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Kelly Thornton, Sr. is a seasoned banking professional with 20+ years of experience in commercial banking, lending, and human resources. She has held various leadership positions, including SVP/Senior Human Resources Business Partner at BOK Financial, where she developed and implemented human resource goals and division policies and procedures. She also managed bank operations groups, created item processing centers, and established incentive programs to reduce error rates and processing costs. Kelly holds a degree in Accounting from Texas Southern University and a Professional Human Resource Certification from the Society of Human Resource Management.

Experience

    • United States
    • Financial Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • SVP/Senior Human Resources Business Partner
      • 2011 - 2013

      Served as a member of the leadership team for Operations & Technology, Finance & Administration and Credit Administration & Risk divisions; worked as a collaborative partner with executive and senior management to develop long-range business strategies and plans.• Identified and implemented human resource goals and division policies and procedures. • Developed and maintained a talent planning model to retain and motivate top performers.• Counseled managers regarding human resource needs and challenges; worked with compliance officers and legal team to mitigate risk and legal issues.• Conducted surveys to identify employee relations issues and developed solutions to resolve any issues

    • Vice President/Manager, Human Resources Support
      • 2007 - Dec 2011

      Managed nine HR professionals and was responsible for all aspects of employee relations; implemented corporate policy; assisted senior management with solutions for organizational development; responsible for developing and driving company-wide programs and initiatives.• Led a team of HR professionals that evaluated and improved the talent management process to identify top performers which increased the top talent/high potential pool by 20%. • Implemented process to develop and manage top performers corporate-wide.• Established training classes for frontline managers which led to a reduction in EEOC claims by 10%. • Created management training program for managers with less than 3 years experience

    • VP/Senior Human Resources Manager
      • 2004 - 2007

      Managed six HR professionals and was responsible for employee recruitment, employee retention and employee relations for 1,200 employees in the Operations & Technology Division.• Worked with new Chief Information Officer to recruit leadership team.• Implemented a recruiting strategy which included utilizing internal recruiters and external recruitment firms to increase our talent in the information technology group.• Initiated a career path for unsuccessful internal job candidates.

    • Vice President/Operations Manager
      • 1993 - 2004

      Managed bank operations groups with increasing responsibilities (managing up to 120 people in 3 cities) as the bank grew from $3B to $12B. • Created and managed item processing center in Albuquerque, NM to reduce processing times for Bank of Albuquerque accounts. • Created a 3 member interdepartmental training group in transaction processing funded by increases in operational efficiency.• Established an incentive program for data entry clerks and reduced error rates and processing cost per item

    • Management Trainee
      • 1993 - 1994

Education

  • 2000 - 2001
    BAI Graduate School of Banking - Vanderbilt University
    Operations & Technology
  • 1988 - 1993
    Texas Southern University - Houston, Texas
    B.B.A., Accounting
  • 2007 -
    • Society of Human Resource Management
    Professional Human Resource Certification

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