KIM M. UTTECH

• Responsible for execution and administration of the BMS total rewards programs in the Ireland market.
• Leveraging rewards expertise in proactively understanding the legislation changes, practices and trends for our industry and markets; proposing solutions/recommendations to stakeholders to drive the company's rewards strategy.
• Benefits Management: Design, develop and implement lean operational processes from changes in benefit plan design ensuring efficiency, and streamlining of processes and related tasks.
• Manage activities related to benefit plan eligibility, enrollments, status changes, and terminations in providers portals as needed.
• Develop, test, and implement recommendations for global benefits administration systems change requirements, prepare change request documentation, and support implementation.
• Plan, prepare, manage, and close enrolment windows in partnership with system provider and Center of Excellence (COE).
• Understand, interpret, and effectively communicate to HR Advisor Team benefit plan provisions, policies, programs, process, and practice, so they can support and advise the workforce on a regular basis on the specific inquires.
• Act as the escalation point for Key Business Partners for more complex issues.
• Compensation Management: Perform job evaluations and market pricing recommendations in alignment with the global principles and processes in place.
• Participate in Annual Salary Surveys (Compensation Surveys - local & regional).
• Interpret salary data and perform analyses to ensure the BMS competitive positioning within the market.
• Apply knowledge of business and industry best practice to provide feedback to the COE including regularly scheduled competitive pay reviews for select groups of employees (e.g. Key/top talent, critical skills).
• Utilizing Workday, evaluate/approve, and process certain system transactions including job requisitions, compensation changes, job changes and one-time payments.
• Provide reporting and analytics support to Total Rewards.
• Leave of Absence Management: Understand, interpret, and effectively manage LOA plan provisions, policies, and programs.
• Act as the escalation point for Key Business Partners for more complex issues and leverage vendors when necessary to support resolution of inquiries.
• Operational Support: Participate in various cross functional and cross regional HR projects, and may lead projects with manageable risks and resource requirements.
• Review system generated correspondence and communications, vendor websites (including benefits enrolment tools), HRA training materials, Local Work Instructions and Knowledge content available to the workforce to ensure these are current, accurate and market relevant; creating and recommending updates as needed.
• Assist with compliance and governance of all total rewards plans and programs including identifying risks, participating in audits, and recommending and delivering corrective or preventive actions.

Recruited to direct HR for PHCA Administration, LLC and Novelle Health Partners, LLC.

• Advisor to executive leaders, partner to Directors, and advocate for employees.
• Leadership and mentoring of HR/Payroll team.
• HR Organization Leadership: Directing the HR team in staffing, recruitment, benefits, compensation, payroll, training, leadership development, succession planning, HRIS, employee recognition, and regulatory compliance.
• Employee Engagement: Managed all employee relations matters and investigations by providing strategic partnership and guidance to all levels of leadership; collaborated with Company counsel as necessary.
• Introduced proactive employee relations and communications programs to resolve previous labor and management issues and restore the credibility and employee-centric focus of the HR department.
• Provide support to management on organization structure succession planning and employee development initiatives.
• Benefits Management: Establish, maintain, and manage the full spectrum of employee benefit programs for the organization.
• Collaboration with benefits broker to strategically ensure the provision of the most competitive, cost effective, and employee focused benefits package.
• Leave of Absence Management: Oversaw and coordinated the administration of the leave of absence, ADA, and workers' compensation programs.
• Responsible for monitoring and administering claims, report generation, and communication with employees, managers, insurance carriers, medical personnel and lawyers.
• HRIS Technology: Drove implementation of HRIS and payroll systems into fully integrated ADP HRIS platform.
• Instantly improved analysis, reporting, employee self-service, and performance management capabilities while streamlining daily HR functions.
• Performance Management: Partnered with management to develop and implement a plan to close performance gaps at the individual, team, and department levels.
• Utilized performance improvement plans to address low performers.
• Compensation Management: Designed, developed, and implemented organization wide market-based compensation program for exempt and non-exempt personnel; immediately improving recruitment and retention of employees.

• Advisor to senior leaders, partner to other Managers, and advocate for employees.
• Management and leadership of HR team.
• Compensation Management: Provided assessment and guidance of new hire offers, internal promotions, and equity analysis.
• Workforce Compliance: Total responsibility for FLSA compliance audit and implementation.
• HRIS and Payroll Technology: Strategic partner in the transition from ADP to Oracle payroll and HRIS.
• Talent Acquisition Technology: Subject matter expert and key player for the implementation of iCIMS talent acquisition software.
• Employee Relations: Managed all employee relations matters and investigations by providing strategic partnership and guidance to all levels of leadership; collaborated with Company counsel as necessary.
• Managed efforts to ensure fair and consistent treatment to all employees.
• Maintained positive business-supportive relationships with leadership to ensure compliance with state/federal employment regulations.
• Community Relations: Partnered with community organizations to establish a mutually beneficial relationship to help achieve visibility as a good community citizen.
• Supported the VP of Human Resources.

• Recruited from the mainland to provide consultation to internal client panel of organization executives, and advisor to HR peers.
• Developed, implemented, and administered compensation and benefits policies and programs within a multi-facility healthcare environment of union and non-union personnel.
• Trained and mentored junior level team members.
• Served as the subject matter expert for implementation of a market-based compensation program impacting a non-represented employee population of 2500 employees.
• Project leader for FLSA compliance audit implementation impacting an employee population of 70 laboratory department employees.
• Regional leadership on the design, development, and implementation of organization wide sales-incented job family alignment to create common and consistent program-wide job families/job descriptions, and compensation structure.
• Project leader for departmental reorganizations to achieve organizational and operational goals.
• Played a key role in structuring and implementing programs and policies in the areas of compensation structures, reward and recognition programs, and new-employee and new-leader orientation.
• Departmental leadership on the design, development, and implementation of a compensation program to acknowledge the efforts put forth by employees who accept additional responsibilities in a higher classification position on a temporary basis.
• Wrote and implemented an exempt employee pay practices manual covering issues including FLSA exemptions, permissible wage deductions, and additional time off pay practices.
• Wrote and revised job descriptions across all levels and departments. Ensured FLSA compliance.
• Implementation of benefit coverage in recognition of Civil Union law; ensured legal compliance.
• Partnered with regional and corporate benefits team to ensure timely implementation of Affordable Care Act changes.
• Played a key role in transitioning open enrollment process from paper to 100% online enrollment.