Agnes Ciesla
Director, Human Resources @Abraxas Power
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WORK HISTORY
Director, Human Resources @Abraxas Power
Toronto, ON, CA
EDUCATION
University of Waterloo
BA, Psychology
Seneca Polytechnic
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
George Brown Polytechnic
Diploma, Human Resource Management
SKILLS
ABOUT AGNES CIESLA
Senior total rewards leader with extensive experience designing compensation strategies, job architecture, and global reward programs that align with business objectives and drive talent attraction and retention. Proven track record leading enterprise compensation redesigns, annual pay cycles, incentive plan modernization, and pay equity initiatives. Known for data-driven decision making, strong executive partnership, and effective leadership through organizational change, mergers and acquisitions, and global transformations.Compensation Strategy & Base Pay Design• Led company-wide base pay redesigns improving equity and market competitiveness• Built multi-year compensation strategies aligned to business growth and talent needs• Secured executive approval through cost modeling and analyticsOrganizational Frameworks & Job Architecture• Designed and implemented global job architecture and leveling frameworks• Standardized titles and levels post-M&A to support integration and clarityMarket Pricing & Job Evaluation• Led large-scale job evaluation initiatives with consistent governance• Led market pricing for broad-based, technical, and executive rolesAnnual Compensation & Incentives• Led enterprise annual compensation cycles and variable pay programs• Redesigned annual and sales incentive plans to reinforce pay-for-performance culture• Implemented tools supporting equitable, data-driven manager decisionsGovernance, Compliance & Pay Equity• Established compensation governance frameworks reducing legal risk• Updated compensation policies to align with legislation and strategy• Advanced pay equity through structured analytics and remediationChange Management & Communications• Led compensation communications during M&A and global transformation• Built executive and manager training and communication toolkits to support change adoptionGlobal Mobility & Expatriate Rewards• Led administration team for expatriate compensation and assignment reward programs• Managed compliance, cost, and program effectiveness across global assignmentsHRIS Integration & Compensation Technology • Aligned pay and job architecture in HRIS for accurate pay administration and analytics• Implemented and refined HR modules to increase automation and governance• Improved data quality and reporting, strengthening compensation insights for leaders
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