Marisela Perez
Summary
Extensive background in Global Mobility & Immigration, driven and accomplished HR professional with a proven successful history with Fortune 500 companies, leading & developing large teams and scaling HR programs, development of global relocation, remote work, immigration and tax policies, experience in partnering with leadership, across functional departments, and external partners to meet & support business initiatives and projects, provide resolution to complex issues and processes, and extensive experience in managing external program suppliers and provide high level of customer service. Demonstrated success in other areas, global benefits, U.S. & global compensation, with expertise in global individual tax, I9 Form (US), Right to Work (UK), payroll compliance, HR compliance, HR operations, M&A, and global expansion.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr Mger Global Mobility, Rewards, and Immigration
Dover Corporation
Downers Grove, IL
06.2023 - Current
- Global Mobility, Immigration, and Global Rewards
- Benchmark benefit plans in each country and work with local consultants or brokers to create plan design changes, change management and communication strategy
- Responsible for providing recommendations on complex global employment situations where employment or hosting decisions in emerging markets for an Operating Company with a cross-functional team; legal, tax, human resources
- Manage country councils to create collaboration among operation companies within a country
- Lead and assess current mobility programs, practices, and policies alongside the business needs; as well as tax, social and legislative changes with the goal of providing high level services
- Strategy reform and lead our global immigration program & ensure global compliance
- Lead the strategic business partnerships, program support and relationship with all external vendors and third parties to deliver quality benefits and services while controlling costs.
Dir Global Mobility, Immigration, Compliance
CrowdStrike, Inc
Chicago, Illinois
04.2022 - 03.2023
- Global Mobility, Immigration, Global Expansion, & HR Compliance & Policies
- Managed and developed the global mobility & immigration programs, HR Compliance and related policies in support of the company’s goal & rapid growth
- Improved overall tax & HR compliance, educated key stakeholders of requirements & risks
- Leveraged technology such ServiceNow, WorkDay, & Slack to manage high volume of global mobility, remote work, business travel, and immigration requests
- Managed implementation of a Global Travel Compliance Tool for all travel; to improve compliance within payroll, corporate & individual tax, immigration, posted worker directive, social security, internal security and customer legal
- Integrated policies and risk tolerance into the tool to streamline internal review & approval processes
- Successfully launched three (3) new markets, Brazil, Poland, and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; managed all HR related requirements and educated internal HR teams in order to comply with local requirements for transferred PEO workers and new hires
- Managed PEO workers in nine (9) different countries; included new employee contracts, compensation/commission, security protocols, and management of launching new markets
- Managed six (6) RFPs; relocation services, compliance technology, PEO service provider, regional immigration services, occupational services, and market data provider
- Overseen multiple employment compliance filings; EEOC, MN, NY, and UK Gender Gap
- Created Immigration, Remote Work, Security, Disaster Recovery, and Global Mobility Policies
- Refined metrics internally and with external service providers to drive program changes and savings, and to build current team; added four (4) additional team members
- Conducted various educational sessions; I9 Form, H1B, Perm Residency, and Global Mobility
Dir Global Mobility and Immigration
CME Group
Chicago, Illinois
05.2015 - 04.2022
- Global Mobility and Immigration
- Created & executed Global Mobility & Immigration strategies to support company’s goals
- Lead and overseen team, managed caseload and professional development
- Benchmarked policies and implemented change based on business need and market
- Partnered with various functions to continuously redefine service model; with leadership, tax, accounting, HRPBs, recruiting, legal, payroll, compensation, benefits, travel, and security
- Consulted and provided support to business units on global moves, tax saving strategies, global tax compliance, risk, new legislation, and payroll & compensation compliance
- Created and implemented new Tax Equalization (TEQ) program and process
- Conducted educational sessions to leadership and internal teams on team’s performance/metrics, global mobility policies/procedures, immigration changes/requirements, and I9/right work, etc
- Lead RFPs for Relocation and Immigration services
- Manage service levels for all our global suppliers and related budgets
- Experience managing multiple GM/Immigration programs through M&A and transitioning them onto corporate model/program
- Partnered with HRIS to develop WorkDay to support our programs and create metrics
Global and Domestic Relocation Manager
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc
Deerfield, Illinois
03.2013 - 04.2015
- COE and managed the administration of the Domestic & Global Relocation programs
- Developed three (3) global relocation and various domestic policies
- Partnered with various departments and HROPs to develop a new service model
- Consulted and provided support to business units based on country/business need
- Implemented and managed Tax Equalization (TEQ) program and process
- Provided high level of customer service to assignees and management; included answering general policy inquires, managing exceptions, and providing support on tax issues/process
- Worked closely with compensation and payroll, to implement balance sheets and to withhold appropriate taxes on bonuses, long-term incentives and to make tax adjustments as required
- Implemented and lead the year-end process with payroll, Relo company, and external tax firm
- Custom built global assignment cost projection reports with Relocation company and work closely with accounting to set accruals per assignee per year
- Lead the RFP for relocation services
- Managed multiple suppliers, global mobility consultants, relocation, tax firm, banking, etc.
Global Mobility & Global Compensation Manager
McDonald’s Corporation
Oak Brook, Illinois
09.2005 - 02.2013
- Lead the annual Global Compensation process for corporate and global employees
- Consulted and supported the functional HR Business Partners regarding the design/development/implementation of our Global Total Compensation and Benefit Philosophy
- Extensive experience consulting Senior Leadership with compensation, global moves, global tax saving strategies, and payroll & tax compliance
- Managed and trained new Global Mobility Corporate team and provided guidance to our leadership teams in London and Hong Kong on various aspects within Global Compensation and Mobility (served as the COE)
- Developed and lead the McDonald’s Global Total Compensation Framework Guide for the global markets to implement (over 50 countries)
- Lead the internal global compensation collection process for approximately fifty (50) countries
- Developed four (4) global relocation policies: commuter, regional, short-term, and localization
- Worked with HRIS to implement current compensation review system and partner annually with HRIS to set-up global employees properly for annual compensation review
- Managed service levels and costs for various suppliers: tax firm, global mobility and compensation consultants, technology, banking, benefits providers, and relocation partner
Senior Tax Associate
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Chicago, Illinois
12.1997 - 09.2005
- Individual Tax - analysis global & domestic year-end compensation, personal investments, and travel days to prepared U.S
- Federal and multi-state tax returns for expatriates
- Corporate Tax - performed Fixed Asset Depreciation studies and Meal & Entertainment
- Deduction reviews for various industries
- Developed sale presentations for potential new clients
- Managed team of 2 to 3 per project; managed workload, trained, and reviewed work product
Education
Master of Business Administration, double degree - Finance and Human Resources
DePaul University
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
University of Illinois
Timeline
Sr Mger Global Mobility, Rewards, and Immigration
Dover Corporation
06.2023 - Current
Dir Global Mobility, Immigration, Compliance
CrowdStrike, Inc
04.2022 - 03.2023
Dir Global Mobility and Immigration
CME Group
05.2015 - 04.2022
Global and Domestic Relocation Manager
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc
03.2013 - 04.2015
Global Mobility & Global Compensation Manager
McDonald’s Corporation
09.2005 - 02.2013
Senior Tax Associate
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
12.1997 - 09.2005
Master of Business Administration, double degree - Finance and Human Resources
DePaul University
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
University of Illinois
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