Katie van Geem

About Katie van Geem

I am a driven, collaborative, and empathetic global mobility professional with 13 years of combined experience at two Fortune 500 companies, as well as the education and nonprofit sectors. Skilled in global mobility, visa/immigration matters, international health and safety issues, intercultural communication, public speaking/presenting, international tax policy, global compliance, policy development, and project management. B.A. and M.A. in International Relations.

Experience

1. Global Mobility Specialist

   General Mills

   Apr 2019 — Present · Minneapolis, MN, US

   Manage global assignment and global relocation end to end process • Draft and deliver individualized cost estimates for potential assignments. • Prepare individualized assignment letters detailing each unique assignment structure, and conduct assignment orientations with employees and family members. • Partner with external vendors to manage both day to day operations and handle escalations• Coordinate and implement assignment logistics with home and host HR teams, reconciling HR systems and processes, clarifying roles, identifying resources, and resolving discrepancies. • Address employee inquiries with empath and transparency, while maintaining equity, compliance, cost-competitiveness, and program integrity.• Interpret and apply policy; evaluate alternatives and make recommendations; manage and monitor exceptions to policy; resolve conflicting approaches. • Administer both complex and routine transactions to execute global assignment program benefits, such as entering ongoing Workday updates; coordinating payroll changes for global assignees; coordinating local host country tax, education, and housing payments; support global benefits enrollment; and review and process assignment-related invoices. • Participate in various year-end and compliance processes, including merit & incentive, year-end compensation collection, tax equalization settlements.• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities, standardization, tools, and templates to support effective and efficient processes. • Build effective relationships with business partners; provide education and build understanding of global assignment principles, policies, practices, and benchmarking.

Education

• University of Minnesota

  Certificate, Human Resources Generalist

• American University

  Master of Arts - MA, International Affairs: International Politics, Organizations, & Communication

• Boston University

  B.A., International Relations: Economics, Europe, & History