J O H N G O O D W I N837 North Clifford Avenue. ~ Rialto, CA 92376909-904-4501 ~ jgoodwin1988@yahoo.com

S U M M A R Y O F Q U A L I F I C A T I O N S

Analytical and well-educated professional with a BS in Applied Mathematics, Physics emphasis Over two years of compensation experience which included merit & bonus program design,

implementation, and administration. Advanced level Microsoft Excel and Visual Basic (VBA) skills with the ability to create custom user

interfaces and macros for the purpose of managing and manipulating large/complex data sets Strong planning and organizing skills, which includes effective time management, attention to detail, and

adaptability to adverse situations

E D U C A T I O N , T R A I N I N G A N D A C T I V I T I E S

BS, Applied Mathematics, Physics emphasis, University of California – Riverside; earned Mar. 2012 Coursework: Complex Analysis; Probability and Statistics; Linear Algebra/Programming; Numerical/Error

Analysis; Single/Multi-variable Calculus; Number Theory; Differential Equations; and Newtonian Physics.

W O R K H I S T O R Y

Loma Linda University Hospital, Loma Linda CA

Compensation Analyst May 2014 – Present

Perform job evaluations/analyses on new and existing positions ensuring the proper benchmark assignment, pricing, FLSA status, and internal spread.

Assist clients in creating job descriptions aimed at completely and efficiently describing all relevant aspects of the job from the essential duties to the required education/skills.

Perform audits on compensation data for the purposes of identifying any discrepancies in pay-grade, FLSA status, and other key indicators/metrics.

Manage the salary survey submission and integration processes for assigned entity(s), collaborating with survey representatives to ensure that the best possible data is being provided and that it is delivered/integrated in a timely manner.

Achievements:

Improve overall compensation analysis process by eliminating manual lookups and calculations on spreadsheets/forms.

Created compression tool that provides a visual representation of internal spreads and how they are related to grade/step placements of positions as well as allowing “what-if” scenarios.

Created VBA program to automatically search through shared files and return last modified date for all job descriptions so that the compensation team could instantly know how many descriptions were up-to-date.

Reduce survey completion time by creating excel templates based on survey data requirements and available data queries.

Created custom workbook tools for the various areas of Human Resources that helped improve overall efficiency by eliminating manual processes.

Created custom VBA program that automatically e-mails supervisors/managers their reporting relationships based on query data for verification purposes.

Created task-tracking system for compensation team that allowed management to quickly view each Analyst/Representative’s workload and adjust accordingly.

Developed market adjustment tool that allowed Sr. leadership to perform complicated “what-if” scenarios in regards to the annual market adjustment.

Forever 21, Inc. Los Angeles, CA

Sr. Compensation Analyst November 2012 – May 2014

Perform periodic and ad hoc reporting & analysis of compensation practices including general pay and Hay evaluation auditing, forecasting, modeling, and variable pay scenarios

Consult and conduct interviews with department heads regarding job evaluations and job descriptions as well as overall department job structure

Assist the Compensation Manager in the development of Excel VBA compensation and job management systems for salary survey data, pay data, job data, and reporting & analysis

Create monthly reporting package of Corporate, Distribution Center, and Retail turnover performance as well as employee opinion surveys

Perform ad-hoc analysis for the Human Resources and other departments such as Operations, Strategy and Finance

Achievements:

Designed and created the first in-house employee recognition system using Excel VBA Forecasted the effects of turnover, vacancies, and new-hires on corporate budget Contributed to the company-wide reorg initiative by defining, documenting, evaluating (via the Hay

methodology), and pricing over 1,000 jobs within a span of 4 months Collaborated with other team members in the creation of job families which were used to make non-linear

regression models that allow proper job pricing of non-benchmarked jobs Performed geographic analysis of survey data in order to provide Operations department with proper

pricing of each store-level job for each Forever 21 location Assisted Strategy department in their search for potential sites of new distribution centers by analyzing

labor availability, price of overall logistics, and locations of future Forever 21 sites in different geographic locations