Assistant Manager: Remuneration and Benefits

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POSITION INFO:

Position Purpose

• Develop, maintain, communicate and manage remuneration and benefits strategy, policies, procedures and practices in order to support the Organization`s strategic objectives by enabling the business to attract and retain talented individuals whilst ensuring maximum benefit realisation for the organization and continuously enhancing the Employee Value Proposition

Minimum Qualifications

• Degree in Commerce / Human Sciences
• Postgraduate Degree in Commerce /Human Sciences with Statistics is preferred
• Registration with South African Rewards Association as a Remuneration Specialist and/or South African Board for People Practice is preferred
• Global Remuneration Practitioner (GRP) certification is essential

Experience and Knowledge required

• 8-10 years of experience in Remuneration and Rewards / Benefits management in a corporate environment.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a supervisory/ managerial role
• Knowledge of all relevant employment and remuneration legislation and statutory requirements
• Knowledge of corporate HR reward systems, practices and structures
• Understanding of current Tax and Labour legislation including governance and risk principles
• Exposure in remuneration analyses, modelling and policy development
• Job evaluation system, preferably Paterson Grading System
• Advanced Excel, MS Office and MS Project

Key Competencies:

• Research and surveying techniques
• Conflict management skills
• Negotiation skills
• Understanding the client’s business
• Customer service
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Integrity and confidentiality
• Operational Excellence
• Prioritization and resources allocation
• Judgement

Key Performance Areas:

Formulation and Implementation of remuneration strategy, policies and procedures:

• Facilitate and co-ordinate the job evaluations / gradings through the job evaluation committee to ensure internal and external equity
• Communicate and educate / train relevant stakeholders regarding job evaluation systems and practices.
• Implement and manage job grading structure
• Update and maintain organization structures and headcount reports
• Implement the ratified job grading outcomes

Managing Financial resources:

• Compile, submit, monitor and manage the approved Remuneration and Benefits budget.
• Ensure that the Remuneration and Benefits spend is in line with relevant legislation

Managing Human Resources:

• Develop and implement Remuneration and Benefits Strategy and Operational Plan
• Performance manage Remuneration and Benefits Team
• Develop and implement the Individual Development Plans where necessary for the Remuneration and Benefits Team

Operational Support and Advice:

• Recommend salary review guidelines to HR Leadership, EXCO and Human Resource and Remuneration Committee
• Recommend salary review guidelines to HR Leadership, EXCO and Human Resource and Remuneration Committee
• Facilitate the entire salary review process, including training, documentation, distribution and consolidation of review spreadsheets
• Prepare schedules for payroll upload and staff letters
• Prepare salary review statistics, graphs and cost analyses
• Support the Group HR Manager in preparing submissions to the Executive Committee, Social Ethics Committee and Remuneration Committee and Board of Directors
• Communicate changes in legislative policies and facilitating changes appropriate to Company processes
• Conduct ad-hoc internal and external benchmarking exercises as and when requested by management and leadership.

Management of Payroll and maintenance of Human Resource Data Integrity and Reporting

• Maintain an effective and efficient relationship with external service providers by having up to date service level agreements in order to ensure improved total employee rewards of the company employees
• Develop and implement effective payroll management procedures and systems
• Manage payroll processes, administration of performance reviews, salary reviews and incentive schemes
• Optimize self- service / automated processes
• Manage the benefits of the Company and continuously look at innovative ways to update / improve benefits offerings to employees
• Ensure legislative tax and benefits compliance and ensure timeous implementation in payroll
• Oversee maintenance of high-level security and integrity of Human Resource Management Data system.
• Co-ordinate, prepare and submit HR Reports for the attention of Group HR Manager
• Address and effect corrective measures on identified Audit and operational risks.