Allison Bendersky

About

HR analytics and systems leader with experience managing distributed teams and building executive-level workforce metrics. Delivered a rapid SAP SuccessFactors Performance and Compensation implementation (12–14 weeks) to hit time-sensitive review and bonus cycles, and has driven high-impact change initiatives including a 12+ year employee financial wellness program and data-led restructuring that significantly reduced layoffs.

Experience

Education

Key Strengths

• Led analytics teams to build HR metrics and executive-ready reporting
• Implemented SAP SuccessFactors Performance + Compensation modules end-to-end in ~12–14 weeks to meet critical review/compensation deadlines
• Data-driven scaling/restructuring approach using multi-year staffing trends and market outlooks
• Reduced need for layoffs during restructuring by shifting most staff from 40 to 35 hours and leveraging planned retirements (eliminated 4 roles vs. potential 15–18)
• Built and sustained an employee engagement/financial wellness program with senior leadership support for 12+ years
• Experienced managing teams and stakeholders across multiple time zones

Reference Highlights

• excellent at anticipating future-state issues
• systematic approach to solving problems
• proactive and deadline-ahead execution
• ensures accurate reporting
• effective collaborator across teams
• effective partner to senior leadership during complexity/change
• extremely effective coach and thought partner
• shares deep knowledge and teaches others
• invested in others' growth (personal cheerleader)
• cool, calm, and collected under pressure
• willing to put in time and effort to resolve issues
• able to navigate difficult situations at all levels
• go-to person for policies and procedures
• highly respected across the organization
• strong leadership
• excellent at running point on events
• exceptional systemic thinking
• deep, thorough knowledge of UltiPro
• makes complex topics easy to understand
• very effective communicator
• drives leadership buy-in and excitement during change
• highly supportive thought partner ('wingman')
• quick to catch errors/typos
• proactive and helpful
• unmatched diplomacy