AVP, Rewards

We are searching for an experienced AVP, Total Rewards at our Connecticut office.

Wilton Re is an industry leader in the life (re) insurance space, specializing in the acquisition of in force life insurance and annuities. We are experienced industry specialists focused on the risk, capital and operational needs of our clients’ businesses. We provide our clients with the services they need from inforce transactions and product development to underwriting and new business strategies.

Wilton Re has the resources and expertise to pursue and successfully manage the largest life and annuity transactions in the market.

The AVP of Total Rewards is responsible for providing the analysis, insights, reporting, and operational support needed to inform compensation, benefits, payroll, and workforce planning decisions. This role serves as a key partner to Human Resources,Finance, and business leaders by maintaining compensation programs, supporting benefits strategy, monitoring market trends, administering payroll-related processes, and delivering actionable workforce analytics. The position plays acritical role in developing and maintaining the organization's total rewards philosophy and ensuring programs remain competitive, compliant, and aligned with business objectives.

• Partner with the Head of HR and HR Business Partners to support annual compensation planning, salary review cycles, and incentive compensation processes.
• Develop and maintain compensation frameworks,guidelines, and the company's total rewards and compensation philosophy.
• Conduct market benchmarking and compensation analysis to ensure pay practices remain competitive and aligned with organizational objectives.
• Research and monitor compensation and benefits market trends, providing recommendations and insights to HR leadership.
• Prepare compensation modeling, scenario planning, andcost analyses to support compensation and workforce-related decision making.
• Manage compensation budget tracking, including actual-to-budget reporting, acquisition versus maintenance analyses, and ongoing workforce cost forecasting.
• Support year-end incentive and bonus accrual planning, including liquidity forecasting and payout analysis.
• Maintain compensation data integrity and reporting tosupport compensation decisions and workforce planning activities.
• Produce quarterly workforce metrics, turnover analyses, and headcount reports for HR and Finance leadership.

• Provide oversight and support for payroll operations,working closely with payroll vendors, Finance, and HR stakeholders.
• Ensure payroll-related data changes, compensation adjustments, and employee transactions are accurately reflected in payroll systems.
• Partner with Finance on payroll reconciliations,reporting, and related analyses.
• Identify opportunities to improve payroll processes,controls, and reporting accuracy.

• Manage benefits-related reporting, cost analysis, and financial tracking to support informed benefit program decisions.
• Partner with HR leadership, Finance, and external benefits brokers to evaluate plan performance, cost trends, and utilization patterns.
• Analyze benefit plan competitiveness and provide market-based recommendations to support benefit strategy discussions.
• Identify opportunities for cost optimization while maintaining a competitive and employee-focused benefits offering.

• Maintain documentation, process controls, and records related to the organization's equity incentive programs.
• Support equity planning activities, includingaccruals, reporting, and shareholder tracking.
• Prepare…