Compensation & Benefits Manager NA

Compensation & Benefits Manager Who We Are Essity is a global leader in health and hygiene headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with a North American headquarters located in Philadelphia, PA. We are a multi-billion-dollar company with a purpose to break barriers to well-being for the benefit of consumers, patients, care givers, and customers across the globe. We do this through innovations in our Professional Hygiene, Consumer Goods, and Health & Medical business units that provide hygiene and health solutions to over a billion people every day worldwide.

Working at Essity is more than a career, it is where you will play your part in a better future, to improve well-being for people and have opportunities to drive positive change for society and the environment.  As an employee at Essity, you will belong to a team where you feel valued, are safe, supported to grow and challenged to generate business results in a friendly and open atmosphere.

About the Role Essity's North America HR Team is looking for an experienced Compensation & Benefits Manager who will be responsible for the Compensation & Benefits process and assists with the delivery of the HR strategy. The role provides Comp & Ben HR support or services to all business units in North America and ensures organizational efficiency and synergies as well as compliance with local country laws and regulations.

This is a hybrid position, located at our Philadelphia PA office - it is not a 100% remote position.

We're looking for people who embody our values, aren't afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and move at a fast pace. We're always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. If this is you, we'd love to talk. What Will You Do Provides Compensation and Benefits support and contributes to global HR process delivery with input or as process member (e.g., as a system super user)
Delivers compensation support that includes job evaluations and set up of compensation package to fulfill business unit and global HR process requirements

Assists with the annual salary surveys, salary and bonus processes

Responsible for overall administration and compliance for all North America benefit retirement and pension programs Provides recommendations regarding local retirement/pension programs

Responsible for overall administration of US deferred compensation program

Conducts budgeting and financial analysis of employee Compensation and Benefit programs

Ensures compliance with governmental regulations related to Compensation and Benefits programs and includes required plan testing, plan audits and SOX compliance

Primary contact with Compensation and Benefits consultants and plan providers

Responsible for oversight of the management of vendor systems and technology to support the benefit plans. Works closely with Payroll and Employee Services as it relates to benefits

Coordinates and/or executes global and local specific process or policy delivery across business units and facilitates-related interaction between business units to ensure equal treatment and pay equity

Proposes harmonization of specific HR processes at country level and implements, in-line with HR Global and business unit principles, policies and guidelines

Implements specific Global Compensation and Benefits policies and local legal requirements

Provides support for Mobility (International Assignments etc.) to local HR and Managers and provide input to Mobility HQ Provides expert advice and manages vendor relations and contributes to a service culture to fulfill the service level agreement

Who You Are Knowledge of federal, state and local regulations and compliance requirements related to employee compensation and benefits

Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret and…