Reward Manager – Executive Mehrere standorte

Job Title: Executive Compensation Manager

Business Function: Reward

Location: 100VE

Work-Level: 2A

This role provides support on all executive reward matters, including preparation for Remuneration Committee meetings, managing the production of the annual Directors’ Remuneration Report and supporting with shareholder engagement

• Support on all aspects of governance around executive pay, including planning for Remuneration Committee meetings and drafting papers and preparing pre-read and supporting data and analysis for alignment meetings with key stakeholders.
• Manage the end-to-end process in relation to the preparation of the annual Directors’ Remuneration Report, collecting and validating data inputs, gathering input from internal and external partners, drafting the report narrative and working with the external auditors to provide supporting data.
• Support the Head of Executive Compensation with all aspects of shareholder/ proxy engagement, including research on shareholders, preparing supporting materials for consultation meetings, analysing outputs from shareholder discussions, reviewing proxy reports, responding to questions and preparing for the AGM.
• Review the effectiveness of the Remuneration Policy and its operation annually to assure compliance and alignment with standard process and good corporate governance.
• Input into executive short- and long-term incentive scheme design and implementation.
• Oversee Non-Executive Directors’ fee administration including annual benchmarking process and payroll operations.
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders such as the ULE, HRLT, Legal, Finance, PEX and the Reward team.
• Pro-actively monitor the external landscape, both in terms of keeping up-to-date on relevant legislation relating to reward issues (e.g. tax, share plans, pensions) as well as emerging trends, hot topics and pioneering reward practices.
• Contribute to global reward projects as required, in support of continuous improvement and innovation across the reward function.

Expected to demonstrate high level of accountability and ownership on individual role remit, working directly with internal partners and external advisers and working alongside other members of the Executive Compensation team and wider reward team.

Problems are technical (design and operational), human (wide stakeholder influence), financial (high impact for ED & ULE level roles; also financial KPIs under bonus/long-term incentives), size and complexity of organisation (~130k employees across multiple geographies and functions) and legal and regulatory (plc governance and local statutory requirements).

Will need to be comfortable navigating high levels of change internally and externally.

Operational delivery is typically across a year.

Experience: 3-4 years of relevant experience in reward function, with a strong understanding of global reward policies, practices, pay benchmarking and short/long-term incentives. Ideally some prior experience working in executive compensation either in-house or in a consulting environment, including UK plc listed remuneration governance, but this is desirable not essential.

Pro-active and curious: takes a self-reliant approach to solving problems, comfortable dealing with complexity and ambiguity, takes individual accountability for the delivery of outcomes.

Communication: Articulate with strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to convey complex information clearly and concisely.

Analytical: Strong analytical, numerical and problem-solving skills, with excellent attention to detail as well as being able to interpret data and insights to apply the bigger strategic context.

Financial: Able to understand business performance measures and results and financial instruments, e.g. share plans.

Stakeholder Management: ability to manage and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organisation; experience successfully managing a diverse range of partners, external and internal.

Planning & Organisation: Strong planning,…