Haley Steward

Educated HR professional with experience in compensation, Pay Equity, Job Architecture, SAP, salary surveys, employee engagement and policy administration. I am hardworking with the ability to learn and adapt quickly, and take on many tasks. I have strong moral and ethical values, and decision-making skills that I’ve gained from hands on experience.

Scorpion, November 2022 – Present

Sr. Compensation Analyst

Provides broad-based support for compensation programs, policies, and procedures throughout the company.

• Provide support to Scorpion’s compensation programs, policies, and procedures company-wide.

• Partner across the organization to ensure compensation programs are working effectively.

• Assist with designing and building compensation metrics, reports, and tools that aid in informing compensation decisions.

• Assess job duties for new and existing roles to determine classification as exempt or nonexempt and price jobs accordingly.

• Provide guidance to Talent Acquisition Managers on the development of job offers related to base, bonus, and equity as well as market pricing and internal equity to ensure we can attract and land top-tier talent.

• Collaborate in developing compensation program communications, employee statements, policies, meetings materials, etc.

• Gather and assess data from market-based compensation surveys.

• Support the administration/communication of Scorpion’s option program, including grants, vesting, and exercise activities.

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Westlake Corporation, June 2021 – October 2022

Analyst II – Total Rewards

Provides compensation support and guidance to various global business units across multiple segments in the areas of equity and compensation, including but not limited to: annual merit and wage adjustments, salary surveys, job evaluations and incentive plan administration.

• Led processes such as merit and wage increases, mid-year reviews and annual/quarterly incentive/bonus management.

• Participated in compensation surveys; completed salary survey work via research, data retrieval, data computation and data manipulation; Analyzed results to ensure salary structure supports competitive compensation levels.

• Implemented, communicated and assisted with the design of incentive and base pay programs.

• Supported compensation projects, including the transition of newly acquired companies into the Westlake compensation model.

• Participated in special projects as assigned, including executive compensation analysis, and M&A activities.

• Researched and reviewed compensation trends and best practices in order to structure current and future compensation and total reward programs.

• Assisted in preparation of the annual long-term incentive plan award allocation and general equity administration, including non-qualified stock options, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, phantom units, and long-term cash performance awards.

• Responded to inquiries regarding compensation practices and procedures; provided support to HR Business Partners in resolving compensation-related questions and making recommendations to resolve outstanding issues.

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Hines Interests LP, September 2019 – June 2021

Compensation Analyst

• Assisted with the annual merit process for the United States and international.

• Identified and participated in compensation surveys to obtain the highest quality market data possible to benchmark internal pay practices.

• Partnered with business managers, labor relations, recruiters, and HRIS team to calculate pay rates for employees.

• Assisted with compensation communications and policy documentations.

• Conducted ongoing analysis to support market pricing and assist manager with making informed decisions with regards to salary range, titles, and FLSA status.

• Supported organization-wide market data gathering initiatives.

• Analyzed and established pay ranges for our Canada market.

• Provided insightful analysis for leadership and HR.

• Assisted payroll to audit bonuses monthly.

Baylor College of Medicine, April 2018 – September 2019

Compensation Analyst

Served as the subject matter expert for 3,300+ employees across 151 departments within the Academic Affairs Division and Provost Business Office for all staff compensation, classification and performance management related actions and recommendations.

• Counseled executive leadership/senior level administration oncompensation practices and procedures, job evaluations, pay structures and FLSA regulations. Provides business solutions, guidance, leadership and resolution regarding compensation related issues through the interpretation of compensation policies, internal/external market data analysis, ad-hoc reports and training.

• Authorized staff promotions, reclassifications, equity adjustments, merit increases and new hire salary offers. Researched federal and state laws,rules and regulations. Liaises with Finance, Payroll and Immigration toresolve complex compensation issues. Offers strategic recommendations related to market and/or internal equity issues.

• Campus contact for Independent Contractor Agreements, andMemorandums of Understanding.

• Trained Compensation Analyst and HR Technician through one-on-onecoaching sessions on employment and recruiting initiatives, job postings, interviewing processes, job offers, salary requirements, hiring procedures, supplemental payments and LSCS policy interpretations.

• Conducted annual salary surveys, processed supplemental payments, benchmarked data and performed market pricing at the department’s request.  

• Collaborated with Mercer on a company-wide project to improve our job structure, job codes and job classifications. Provided feedback to upper management on the success factors system before it was launched.

Baylor College of Medicine, April 2017 – April 2018

HR Specialist -Compensation Coordinator

Served as the subject matter expert for 3,300+ employees across 151 departments within the Academic Affairs Division and Provost Business Office for all staff compensation, classification and performance management related actions and recommendations.

• Counseled executive leadership/senior level administration on compensation practices and procedures, job evaluations, pay structures and FLSA regulations. Provided business solutions, guidance, leadership and resolution regarding compensation related issues through the interpretation of compensation policies, internal/external market data analysis, ad-hoc reports and training.

• Authorized staff promotions, reclassifications, equity adjustments, merit increases and new hire salary offers. Researched federal and state laws, rules and regulations. Liaised with Finance, Payroll and Immigration to resolve complex compensation issues. Offered strategic recommendations related to market and/or internal equity issues.

• Campus contact for Independent Contractor Agreements, new hire paperwork, background check authorizations, I-9 verifications, payrolldeposits, employment verifications and New Employee Orientation. Assisted the records team with department inquires and data entry inSAP.

• Trained Compensation Analyst through one-on-one coaching sessions onemployment and recruiting initiatives, job postings, interviewing processes, job offers, salary requirements, hiring procedures and LSCS policy interpretations.

MS, Human Resource Management, Houston Baptist University, December 2016

BBA, Human Resource Management, Baylor University, August 2014