Compensation & Benefit Director – Quadient

Mission

Reporting to the VP Total Rewards, this role is responsible to lead in full autonomy critical Group Total Reward projects, campaigns and initiatives through the coordination and maintenance of the relevant policies, processes and procedures.

The job holder plays a role of deputy of the VP Total Rewards, and is expected to build and maintain a trusted advisory relationship with the People and Transformation community as well as any managerial level from Executive Committee Members to People Managers across the regions.

Location: Preferably Quadient HQ in France; possible alternative locations are remote solution on France or the European main locations of Quadient (UK - London, Germany - Munich, Czech Republic – Hradec).

Key Responsibilities:

• Compensation

  • Functional preparation and roll out leadership of the Merit & Bonus Campaign (audit coordination, budget preparation with finance, HRIS (Workday ) enhancement and testing in preparation, until the lead of ExCom calibrations and data preparation coordinating HR partners and payroll teams for payments. Regular follow-ups with all HR Partners

  • Coordination of all elements of merit and bonus campaigns updates, including preparation and delivery of training to HR partners, leveraging the support of the total reward team members, and training/coaching of people managers

  • In partnership with both Talent Management ( TM ) and People Insights & Services (PI&S) teams, administer and update the Quadient Job Catalogue (also linking it with local classifications) providing the due Reward technical expertise. Leadership on all impacts and relations between the Quadient Job Catalogue and the Quadient grading system

  • Audit and maintenance of the Quadient grading systems and salary range structures, playing a critical support role to the VP Total Rewards and ultimately both the CPTO and the CEO, for the grading maintenance of all Leadership levels (L2) and Extended Leadership Team members

  • Leadership over the salary ranges global functional architecture and maintenance: data analysis and preparation of updated ranges, coordination of the reviews of the Total Rewards team members with the local HR teams.

  • The above includes the coordination of the Quadient participation to global compensation surveys to benchmark about salary increase budgets and market pay data (Radford, WTW pay data submission)

  • If required, conduct external/internal compensation benchmark to complete analyses of salary ranges and to support local HR and Talent acquisition teams. Provide expertise and recommend pricing and solutions in case of external hiring, internal promotions, career moves, pay gaps assessment

  • Partnership with finance and workforce planning (WFP) teams for the preparation and validation of the salary increase budget (merit, collective, promotions, off-cycle adjustments) as well as bonus targets, forecasts and payout calculations

  • Actively drives both the Short and Long Term policy design and annual cycles; prepares all set of supporting files.

  • With specific regards to Long Term Incentive Plans (LTIP), coordinates the whole process including grant files, simulations, grant envelope and budget control, plans administration including coordination of the partnership with Quadient Bank

  • Ensure support to local HR partners to secure Quadient compliance at Global level for any compensation related matter, recommend corrective actions and take the lead of related projects

  • Actively participate and sometimes lead support various projects related to Total Rewards coordinating local implementation.

  • Regularly consults with business leaders in case of organizational (re)design initiatives to ensure total reward support

  • Actively and systematically contributes to strengthening the appropriate level of total reward awareness, knowledge and skills towards the People and Transformation community and people managers

• Benefits

  • Supports the VP Total Reward for Global Benefits related matters in a Total Reward vision

  • Drives dedicated benefits market benchmarks

  • Advises regional HR partners about local benefits design and administration

  • Intervenes in the relation with external partners and service providers

• HRIS (Workday - WD)

  • Represents the global point of contact for all HR Partners on Workday compensation topics

  • Drives configurations of the Merit & Bonus campaign and ensure the due support during their deployment; drives configuration of new compensation elements in Workday by providing the relevant requirements to the HRIS team

  • Coordinates together with PI&S team the support of external system designers/developers (WD / Mercer) on compensation aspects redesign

  • Drives the configuration and load into WD of new LTI plans information by providing the relevant data files to the HRIS team

  • Ensures the technical architecture and maintenance of the salary ranges in WD

  • Audits on a regular basis the Total Reward data in WD and recommends corrective actions to local HR teams to ensure the required data quality. May directly drive and process urgent corrective actions either manually or through EIB; also loads in cooperation with PI&S team EIB for compensation data (collective increases, reorganization, audits)

  • Partners with TM and PI&S teams for the configuration of new job profiles in the job catalogue

  • Together with PI&S team educates and trains local HR teams about Total Rewards aspects in WD.

  • Overviews all compensation related tickets raised by managers and HRs (Service desk)

  • Guides local HR teams to foster a better adoption and understanding of the compensation elements stored in WD.

  • Coordinates in partnership with PI&S and IT teams on compensation elements integrations with payroll systems

• Teamwork and coaching

  • This represents a critical aspect of the job requirements and ultimately an accountability of this role who is required the display of a visible EPIC culture

  • As a senior member of the Total Rewards team, the job holder is expected to coach the Total Rewards regional team members as well as the local People and Transformation (P&T) community with special regards to HR and Talent Acquisition partners

  • As senior member of the overall P&T community, the job holder

    • Actively participates in Quadient initiatives, activities and projects

    • Regularly partners with the other P&T CoE as well as HR BPs ensuring their development and empowerment about Total Reward related matters

    • Play a role of expert and trusted advisor towards management and all employees

  • The above being an EPIC in Best in Class Quadient employee (EPIC are Quadient values standing for Empowerment, Passion, Inspiration, Community).

Experience and Skills Required

• Master’s degree in HR Management or Finance and Business Administration

• Minimum 7 and ideally 10 years of compensation and benefits experience including valuable senior C&B position in a mid-size to large organization; preferred experience in publicly traded SaaS technology company

• Proven successful experience in International compensation aspects and global working environment

• Proven expert knowledge of Workday, ideally Advanced Compensation module, both technical understanding and ability to support users

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, strong Excel skills

• Experience with mergers and acquisitions from due diligence to integration, would be beneficial

• Excellent communication and presentation skills coupled with the ability to coach and influence others

• Strong project management skills and the ability to prioritize and manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.

• Demonstrated ability to think strategically, but also very willing and able to be "hands-on"

• Excellent self-awareness, leadership, and communication skills

• Self-motivated with strong propensity for action, results and continuous improvement; ability to instill that same level of motivation in the team

• Able to work in a high-energy, fast paced, rapidly changing environment

• Able to direct multiple priorities simultaneously while working under pressure to meet deadlines

• Creative problem-solving skills to overcome challenges and obstacles

• Analytical, resourceful, detail oriented and meticulous.

• Fluency in both English and French

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