Suzanne Sanders

About Suzanne Sanders

Experienced compensation and benefits professional with over 20 years of expertise helping organizations design equitable pay structures aimed at creating competitive advantage and maximizing talent acquisition, engagement, and retention levels.Background to date includes progressive roles held at top technology and professional services organizations. Recognized for deep technical compensation and benefit expertise, combined with natural strengths to analyze the compensation puzzle from all angles and figure out creative, cost-conscious ways to balance employee desires, corporate financial constraints, and market realities. Specific competencies / areas of focus include:International Compensation | Salary Structure & Career Band Development | Total Rewards Management | Stock Option Plan Administration | Sales Compensation & Incentives |(401k) & Non-Qualified Retirement Plans | Salary Surveys & Benchmarking | Qualified Executive Compensation | Job Definitions & Role Clarification | Pay-for-Performance Programs | Health & Welfare Benefit Plan Design | Benefits Broker & Vendor Management | Benefits Communications | Regulatory Compliance | HRIS Implementation | Performance Management | Global ProgramsEducational credentials include a B.A. Degree from University of California, Berkeley, as well as extensive training and best practices knowledge derived from various organizations, professional organization memberships, and training courses. Software/technology proficiency includes: Workday; Oracle; Namely; SimplyMerit; ADP; NextComp; Equity Edge; OptionsLink; Success Factors; advanced Excel userOpen to all relevant conversations at s••••••••@gmail.com.

Experience

1. Compensation Consultant

   Lugano

   Oct 2024 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Retained as a contractor to manage various compensation projects including building a custom commission calculation tool, running monthly and quarterly commissions and bonuses, creating tool for the annual merit/bonus review, and custom employee compensation statements.Initially hired for a week-long project and have continued to be retained for 6+ months.

Education

• University of California, Berkeley

  Bachelor's degree

Skills

• Program Management
• Coaching
• Executive Pay
• Workforce Communications
• Total Rewards Strategies
• Leadership
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Employee Benefits
• Employee Benefits Design
• Salary Benchmarking
• Performance Management
• Hris Database Management
• Health & Welfare Benefits
• Compensation Structures
• Management
• Compensation & Benefits
• 401(K) Retirement Savings Plans
• Deferred Compensation
• Compensation
• Hris
• Pay for Performance
• Stock Compensation
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (Esop)
• Benefits Administration
• Human Resources Information Systems (Hris)
• Global Compensation
• Onboarding
• Sales Compensation
• Executive Compensation Planning
• Incentives
• Regulatory Compliance
• Workforce Planning
• Succession Planning
• Incentive Programs
• Executive Benefit Strategies
• Employee Relations
• Business Performance Management
• Human Resources
• Workforce Development
• Compensation Planning