Maria Mercer

Background

About Maria Mercer

Summary An innovative and results-driven SENIOR GLOBAL HUMAN RESOURCES EXECUTIVE with a successful record of building and refining human resource functions to produce the highest-level business impact while leveraging and growing a company’s values and culture. Key Accomplishments • Transformed four-employee back-office personnel department into group of 40 human resources business partner professionals providing strategic support to business, including establishing regional model in key locations of U.S, Canada, Europe, India, and Philippines. • Led M&A due diligence and integration activities for over 15 deals in two years with approximately $40M in revenue and only 2% attrition. • Guided development of human resources strategies for global IT delivery organizations of over employees, including off-shore and on-shore resources, as well as professional services firm of 3,500 employees. • Collaborated on design and led rollout of HRIS Workday implementations for organizations spanning to employees. • Designed and executed company-wide annual merit cycle, including merit budgets and converting annual promotion cycle to real time, resulting in increased response to business. • Customized and facilitated strategic business planning processes for 400- to organizations. • Delivered and designed cultural transformation corporate-wide programs / initiatives for improved employee engagement scores year over year. • Established position management and workforce planning processes for 3,500-person organizations, resulting in headcount plans aligned to human capital budgets.