James Oneill

Background

About James Oneill

In his role as Director, Benchmarking Services, at ORC Worldwide, James knows how the largest and best run global organizations structure their assignment programs, policies and practices. He designs and conducts policy, administration, and assignment-cost benchmarking surveys for invitation-only club benchmarking groups, including: the multi-industry ORC Select Benchmarking Group (SBG), 65 select multinationals with exceptionally well-run international assignment programs, and the Engineering & Construction (E&C) Industry Benchmarking Group, 20+ E&C industry companies that conduct regular surveys and roundtable meetings. Additionally, Mr. O’Neill regularly advises leading organizations on expatriate policy design and administration. He has extensive experience working on expatriate compensation consulting projects for various North American and European multinationals within the energy, consumer goods, manufacturing, financial services and multi-lateral banking industries. Specialties: For both the SBG and numerous consulting projects, James has developed a range of analysis and reporting tools to establish metrics for administrative staffing levels, global employee satisfaction, international assignment costs, expatriate tax policies, and strategic program development.