Compensation & Benefits Specialist

Team Description:

The Compensation and Benefits team manages strategic rewards programmes that empower our organisation to build and sustain a high-performing team. We partner closely with internal stakeholders to understand evolving business needs, creating and implementing rewards programmes that attract, motivate, and retain top talent.

Job Description:

• Develop strategies, policies and guidelines for the roll-out of the compensation and benefits initiatives across the region

• Prepare communication toolkit and deliver effective communications on compensation and benefits policies and programs

• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the initiatives and its related communications efforts by analysing data and feedback and developing continuous improvement actions

• Review compensation and benefits policies and plans, ensuring that it is competitive and on top of market trends while maintaining internal equity and compliance

• Manage salary benchmarking and proposal, compensation analysis, annual increment and bonus, long term and short term incentives, job grading, etc

• Work closely with business leaders, HRBPs and multiple stakeholders, including senior management to manage compensation and benefit projects end-to-end

• Research on industry best practices and synthesise data to assess feasibility of proposed compensation and benefits projects

Requirement:

• Bachelor’s Degree in any relevant field; A master’s degree is advantageous but not required

• Minimum of 3 years of full time working experience in any Human Resource function

• Experience in at least one of the following areas: Compensation benchmarking, salary review, bonus planning, job grading, incentive programmes, or compensation policy design

• Experience in in-house C&B role and/or as C&B/Rewards consultants at HR consulting firms such as Aon, Mercer, Willis Tower Watson is a plus

• Strong business acumen, understanding strategy, organisational direction and how they impact tactical execution. Willingness to roll up sleeves to get the job done

• Strategic thinking: Quickly evaluates situations, combines strong business judgement and people intuition to reach well-founded decisions

• Agility in leading multiple complex projects and pivoting quickly to changing needs/environments

• Ability to work in a dynamic environment while maintaining appropriate attention to detail and standards

• Strong communication and collaborative skills and the ability to build relationships across diverse stakeholder groups including senior management