Ann Buckingham

Experience

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  Royal Navy

  Mar 1983 - Aug 1993

  Lt Wrns Operations Officer
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  Portsmouth City Council

  Aug 1993 - Oct 1994

  Special Events Manager (Contract)

  Project Manager for multiple celebratory events including Global Day +50 Commemorations, Tour De France and City 800th anniversary community events

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  Cable & Wireless Communications

  Nov 1994 - Mar 1997

  Regional Sales & Regional PR Manager
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  SASS, FIZZ & Headcount Field Marketing

  Mar 1997 - May 2005

  Client Service Business Unit Director

  Managed multiple client sales portfolios for industries such as utilities, telecoms, financial and non-profit organizations. Client accounts grown by 500% in 4 years.

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  Arlington Street Investments

  Jan 2006 - Oct 2011

  Vice President Operations

  Commercial real estate Asset Manager for portfolio of $150m office and strip mall properties. Specialized in the structuring and legal management of the purchase, due diligence and underwriting of commercial property acquisitions. Full cycle management responsibility included the modelling of investment proformas', enhancement and repositioning plans for subsequent property and capital improvement management. Responsible for property management.

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  Black Diamond Group Limited

  Oct 2011 - Jun 2017

  Executive Leader of international Human Resources team for everything from Hire to Retire and delivery of an automated HR and payroll system using cloud software. Responsible for operations across Canada, US and Australia I was also responsible for corporate Real Estate which included a portfolio of 80 locations as well as acting as the project manager for the annual corporate strategy & planning process. Working directly for the President & CEO provided executive level commercial support. Included overseeing of capital expenditures, business planning, budget and forecasting, project management of M&A activities, bid tracking and document control as well as full cycle compensation design and process. In addition was the management of major corporate initiatives and events.

  • Vice President, Corporate Administration & HR

    Nov 2014 - Jun 2017

  • Chief of Staff

    Oct 2011 - Oct 2014
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  Ann Buckingham Consulting

  Jun 2017 - Oct 2022

  Executive HR & Operations Consultant

  Executive level Trusted Advisor for small to medium sized companies hired to create and integrate strategies, services and programs to support the workforce. Key strengths and passion are for Strategic Translation, Performance Management and Compensation. Clients needs have also required the creation and implementation of HR foundational pieces, Talent Acquisition, Employee Relations, Training & Development, Process Audits as well as the design of Policies and Procedures.

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  ADP

  Feb 2019 - now

  Leading a team of 18 HRIS Technology Specialists in delivering exemplary service to our high value clients across North America. Hybrid team located across all of Canada who support and troubleshoot WFN technology for clients in all aspects of using and optimizing the technology.

  • Human Resource Information System Manager

    Dec 2022 - now

  • Snr Client Services Manager

    Nov 2022 - Apr 2024

  • HR Executive Consultant

    Oct 2022 - Apr 2024

  • Executive HR Relationship Manager

    Feb 2019 - Oct 2022