Experience

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  Merrill lynch

  Jun 2003 - Mar 2006

  Senior settlements specialist

  Summer intern to full time hire in the Equity Settlements area, retained to assist in Equity Settlements area.Responsible for the timely settlement of trades sent through DTCC.

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  Michael page international

  Mar 2006 - Oct 2006

  Recruiting consultant

  Full-cycle recruitment for Accounting and Financial Services professionals.Generate candidates through searching on job boards, referrals, and internal job postings.Develop and maintain strong client relationships; cold calling, following up on leads, jobs listed on job boards.Organize and track information on internal systems.Recruited for organizations such as Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan, and Vonage.

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  Alexander mann solutions

  Nov 2006 - Dec 2008

  Recruiter

  Onsite, full cycle recruitment for Credit Suisse (NYC and London)and Macquarie Holdings.Supported the CFO, IB Support, and Information Technology groups.Client groups include Front, Middle, and Back Office functions. More specifically Internal Audit, Financial Accounting, IT Finance, Expense Management, Derivatives Support, Documentation, Note Issuance, Settlements, Information Technology, Procurement, and Front Office functions.

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  Realogy

  Jan 2009 - Aug 2009

  Corporate recruiter

  Responsible for the recruitment efforts for all Realogy Franchise Group, Realogy Corporate and NRT LLC home office open requisitions, for both local and nationally field-based positions.Client groups included Sales, Accounting and Finance, Audit, Information Technology, Sales, Marketing, Legal and Compliance, Learning and Development, and Administrative. Redesigned and launched Realogy’s New Employee Orientation. Presented and coordinated the New Employee Orientation for all new hires.

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  Rbc capital markets

  Oct 2009 - now

  Chief of Staff for the US Finance Department, reporting directly to the U.S. CFO.Develop, execute, and own strategic programs and initiatives targeting employee engagement, talent development, department communication, performance management and internal mobility. Responsible for the overall department financial resource plan (Budget, Forecast, 5 Year Plan).Ownership of a subset of strategic cross platform initiatives to assist with the identification and articulation of optimization opportunities.Develop and execute an intra-department communication strategy that delivers consistent tailored messages and pertinent information to the department to ensure transparency and ensure all staff are operating with the same information. Show less Responsible for all Employee Relations support for RBC Capital Markets US. I partner closely with the US CM Human Resources team, senior leaders and staff within the Capital Markets Businesses, T&O and Functions. In this role I lead and assist with investigations into workplace issues, run due diligence on large reductions in force or one-off terminations and group reorganizations, coaches HRBPs and Senior Managers through performance issues, and advise on best and consistent interpretation and application of workplace policies.Responsible for driving policy-based initiatives and ad-hoc projects through CM US, compiling and maintaining accurate reporting, and ensuring the retention of records. Show less Strategic Human Resources support for Shared Services Functions (Finance, Product Control, Valuations, Compliance, Legal, Tax, Market Risk, Credit Risk, Audit, Communications, Marketing), Fixed Income, Commodities and Futures in the US. Work closely with Senior HR management on HR Strategy for the following: talent review/management/succession planning, benefits, workforce planning, staff development/learning solutions, training requirements, compensation process, performance management, immigration and relocation needs, termination process/Employee Relations, employee opinion survey results/action items across all respective business and support groups.Partner with local and global resources to best serve internal business partner’s needs.Mitigate risk to the organization through the establishment and following of best practices.Drive ad hoc projects that include the streamlining of HR processes globally, FMLA reviews, reductions in workforce, and establishing a global consistency of corporate titles/levels. Show less Full-cycle recruitment support for the Finance, Product Control, Valuations, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Audit, Marketing, Communications and Operations groups. Driving new on-site recruitment function for the RBC Capital Markets, New York. Main point of contact for all staffing and recruitment related queries.Liaise with clients to map out strategic recruitment efforts.Manage and maintain vendor relationships in support of designated client groups. Develope and execute standard best practices procedures. Show less

  • Director, Business Manager - US Finance

    Apr 2018 - now

  • Associate Director, Employee Relations

    Jan 2016 - Mar 2018

  • HR Business Partner

    Jul 2011 - Dec 2015

  • Recruiter

    Oct 2009 - Jul 2011