Total Rewards Senior Manager, SEA based in Kuala Lumpur
Charterhouse are supporting a multibillion-dollar US MNC who are a global leader in their field and well respected.
The Total Rewards Senior Manager will be responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive Total Rewards strategy aligned with the Company’s business objectives across Southeast Asia
The role requires a strategic thinker with deep expertise in compensation and benefits, strong leadership capabilities, and the ability to collaborate effectively with senior stakeholders and the business. This is a stand-alone, individual contributor role reporting the APAC Head of Rewards.
Responsibilities:
- Strategy Development: Design and implement total rewards strategies that align with Global/Regional framework to support business goals and attract, retain, and motivate top talent in SEA.
- Market Analysis: Evaluate compensation and benefits trends, market data and benchmark surveys to ensure market competitiveness of all compensation and benefits offerings.
- Policy and Program Management: Develop and oversee compensation and benefits policies, ensure appropriate local design with global consistency, competitiveness, governance, compliance, and best practice.
- Core Total Rewards Initiatives: Collaborate with HR leaders and business stakeholders to drive Routine C&B initiatives such as Salary Planning, Bonus Plan Design & Review, Awards, Job Levelling, Salary Structure Salary proposal management, Benefit renewal, Recognition and Global Mobility etc.
- Communication: Effectively communicate Total Rewards strategies and programs to employees and management, ensuring transparency and understanding.
- Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities for process enhancements and implement best practices in total rewards management.
- Business Insights: Manage all Bonus / Incentive plans with End-to-End process, including plan design, simulation, policy review & training, quarterly effectiveness assessment, booster management and incentive communications. Work closely with business teams to regularly optimize incentive designs to meet business needs.
- HR Expertise: Provide consultation to management and HR colleagues on Compensation and Benefit issues and develop guidelines and solutions. Ensure HR Compliance from C&B perspective.
- Digitalization: support various enhancements for Compensation & Benefit modules in Global HRIS (Workday / ADP) and local HRIS (e-Leave etc.); continue to look for automation and digitalization opportunities to enhance efficiency.
- Project Management: Lead Regional Compensation & Benefit project / initiatives and actively attend Global projects.
Attributes
- Proven experience of managing total rewards in a regional setting in an MNC
- Excellent communication skills and able to liaise and advise on end-to-end C&B matters
- Possess excellent business partnering skills to consult and diagnose and provide solutions and solve problems where needed
- qualification
- Bachelor’s degree in HR, business or related field
EA License No: 16S8066
Registration No: R1879088