Targeting new HR Business Partner position

1. SUEANN HANNIGAN
2 Peter Cooper Road Apartment 13D
New York, New York 10010
Cell 917-842-9521
hanniganhr@gmail.com
www.linkedin.com/in/sueannhannigan
SUMMARY
A strategy-driven senior HUMAN RESOURCES BUSINESS PARTNER with executive-level
experience creating and implementing innovative solutions to enhance human capital
effectiveness in large, complex global organizations. Polished interpersonal and
communication skills to build and nurture strong relationships with clients and partners
and lead multi-functional teams to outperform business objectives. Possesses a deep
understanding of talent and change management, workforce strategies, employee
relations, talent acquisition, training and development, executive compensation and
organizational restructuring and design. A detail-oriented, client focused problem solver
with a record of developing HR strategies that drive quantifiable business results.
EXPERIENCE
AIG, New York, New York
Vice President, Human Resources, Global Senior Human Resources Business Partner,
Commercial Insurance, July 2011- December 2015
Senior HR Business Partner responsible for developing and executing the human capital plans for several
of the Commercial global business lines including Casualty, Financial Lines, Specialty and the Chief
Underwriting Office. Advised leaders on talent acquisition, compensation and workforce decisions.
Selected as HR strategy lead for new HRBP community of practice; created a “how to build a human
capital plan” tool kit for company HRBPs.
• Advised and partnered with the global Head of Casualty in implementing new compensation and
grading structure and communicating new grades and bonus targets to 2,500 employees in 90
countries.
• Collaborated with newly-hired CUO in building new CUO organization including role design,
hiring internal and external talent and reorganizing underwriting audit team. Partnered with
CUO and Head of Business Training on new Underwriting Excellence initiative which entailed
determining the “role of the future underwriter” to better develop, grow and retain the
underwriting talent pool. Co-delivered a new underwriting training curriculum for all Commercial
underwriters.
• Partnered with global Head of Financial Lines to identify and hire new Head of EMEA and to
develop the EMEA leadership team. Partnered with EMEA leaders and HR talent management to
assess key issues and implement leadership, talent and communication plans. Led global
succession planning and talent management assessment.
• Served as project manager for first coordinated global Reductions-in-Force (RIF) effort across all
Property and Casualty businesses. Implemented and led weekly project meetings with
employment lawyers, employee relations, executive compensation and benefits, global mobility
and business partners to ensure and deliver an effective, synchronized action for leaders,
managers and exiting employees.
UBS, New York, New York
Executive Director, Human Resources, Global Senior Human Resources Business Partner,
General Counsel, Compliance and Risk, October 2005- July, 2011

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Senior HR Business Partner responsible for leading a global team of business partners to develop and
execute all human resource initiatives for the global Legal, Compliance and Risk businesses. Led variety of
complex projects including compensation initiatives, organizational restructurings and aggressive
expense reductions. Advised leaders and provided tools to engage workforce during time of continued
business uncertainty.
• Led talent management and succession planning efforts to ensure tracking of accelerated
development activity for critical human assets. Linked training and development efforts to
succession planning.
• Drove comprehensive study for legal and compliance business by partnering with Towers Perrin
and MGMC to assess compensation trends at height of market and address necessary changes.
• Identified and hired external consultant specializing in legal talent to provide general counsel
with benchmarking data and best practice on workforce planning, staffing/cost metrics,
organizational structure and communication. Designed global senior leader off-site to address
findings and implement solutions.
• Recommended and co-designed training and development platform targeted at senior market and
credit risk population addressing concerns expressed in annual employee survey.
• Appointed as Americas’ HR business partner for 18 months. Partnered with HR talent
management to develop HR consulting training and with HR talent acquisition to attract and hire
top talent.
MORGAN STANLEY, New York, New York
Vice President, Human Resources, Global HR Business Partner, Investment Management,
March 2001- October 2005
HR Business Partner responsible for delivering human resources services to 2,200 employees in global
Technology, Operations, Institutional/Retail Sales, Marketing and Product Development. Provided
strategic oversight and execution in addressing HR issues arising from continued integration of company
with Dean Witter, Van Kampen and Miller Anderson. Partnered with operations senior management in
reduction of 800 operations employees resulting from functional realignment of global operations.
Managed executive recruiting assignments for external senior talent, including heads of U.S. institutional
sales, global marketing and global product development. Led the HR function for the 9/11 WTC disaster
recovery site including creation of command center to address all human capital concerns for the 1,500
displaced WTC employees.
BARCLAYS BANK, PLC/BARCLAYS CAPITAL, New York, New York
Vice President, Head of HR for U.S., Canada and Latin America Private Banking, Barclays
Bank, May 1998 -March 2001
Responsible for establishing new HR recruiting practices including hiring head of credit, head of
investment advisory, COO, private bankers and investment advisors in New York, Miami, Geneva and
Caribbean. Collaborated with country head in addressing major business restructuring. Served as
member of global team responsible for designing new compensation approach to better align pay for
performance.
HR Business Partner, Investment Banking, Barclays Capital, October 1995 – May 1998
HR Business Partner responsible for US Region’s Technology, Finance, Operations, Legal, Compliance
and Risk groups. Managed all compensation and promotion processes. Led project to change
compensation structure for technology and trading operations talent to address retention issues and
better integrate incentive and reward systems with business strategy. Collaborated with senior managers
to identify staffing needs and perform extensive recruiting, including new COO, CIO, head of compliance
and senior hires in capital markets and investment banking. Negotiated search fees, managed expatriate
assignments and created new job-posting program. Designed new requisition process aligned to budget.
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, New York, New York, M.B.A., Management and Marketing

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GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, Washington, D.C., B.A., American Government