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Jessica Lagin

Jessica Lagin

Sormenvägen 55, Stockholm

Summary

Highly motivated and dynamic leader with 19 years of professional work experience. Proven abilities in managing client's lifecycle, business partners, multicultural and cross-functional teams. Extensive experience in Management, Business Development, Business Transformation, HCM and BPO, international HR, Payroll, Learning, Project management and P&L responsibility. Strong ability to lead teams and drive continuous improvement, with a positive, respectful attitude by applying visions and detailed knowledge to understand the business. Consistently a high performer driven by ambition.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Head of Client Relations & Implementation

Accountor Ekonomi & Rådgivning AB
Stockholm
10.2019 - Current
  • Managing Client Business Developers, Data Analysts, and Implementation Team Managers, a total team of 26 consultants.
  • Actively drive strategies for customer care and success, focus on client development and revenue optimization activities
  • Part of the Management team defining business strategies and business development
  • Engaged in due diligence for mergers and acquisitions
  • Develop and improve customer journey and customer care model across the organization
  • Led implementation and integration of customer-focused platform
  • Contributed in building an attractive offer and pricing models of payroll and accounting service solutions.
  • Build and improve up-sale strategies
  • Goals and Budget (implementation/upsale/churn/customer satisfaction)
  • Optimized allocation of resources for increased efficiency
  • Led initiatives targeting operational efficiency and quality enhancement
  • Contributed innovative ideas and solutions to enhance team performance and outcomes.
  • Worked successfully with diverse group of coworkers to accomplish goals and address issues related to our products and services.

Business Unit Director – Payroll and HR Services

BTR Accounting and Payroll Services
Stockholm
10.2014 - 09.2019
  • Directing operations for a large team including multiple managerial roles
  • Part of the Management team defining business strategies and business development
  • Develop and build an attractive offer of payroll service solutions
  • Developing operational strategies and enhanced operational models
  • Goals and Budget targeting and follow up
  • Optimized resource management processes
  • Drive projects to improve efficiency and quality
  • Handled complex escalations at an executive level
  • Created plans to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, quality standards, and customer service goals.
  • Point of contact for global partnership collaboration
  • Negotiated contracts and pricing with business partners
  • Established key performance indicators for measuring success

Executive Relationship Manager/Regional Partner Manager APAC

ADP Streamline
Singapore
10.2012 - 09.2014
  • The primary objective of this combined senior role is to take ownership and responsibility to strengthen the APAC region - define and execute key aspects of business management and executive business relationship for a Network of payroll subcontracting Partners in APAC region
  • Leading set of teams of Partner Managers, Implementation Managers, Client Relationship Managers
  • New Countries & Partners - Acquisition process (research, due diligence, onsite meeting, selection, contract management) of strategic Subcontractors in chosen territories.
  • Subcontracting Agreements - Negotiation & management and ongoing compliance with corporate obligations
  • Audit Reviews – yearly assessment on partner compliance
  • Network Pricing Management - Partner pricing and other direct Partner costs negotiation (partner margin)
  • Partner Policy - Help of Defining policies that reflect business and strategic intent, consistent network wide
  • Service scope – expand service scope for revenue optimization
  • Presenting ADP Network Management to prospect clients and training ADP sales
  • Executive Relations - Establish long term, mutually successful business relationships with business leaders, regular business reviews
  • Executive Escalations - Liaise and resolve major disputes in business & operational matters
  • Plan and execute yearly workshops on both operational and executive levels
  • Monitored customer feedback and provided strategic advice on process improvements.
  • Provided reports and presentations to executive management on business partner trends, preferences, and strategies for improvement.
  • Facilitated cross-functional team efforts between sales representatives, operations personnel, technical staff, finance professionals in order to provide the best possible service experience for customers.

Global Account Manager/Relationship Manager

ADP Streamline
Barcelona
01.2010 - 09.2012
  • Managing Key Client Major Accounts worldwide as a single point of accountability for an outsourced Global Payroll Solution covering 80+ countries worldwide
  • Contract owner
  • Manage the client relationship, satisfaction and forecast at headquarter level through Service Reviews, Quarterly Business Reviews and Strategic meetings
  • Part of Client Advisory Board
  • Solve potential issues that may prevent the satisfactory and timely completion of the global services, by conducting action/monitoring plans to ensure deliverables
  • Conduct Service Metrics, satisfaction surveys and KPIs
  • Negotiation of client contract terms and pricing.
  • Project Management of new client implementations and internal projects for business improvements
  • Sales Projects, act as a sales representative to advice on the fit of ADP Streamline solution to the needs of the client expansion
  • Induction Manager for new hires (Account Managers)
  • Established relationships with key stakeholders, customers, and partners to ensure successful account management.
  • Collaborated with internal departments such as sales, marketing, finance, operations, and legal teams on a variety of projects related to client accounts.

Account Manager

ADP Streamline
Barcelona
11.2008 - 12.2009
  • Managing 37 Client SME/Major Accounts over the world as a single point of contact facing the client for a Global Payroll Managed Service Solution
  • Monitor and manage the client relationship, satisfaction and forecast at headquarter level through Service Reviews
  • Submit recommendations and action plans to improve the relationship with the client, with ADP countries and with ADP Streamline partners
  • Facilitate client to adopt consolidated services and to move into a centralization mode
  • Ensure the appropriate transition from the setup of the new client to the service model including the usage of Consolidated Services System (reporting, invoicing, KPI)
  • Project Management of new implementations set up client specifics, internal projects
  • Sales Projects, act as a sales representative to advice on the fit of ADP Streamline solution to the needs of the client

Senior HR Team Leader/Supervisor

Affiliated Computer Services
Barcelona
07.2007 - 11.2008

Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (at the time) a Fortune 500 company with more than 55.000 employees in nearly 100 countries and the leading provider of mission-critical, non-core business process outsourcing and information technology solutions to blue-chip clients worldwide.

  • Lead the outsourcing of the payroll and personnel administration from the client, General Motors Sweden to ACS’s HR Service Center in Barcelona
  • Operational responsibility for sub-contractors and a large team of HR administrators who handle personnel administration, payroll, travel expense and clock cards for 6000 employees
  • Plan and transition off shoring to Poland
  • Compiling operational incident reports
  • Annual performance plans, bonus goals and ensuring adherence
  • Ensure that the corresponding KPIs and SLAs are adhered to by the team
  • Recruitment
  • Decommissioning and data archiving of client’s legacy systems (Data migration SAP to PeopleSoft)
  • Weekly meeting with GM country manager, GMHR and vendor team
  • Handling Change Request from client
  • Development of standardized processes and implementation of new tools, forms and systems to facilitate these

HR Team leader

Affiliated Computer Services
Barcelona
10.2006 - 06.2007
  • Operational responsibility of a team of HR administrators including travel expense administrators and data entry
  • Responsibility for the daily operations and manning
  • Setting the team’s bonus goals and ensuring adherence
  • Processing and solving escalated payroll and HR administrative issues
  • Ensure that the corresponding KPIs and SLAs are adhered to by the team
  • Recruitment
  • Operational metrics
  • Training and introduction of new employees
  • Implementing new processes and tools to optimize efficiency

HR Analyst

Affiliated Computer Services
Barcelona
07.2006 - 09.2006
  • Processing and solving escalated payroll and HR administrative issues
  • Responsibility for the daily escalations
  • Provide support for the Team leader
  • Knowledge transfer and follow up on training within the team

HR Administrator

Affiliated Computer Services
Trollhättan
03.2005 - 07.2006
  • Part of a team of HR professionals
  • HR project contracted by General Motors
  • Being the first point of contact for client’s employees on personnel administration and payroll issues, using CRM HRW
  • Payroll and PA data entry, using SAP, ODM
  • Handling company benefits and staff reference requests and issuing official documents
  • Create and updating manuals and Work Instructions

Education

Project Management -

Karlstads University
Karlstad, Sweden
11.2004

Bachelor’s Degree - Human Resource Management, Psychology, Legal Science, Occupational Health, Safety and Equality

Karlstads University
Karlstad, Sweden
06.2004

Upper Secondary school - Social science

Ullvigymnasiet
Köping, Sweden
06.1998

Skills

  • People Management
  • International Environment
  • Data driven leadership
  • Organizational Change Management
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Result-oriented
  • Analytical and Critical Thinking
  • Business Growth & Sales strategies
  • Strategic Planning
  • Pricing strategy
  • Contract Negotiation

Languages

Swedish
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Spanish
Elementary (A2)
A2

Certification

  • Certification ADP Management Development Program (MDP) 6-months training programme (2013)
  • Deliver Stellar Service Certification (2010)

References

References available upon request.

Accomplishments

  • Received Manager Recognition Reward (2010)
  • Received Peer Recognition Reward (2009)

Timeline

Head of Client Relations & Implementation

Accountor Ekonomi & Rådgivning AB
10.2019 - Current

Business Unit Director – Payroll and HR Services

BTR Accounting and Payroll Services
10.2014 - 09.2019

Executive Relationship Manager/Regional Partner Manager APAC

ADP Streamline
10.2012 - 09.2014

Global Account Manager/Relationship Manager

ADP Streamline
01.2010 - 09.2012

Account Manager

ADP Streamline
11.2008 - 12.2009

Senior HR Team Leader/Supervisor

Affiliated Computer Services
07.2007 - 11.2008

HR Team leader

Affiliated Computer Services
10.2006 - 06.2007

HR Analyst

Affiliated Computer Services
07.2006 - 09.2006

HR Administrator

Affiliated Computer Services
03.2005 - 07.2006

Project Management -

Karlstads University

Bachelor’s Degree - Human Resource Management, Psychology, Legal Science, Occupational Health, Safety and Equality

Karlstads University

Upper Secondary school - Social science

Ullvigymnasiet
Jessica Lagin