Mia Gantt

About

Compensation and payroll professional with hands-on ownership of end-to-end U.S. payroll and strategic compensation work, including a full-cycle comp redesign for 1,500 employees across corporate, sales, and technical roles. Stands out for combining operational payroll rigor with analytical compensation modeling, pay equity work, and finance-grade reconciliation controls.

Key Strengths

• Owned end-to-end U.S. payroll cycle with strong cutoff and exception controls
• Compensation redesign experience for 1,500 U.S. employees
• Built market benchmarking and salary range design frameworks
• Used compa-ratio analysis to target compression and below-market pay issues
• Applied pay equity and regression analysis to drive targeted adjustments
• Improved retention in key groups through compensation budget reallocation
• Strong cross-functional reconciliation across HRIS, payroll, and finance
• Resolved payroll-to-GL mismatches with root-cause analysis and corrective entries
• Implemented preventive controls including variance thresholds and mapping audits
• Built advanced Excel tools linking HRIS, comp structures, payroll actuals, and GL data

Reference Highlights

• end-to-end ownership
• structured approach
• highly controlled execution
• clear command of process and risk points
• operates payroll like a system
• proactive issue identification
• strong compliance mindset
• strong judgment
• analytical and strategic thinking
• focus on root causes
• effective cross-functional coordination
• attention to detail
• reliable on-time delivery
• accuracy in payroll execution
• strong data reconciliation capability
• bias toward preventing recurrence
• process design improvement
• practical operational compliance
• measurable impact on hiring outcomes
• measurable impact on retention
• addressed base competitiveness and internal equity effectively

Experience

Education

Awards

• Graduated cum laude - Capella University
• Dean's List - Capella University

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