits Manager
  • Human Resources Director/HIPAA Privacy Officer

Degrees

  • Master of Arts : Human Resource Development
    Bachelor of Arts : Business Administration

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