CARRIE A. JOHNSON, SHRM-CP
Overland Park,KS
Summary
Talented professional with over 23 years of experience in Human Resources specializing in Compensation, Executive Compensation and Equity Administration. Customer focused and detail-oriented, with high standards for achievement. Strong team player with excellent interpersonal skills, exceptional communication skills and a professional demeanor. Recognized for quick delivery and “getting the job done” through persistence, strong work ethic, and utilizing teamwork and relationships to effectively and efficiently complete tasks. Detail-oriented Compensation Analyst demonstrating superior knowledge of the latest salary and job trends. Astute professional with a background reviewing compensation requests and providing appropriate salary suggestions. Ready to join a new organization collaborating with other professionals as part of a talented team.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
Work History
Compensation Consultant
American Century Investments
07.2021 - Current
- Develop, craft, build and implement comprehensive fixed and variable total compensation strategies and practices for the operational support areas at American Century
- Serve as the compensation strategist to develop innovative plans and programs that encourage employee attraction, optimal performance, retention, and the achievement of strategic objectives
- Manage incentive plan design and administration by benchmarking market incentive plans and pay, influencing plan design improvements, and coordinating all tools and processes to execute tracking and payouts
- Review compensation practices to support compliance with federal and local laws and regulations such as the FLSA; develop corrective action plans if needed
- Ensure total compensation programs meet the changing needs and strategies of the firm by assessing change in the organization, industry, and leading practices
- Maintain current, extensive technical knowledge of compensation practices, trends, and legislative/regulatory activities as they affect the organization and compensation policies and programs
- Conduct internal and external job analysis by participating in salary surveys to ensure market data is valid and useful to ensure appropriate classification and grading of jobs
- Develop salary structures; recommend annual compensation review guidelines.
Compensation Analyst/Sr. Compensation Analyst
Children’s Mercy Hospital
09.2013 - 07.2021
- Compile, evaluate and analyze salary data
- Consult w/recruiting staff and managers when making recommendations for starting pay rates or changes to existing employee pay rates
- Review promotion and demotion requests to ensure compliance with hospital policies and procedures
- Using Market Pay, complete salary surveys, and analyze data to make recommendations for pay ranges for new jobs and changes to pay ranges for existing jobs to ensure market competitiveness
- Advise employees, managers, and outside customers with salary-related concerns
- Review and make recommendations regarding job descriptions
- Compile, analyze data and make recommendations for the creation of and change to pay ranges to the Compensation Manager to ensure market competitiveness
- Review and make recommendations for changes to individual pay rates as a result of a promotion, demotion, or request for a salary adjustment
- Assist managers and recruiters in determining starting salaries for new employees
- Analyze and process HRIS actions to ensure proper documentation of base rate, FLSA status and other salary-related changes for each payroll cycle
- Complete local, regional, and national salary surveys
- Respond to internal requests for survey data
- Conduct other salary-related surveys.
Compensation Analyst
The University of Kansas
06.2012 - 09.2013
- Conducted salary plan administration for approximately 1,400 university support staff and 2,000 unclassified professional staff at the University of Kansas
- Analyzed external models and assisted with the development of a compensation philosophy for campus
- Designed and implemented a salary administration plan and related business processes to ensure salaries remained in alignment internally and compared to the market
- Identified needed salary plan adjustments on an ongoing basis by participating in salary surveys
- Prepared narrative and quantitative salary reports
- Performed multifaceted data and cost analyses
- Identified KU benchmark positions and descriptions to match to industry, professional associations, universities, and other external sources
- Defined and developed job groups and job titles for staff positions, collaborating with HR staff, consultants, and campus work groups
- Identified characteristics, levels, and complexities of job families and position titles
- Assisted in the development of guidelines for campus departments to use when requesting job title or salary changes
- Analyzed and assigned existing positions into job families and job titles while updating FLSA designations.
Sales Compensation Analyst I
Sprint
05.2011 - 06.2012
- Commissions point of contact for over 130 General Business & Enterprise Sales representatives
- Performed monthly audit process to ensure accuracy of monthly commission amounts
- Investigated low/high performance to evaluate systematically calculated payments
- Administered yearly compensation plans & training to the field
- Researched various commissions’ issues in multiple systems.
Compensation Analyst
CENTURYLINK (Formerly EMBARQ)
01.2010 - 05.2011
- Performed staff support activities to develop, implement and administer compensation policies and programs for Network and IT business units
- Reviewed proposed salary adjustments for conformance to established guidelines, policies, and practices
- Reviewed requests for new or revised classifications to determine appropriate salary grade assignment
- Formulated recommendations regarding development of company salary structure, FLSA exemptions, job revisions and organizational structures
- Responsible for administration of the annual merit and bonus processes
- During transition, responsible for comparing the positions of Legacy CenturyLink and Legacy Qwest, and determining the best way to move “like” jobs with differing salary structures to the same structure with limited impact to individual employees.
Executive Compensation Analyst
EMBARQ (Formerly Sprint)
01.2004 - 01.2010
- Implemented, communicated, documented, and educated in support of programs managed and/or supported by Executive Compensation including Short-Term Incentive Program ($62 million), Long-Term Incentive Program ($24.5 million), Compensation Committee meeting preparation, annual Proxy filing, vendor management with Fidelity and Smith Barney, and executive salary surveys
- Audited and documented all stock administration processes to ensure Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance
- Identified opportunities for process improvement and enhanced vendor relationships with stock plan providers to leverage and maximize contracted services
- Partnered with Accounting, Legal, Audit, Treasury, Tax, Communications, Finance, Payroll, Smith Barney, and Fidelity daily to effectively communicate, educate, and implement plans, programs and processes managed by Executive Compensation
- Prepared the bi-weekly 401(k) wire of $2.0 million which included eliminating any errors and processing beneficiary payments
- Prepared over 175 personalized retention letters and agreements
- Tracked forms, sent confirmations, and coordinated payments to recipients totaling more than $7.2 million
- Managed the Short-term Incentive Replacement process for all executives on severance with payments totaling more than $1.2 million annually
- Created personalized equity summaries for more than 30 departing executives detailing their current equity holdings.
Senior Corporate Executive Compensation Coordinator
SPRINT
01.2001 - 01.2004
- Ensured effective implementation of the Sprint Management Incentive Plan for 80,000+ employees
- Responsibilities included: point of contact for field HR representatives, systems and database support, program reporting, quality assurance, and process documentation
- Managed executive perquisite and compensations programs for the top 200+ executives
- Managed car allowance in excess of $1 million for Sprint Assistant Vice Presidents and above
- Managed portfolio of corporate owned country club memberships valued in excess of $1.5 million
- Processed annual 1099s for the Board of Directors and top executives for their phone concessions.
Executive Assistant
SPRINT
01.1999 - 01.2000
- Provided daily administrative support to the Director of Executive Compensation and his eight staff members
- Offered support to members of Executive Compensation by requesting and completing projects that contributed to departmental goals and objectives, including: Preparation of materials for the Sprint Board of Directors quarterly meetings
- Assisted with the Management Incentive Stock Option Plan and the Exchange Offer enrollment
- Assisted with the administration of executive perquisites.
Executive Assistant
IOWA FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL CARE
01.1998 - 01.1999
- Managed the day-to-day operations as assistant to the Director and Assistant Director of Government Quality Improvement Programs and their staff as needed
- Coordinated tri-state and regional conferences for professionals working in the health care industry
- Trained ten new staff members on office systems and procedures.
Executive Assistant
NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS’ COUNCIL
01.1995 - 01.1998
- Provided general office support services for the Director of Education and the Education Department staff
- Coordinated and assisted in the development of educational conferences for people affiliated with the pork industry
- Served as the contact person for departmental activities, promoted departmental programs and prepared conferences from inception to completion.
6th, 7th, & 8th Math and Reading Teacher
ST. JOSEPH ELEMENTARY
01.1993 - 01.1995
Substitute Teacher
DES MOINES CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
01.1992 - 01.1993
Third Grade Classroom Teacher
ST. JOSEPH ELEMENTARY
01.1991 - 01.1992
Education
Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education
University of Saint Mary
Leavenworth, KS05.1991
Skills
- FLSA Compliance Knowledge
- Annual Bonus Calculation
- Internal Equity Assessment
- Job Classification Review
- Job Evaluation Analysis
- Market Pricing Expertise
- Compensation Analysis
Timeline
Compensation Consultant
American Century Investments
07.2021 - Current
Compensation Analyst/Sr. Compensation Analyst
Children’s Mercy Hospital
09.2013 - 07.2021
Compensation Analyst
The University of Kansas
06.2012 - 09.2013
Sales Compensation Analyst I
Sprint
05.2011 - 06.2012
Compensation Analyst
CENTURYLINK (Formerly EMBARQ)
01.2010 - 05.2011
Executive Compensation Analyst
EMBARQ (Formerly Sprint)
01.2004 - 01.2010
Senior Corporate Executive Compensation Coordinator
SPRINT
01.2001 - 01.2004
Executive Assistant
SPRINT
01.1999 - 01.2000
Executive Assistant
IOWA FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL CARE
01.1998 - 01.1999
Executive Assistant
NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS’ COUNCIL
01.1995 - 01.1998
6th, 7th, & 8th Math and Reading Teacher
ST. JOSEPH ELEMENTARY
01.1993 - 01.1995
Substitute Teacher
DES MOINES CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
01.1992 - 01.1993
Third Grade Classroom Teacher
ST. JOSEPH ELEMENTARY
01.1991 - 01.1992
Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education
University of Saint Mary
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