Ursula Baard

Experience

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  La Mer

  Jan 2004 - Dec 2006

  Sales Consultant

  - Leads corporate research required by the business.- Act as an internal consultant for HR leadership, business unit heads, and key organisation stakeholders on research and human capital intelligence issues.- Build strong internal customer relationships with key HR and business leaders to define and understand strategic objectives.- Ensure that all projects and deliverables are aligned with enterprise strategic objectives.- Encourages increased utilisation of high quality information in support of decision making on HR related issues. - Ensures major databases are managed effectively and in accordance with standards and policies.- Leads the development and utilisation of internal survey tool and provide input into the development and utilization of ORACLE HRIS/HR Business Warehouse and ORACLE HRIS/HR Business Intelligence.- Leads the management of HR information. - Oversees synthesising of information from various sources to provide high quality, useful, understandable and accurate information for decision makers.- Policy / Process owner – MTN Survey Policy.- “Dotted line” management of the technical capabilities of the OU survey administrators. Show less

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  PwC Consulting

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2012

  HR Consultant

  - Talent Management- Learning Solutions - Communication and Change Management - HR Effectiveness- Organisation Design- Project Administration

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  PwC

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2012

  Assistant Manager

  - Talent Management- Learning Solutions - Communication and Change Management - HR Effectiveness- Organisation Design- Project Administration

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  MTN

  Feb 2012 - Dec 2018

  To maintain and constantly review Group-level reward governance structures, processes and policies; responsibility for Group Expatriate reward strategy and delivery; and ensuring MTN reward policies are aligned to business direction and competitive to relevant markets. Group Total Rewards and Governance- Research, analyse and prepare Group Executive Committee papers as well as Board of Director submissions to the relevant Board or Committee responsible for reward as applicable.- Support MTN Group (Manco and Dubai) plus local Opco HR with specialist reward consulting services as required.- Provide Group directives to local Opcos on optimal contractor, consultant and temporary worker arrangements with a focus on effective cost management in a legally compliant manner with minimal risk.- Research, benchmark and generally evaluate MTN policies against relevant drivers such as legislation, market practice and business direction to ensure maximum value, full compliance.- Responsible for Group executive payroll management operations, governing system and administrative processes.International Mobility- Design, implement and maintain Group-wide expatriate pay model aligned across the Group, locally relevant in the country of assignment and fully compliant with applicable legislation – supporting the MTN Deal and the MTN Total Reward Model, with minimal associated risk to MTN.- Provide MTN with a governance structure and operating mechanism to make expatriate compensation decisions consistently, competitively, effectively and sustainably.- Monitor and evaluate effectiveness of international assignee benefits – design programs that harness economies of scale.- Lead expert on Group Expatriate Policies and Practices governing MTN international assignments, which HR Operations execute and administer.- Set parameters to adhere to Group Business Risk Management guidelines and frameworks in relation to Group Expatriate payroll administration. Show less - Provision of information, research, statistical analysis and data to support development and evaluation of departmental policies, programs and strategies for continuous process improvements.- Designs, develops and conducts research, providing information and analysis on various HR issues. - Leads the development and implementation of systems and processes required for the collection, analysis and utilization of HR data.Areas of expertise and focus include, but are not limited to:• Provides support in the areas of people metrics and predictive and advanced analytics to identify business challenges and use fact-based solution strategies and data analysis to help influence changes to operations, process or programs.• Leads corporate research through conducting employee surveys, reporting and analysis across 22 geographies across Africa and the Middle East.• Acts as an internal consultant for HR leadership, business unit heads, and key organisation stakeholders on research and human capital intelligence issues.• Builds strong internal customer relationships with key HR and business leaders to define and understand strategic objectives.• Ensures that all projects and deliverables are aligned with enterprise strategic objectives.• Uses technology, analytical and quantitative research tools and models to develop and analyze enterprise-wide people and cross-functional data as needed and assist in interpretation and development of solutions to address business problems.• Ensures major databases are managed effectively and in accordance with standards and policies.• Leads the development and utilisation of internal survey tool and provide input into the development and utilization of ORACLE HRIS/HR Business Warehouse and ORACLE HRIS/HR Business Intelligence.• Manages full project cycles with local and international vendors including budgeting, expenditure, contracting, tendering, project scoping, execution and reporting. Show less

  • Senior Manager: Policy Governance & International Mobility

    Dec 2016 - Dec 2018

  • Human Capital Manager

    Feb 2012 - Nov 2016
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  PwC South Africa

  Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

  Manager

  Delivering Deal Value