Brian Van Schijndel

Head of HR Business Partners for Union Bank. Led human capital strategy across multiple revenue-generating businesses and support functions including Community Banking, Consumer Lending, Commercial Banking, Real Estate Industries, Intrepid Investment Bankers, and Wealth Management for more than 4,000 employees.

• Led through 18-month transition of U.S. Bank’s acquisition of Union Bank including execution of employee retention strategy and attrition mitigation efforts, ensuring minimal client disruption / attrition and a successful integration pre and post legal day one conversion.
• Successfully executed multiple transformation activities with a thoughtful, agile, and transparent approach, including organizational restructures resulting in significant financial savings and profitability contribution.
• Developed, led, and executed a robust human capital strategy that enabled and supported the overall business strategy to exceed financial objectives.
• Owned and drove the talent management strategy and practices to ensure a strong leadership and a coaching culture permeated the organization, including management accountability of DEI objectives.
• Led overall strategy execution from HR centers-of-excellence, driving collaboration and accountability on talent acquisition, total rewards, and talent development.
• Promoted performance-based differentiation and performance management, cultivating a high-performing and engaged workforce, reducing YOY high-talent turnover.
• Facilitated organizational change management and partnered with leaders to align communication and behaviors to support expected changes.

Sr. HR Business Partner Manager supporting several of Union Bank’s business lines including Commercial Banking, Real Estate Industries, Wealth Management, Corporate Social Responsibility, and first-line Risk.

• Led successful Wealth Management business divestiture resulting in significant financial savings.
• Led rollout of updated companywide performance management structure and process resulting in 10+ point improvement of employee engagement survey metrics.
• Culture of Excellence Award recipient as HR lead for new retail banking direct channel platform and expansion.
• Facilitated development and execution of talent strategy with a specific focus on succession planning and skill development to achieve business success and regulatory compliance.
• Mitigated risk by ensuring appropriate escalation / investigation of performance, conduct and Employee Relations’ matters, partnering with Legal as needed.
• Leveraged employee feedback mechanisms to build awareness of issues and challenges, and action plan across the HR ecosystem to enable continuous improvement.

Sales Manager for a team of loan officers covering several retail banking center locations.

• Achieved Platinum level recognition as an originator of residential mortgage loans for first time homebuyers, high net worth borrowers, low-to-moderate income borrowers, and self-employed borrowers.
• Partnered with Retail Banking center staffs as onsite mortgage specialist to exceed production targets.
• Led “One Team” and “Skill Build” partner meetings providing mortgage referral training.
• Partnered with real estate professionals to build relationships for joint business production.

Lead HR generalist supporting Southern California Retail Bank Division representing over 3,000 employees.

• Implemented strategies assisting in decreased YOY employee attrition of 5.6%.
• Led project to reduce expense, decreasing Division FTE by 8% in 2008 while increasing sales productivity.
• Facilitated annual Talent Management Planning identifying high talent managers for career development.
• HR project lead for development and nationwide launch of an online performance review system.

Led a team of 30 training employees operating remotely in five Southern California locations responsible for technical and leadership training to over 3,000 Retail Bank employees.

• Increased training productivity 15% year-over-year through newly introduced performance metrics.
• Led management training programs for internal colleagues and external hires, contributing to ongoing development of management staff for future growth; 40-50 headcount annually.
• Led transition of Training Department outsourcing.

Managed the nationwide Incentive Administration department for the Retail Bank and WM Financial Services ensuring the completion of pay processes for over 20,000 employees.

• Increased productivity over 10% year over year and improved Quality Service to highest achievement levels.
• Developed and documented the business processes for supporting the pay file submission for over twenty incentive plans resulting in improved training and efficiency.
• Successful design and implementation of a new incentive system for WaMu Investments.

Managed various branch locations in Southern California through the American Savings Bank, Great Western Bank and Home Savings Bank acquisitions.

• Oversaw bank branch including day-to-day retail bank activities, obtaining sales targets, maintaining high customer service levels, and managing staff of several employees.