Employee Compensation Strategy

I worked on a project with Sam at BGI several years ago. He impressed me with his broad and deep knowledge of compensation strategy and systems. Most important he proved himself to be a uniquely inquisitive professional. The hallmark of any great solution provider is the ability to look at anything and ask :"but what if it was better?"

Sam personifies that approach to work. I would recommend him without question.

“I worked very closely with Sam Reeve at BlackRock - he was the Total Rewards expert assigned the Latin America region supporting employees in Mexico, Brazil, Chile and those based in California, Florida, New York and New Jersey. Sam is a collaborative team player, who can accurately diagnose and solve complex situations. He developed trusted partnerships with the regional business leaders and was able to influence timely and appropriate compensation needs. Sam works incredibly hard and shows commitment to his client base. He also showed a great disposition to learn the Latin America business strategy and to apply this knowledge to the different compensation initiatives. It was a pleasure working with Sam".

Sam played a key role in a firm-wide project where I was able to closely experience his work for many months. He was thoughtful, organized, creative, solutions oriented, and was always willing to help wherever possible. I always felt confident that Sam would take responsibility for the tasks related to the project and knew that he could lead the effort and achieve the desired results. He is extremely resourceful and is willing to learn what he doesn't know. Sam was able to strike the right balance of working independently yet keep key stakeholders informed. He has an amazing work ethic and is one of the most productive people I've worked with. He has a bright future ahead of him. Sam is someone I would be delighted to work with again.

Samuel and I worked together at ProBusiness/ADP where he was a Compensation professional with whom I worked very closely. His work was impeccable. He was thorough, anticipated issues and always very responsive. He is a very talented Compensation professional and I would not hesitate if I had the chance to work with him again.

Samuel is exteremly sharp and approaches compensation problems with very creative solutions. Samuel also has a background with the financial sector and was great help in giving me another perspective on the company 401(k) funds and their operations. Samuel is committed and hard working and I would highly recommend him as an employee.

Sam was my colleague and a senior compensation analyst at Barclays Global Investors. He worked on complex executive compensation schemes and enjoyed the praise of his management and counterparts in the department.

Samuel understands compensation extremely well and can help those around him understand it too. While working together, Samuel took the time to help me understand changes to our programs, helped me research appropriate salary grades and bands, and was the local expert for my colleagues and me. I enjoyed working with him and appreciated his dedication to detail and his ability to make the complex very simple. I would welcome the opportunity to work with him again!

I would highly recommend Sam. He is very good with clients, very detail oriented, yet can paint the big picture, very trustworthy (has a great deal of integrity), and a truely outstanding individual. I would highly recommend him!

Sam was an incredible asset and resource during the three years I worked with him at BGI. While he worked directly in the Compensation department, his function and breadth of knowledge crossed over into multiple areas of HR and at times, into legal and compliance. His attention to detail, ability to partner to support the client's needs and focus on delivering solutions with integrity are impressive. He is truly a great leader and strategic partner. Aside from his day to day compensation function, Sam also led large global projects to restructure BGI's job matrix, exemption classifications and tirelessly worked with the Staffing department as new jobs were created. I would be happy to work with Sam again and welcome any additional requests to provide feedback on his performance.

Pam Souza