European Compensation Manager - flex work location within UK
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In this challenging role, you would be the regional "go-to" compensation expert spanning key countries in the region. Your regular workload will include managing annual salary reviews, performance bonus preparations, benchmarking activities plus counsel for bonus and salary adjustments and exceptions.
However, your role will be more than just day-to-day operational Compensation delivery whilst working within a well-regarded Total Reward team.
You will also be partnering with HR and business leader stakeholders, sharing your expert guidance on the application of reward strategies and tools to enable the company's ongoing success to attract, engage and retain the diverse talent employed by this company.
With an emphasis on proactive service you’ll be expected to guide key stakeholders on the best utilisation of budgets for annual incentives, LTIP, wellbeing, sign-on & retention bonuses….applying expert counsel on how to channel funds to be as effective as possible and stay competitive in the "war for talent." You should be providing expert advice on creating consistency in utilising all elements of reward as a tool to improve on the cross-pollination of ideas, economies of scale, driving performance, utilisation and transfer of talent.
This global company, within the consumer goods sector, is known as being a reputable and caring employer, and maintained high employee engagement through the Covid crisis. They are well resourced, profitable, and continuing to grow both through the opening of new markets and by acquisition. Ongoing executive appetite to continue being an “employer of choice” now has the company’s Compensation and Benefits function embarking on a period of innovation and modernisation. As a result, you will have unusual opportunities for direct input and involvement across an array of strategic global projects, many of which will be outside of the scope of “traditional” approaches to reward.
In addition to your technical knowledge for compensation tools and levers, we hope you will be known as:
a thought leader who can challenge the status quo and innovate new processes and solutions to achieve market-leading results.
having multi-cultural awareness and knowledge of multi-country challenges
able to communicate effectively with executive-level stakeholders with advanced written and verbal English
for a track record of partnering successfully with teams outside of your direct control
Apologies, but this is strictly a UK-based role and employment contract. A valid UK work visa or citizenship is essential to be considered for this role and with the potential for occasional planned travel within Europe, you’ll need to be fully Covid vaccinated. While there is some flexibility on working from home, regular visits to meet key stakeholders in London HQ should be expected.
In addition to working for and learning from one of our most inspiring global C&B executives, genuine career development and promotion opportunities abound within this company, both within the reward team and broader HR functions and business units. The company is also offering a package that includes a base salary of circa £100,000 plus bonus and benefits.
Interviews are being scheduled currently with an appetite for this Compensation leader to commence ideally within the coming weeks. Interested professionals can apply directly and confidentially via solutions@cartermorris.com quoting CMTS00281
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