LaTonya Scott
Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill (RTP),North Carolina
Summary
Compensation professional with deep expertise in developing and managing compensation programs. Strategic human resources professional known for strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results, adaptable to changing needs. Skilled in compensation analysis, benchmarking, and compliance. Valued for reliability, strategic thinking, and effective communication.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Compensation Manager
Credit Union
04.2024 - 11.2024
- Served as main contact for day-to-day compensation matters. Led comp analyst team: train & develop team, applied compensation objectives, ensured timely and accurate pay analysis. Support Workday comp directives, streamline position descriptions, and delivered training sessions on comp processes.
- Led Payfactors JDM & Job Pricing module implementation.
- Market priced roles, analyzed survey data, and recommended control points to ensure competitiveness.
- Job description development, review, FLSA classification.
- Direct market pricing activities, reviewed team analysis for pricing, made recommendations, assigned grade levels, analyzed total compensation for new hires, promotions, and job changes.
- Partnered with HRBPs, executive business leaders, and other stakeholders to align with organizational goals and foster a pay-for-performance culture. Met with hiring managers to establish job requirements, alignment to peers, career path roadmap, and pay equity controls to retain talent.
- Served as a trusted compensation partner addressing questions with resolution.
- Streamlined the job evaluation process by implementing consistent grading methodologies for all positions within the organization.
Compensation Lead/HR Consultant
OneDigital
01.2022 - 08.2023
- Partnered with assigned client groups and served as a strategic advisor on complex compensation matters.
- Designed compelling, scalable compensation solutions by seeking to understand desired outcomes, sharing knowledge and proposed solutions to business partners, leaders and managers.
- Guided compensation pay decisions, policy interpretations, job evaluation process, job leveling, career alignment, job description modifications, and total pay practices.
- Developed, pay structures, job architect, job leveling, market pay line, pay grades/ranges.
- Trained and communicated compensation programs based on industry trends.
- Conducted HR assessments, HR trainings, state HR mandates and laws updates.
- Delivered competitive total rewards offering with benchmarked data to reflect emerging trends.
- Developed communication plans related to compensation programs; annual merit and bonus programs.
- Managed merger and acquisition projects through effective change management and integration activities.
Sr. Manager Compensation/Sr HR Consultant
Capital Associated Industries
03.2020 - 01.2022
- Led the design, implementation, and administration of compensation programs.
- Draft and maintained compensation plans and lead communication efforts regarding compensation policies and programs to ensure understanding and transparency among employees.
- Monitored and analyzed the effectiveness of compensation programs, making data-driven recommendations to enhance employee performance, engagement and retention.
- Designed and implemented variable compensation programs related to commission, bonuses, and incentive plans, ensuring alignment with business goals, legal requirements and industry standards.
- Collaborate with Finance, HR, Legal, Operations and other business leaders to assess compensation needs and provide guidance on variable compensation related issues.
- Collaborated with business units on compensation programs to align with management strategies.
- Managed annual salary review process and budgeting to achieve project deliverables.
- Managed job evaluation process, job descriptions, establish job family architecture and salary structures.
- Present at compensation conferences, provide staff training on compensation concepts and strategies.
- Led HR strategies to align with company goals, worked with hiring managers to attract and hire top talent.
- Established training and development programs to enhance the skills and capabilities of employees.
- Collaborated with managers/leaders on talent management, workforce planning, and facilitated training sessions.
- Advised managers on employee relations issues: addressed concerns, resolved conflicts, and conducted thorough investigations to promote a positive work environment.
HR Director
Expressive Connections
01.2017 - 03.2020
- Trusted advisor with strategies to align business needs, solve challenges, and build high performing teams.
- Recruited talented workforce, trained new hires, and drove talent initiatives to develop programs.
- Provided remote support to field staff. Coach, mentor, and accountability to benefits, compensation, employee relations, training, program direction, etc.
- Partnered with CEO on sensitive employee matters with empathy, consistency, and in alignment with legal and ethical standards.
- Guided employee relations matters, ensuring fair and consistent policies.
- Performed compensation strategies to attract, retain, reward, and motivate top talent while ensuring market competitiveness.
- Analyzed HR metrics and data to inform decision-making and improve overall employee experience.
- Reduced process gaps while supervising employees to achieve optimal productivity.
- Developed comprehensive process for new hires and reviewed new hire productivity, optimizing onboarding effectiveness.
- Discovered and resolved complex employee issues that affected management and business decisions.
VP Human Resources & Total Rewards
DigitalSound Production Services
01.2013 - 12.2016
- Led HR programs and people operations: HRIS management, compliance and benefits administration, policy updates, process optimization, and enhanced operational efficiency at our warehouses.
- Served as a key point of contact for employees, vendors, and internal teams regarding benefit questions, enrollment, and issue resolution.
- Manage annual benefits open enrollment, plan renewals, and compliance reporting (e.g., ACA, ERISA, 5500 filings), in collaboration with brokers and third-party administrators (TPAs).
- Managed payroll processing and yearly performance management cycles.
- Compensation: design of base pay, sales incentive, annual compensation planning programs.
- Designed job architecture, leveling guides, and salary structures to appropriately assess roles in the context of external market value, internal equity, and the organization’s mission/philosophy.
- Developed compensation communication plans; annual merit, sales, performance, and bonus programs.
- Monitored recognition programs to promote employee engagement and measure retention strategies.
- Led people & culture initiatives, supporting operational execution and employee engagement.
- Led cross-functional teams for the successful completion of major projects, resulting in increased efficiency and client satisfaction.
- Collaborated with senior management to develop strategic initiatives and long term goals.
Global Compensation
Lenovo via Experis
01.2009 - 01.2013
- Conducted comprehensive analysis and managed total rewards programs for multiple business units.
- Managed the global salary structure and job design.
- Conducted benchmarking and survey analysis to evaluate the competitiveness of salary ranges, pay levels, short-term and long-term incentive program design, and other compensation programs.
- Coordinated and managed job evaluations to ensure equitable and consistent establishment of job standards and value and present findings to appropriate parties.
- Audit jobs for content and assist with development and maintenance of job descriptions that accurately reflect job responsibilities.
- Prepared reports that identified trends, turnover ratio, and workforce analytics.
- Dotted line support to regional HR Directors to provide employee relations, employee engagement, performance management, and compensation for our global HRBP team.
- Worked with multiple business units to ensure consistent application and compliance with all human resources practices.
- Provided remote assistance to global customers, ensuring timely resolutions regardless of location or time zone differences.
- Assisted management in developing competitive compensation packages by conducting extensive market research and benchmarking analyses.
Education
Ph.D. - Organization and Management
Capella University
Minneapolis, MN04-2012
MBA - Business Administration
Pfeiffer University
Misenheimer, NC08-2006
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration And Management
University of Mount Olive
Mount Olive, NC05-2005
Skills
- Data analysis & pay structure modeling
- Proficient in job assessment methods
- HRIS and compensation analysis
- Influential data presentation
- Strategic alignment of rewards programs
- Skill enhancement initiatives
- Global compensation & base pay design
- Commitment to confidentiality and integrity
State Of Residence
North Carolina
Certification
- Certified Compensation Professional (CCP), WorldatWork - Since 2008
Timeline
Compensation Manager
Credit Union
04.2024 - 11.2024
Compensation Lead/HR Consultant
OneDigital
01.2022 - 08.2023
Sr. Manager Compensation/Sr HR Consultant
Capital Associated Industries
03.2020 - 01.2022
HR Director
Expressive Connections
01.2017 - 03.2020
VP Human Resources & Total Rewards
DigitalSound Production Services
01.2013 - 12.2016
Global Compensation
Lenovo via Experis
01.2009 - 01.2013
Ph.D. - Organization and Management
Capella University
MBA - Business Administration
Pfeiffer University
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration And Management
University of Mount Olive
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