EMEA Senior Reward Manager

Wunderman Thompson

Department: People

Location: London, United Kingdom

Who we are:

At Wunderman Thompson we exist to inspire growth for ambitious brands. Part creative agency, part consultancy and part technology company, our experts provide end-to-end capabilities at a global scale to deliver inspiration across the entire brand and customer experience.

We are 20,000 strong in 90 markets around the world; our people bring together creative storytelling, diverse perspectives, inclusive thinking, and highly specialized vertical capabilities to drive growth for our clients. We offer deep expertise across the entire customer journey, including communications, commerce, consultancy, CRM, CX, data, production, and technology.

Who we're looking for:

We are looking for a Senior Reward Manager to work within our EMEA People team. Reporting to the EMEA Total Rewards Director, you will focus on strategic projects and partnering the business, alongside cyclical compensation activities. You will be an experienced Senior Reward Manager who is comfortable working in a fluid environment where some structures are not yet in place.

What you'll be doing:

Project & Advisory

Act as a strategic advisor & partner to CPOs, HRBPs and CFOs across the region, advising and guiding the business on all areas of reward strategy, to enable us to attract and retain the best talent.
Utilising available external & internal salary data, provide salary benchmarks and package recommendations to the Talent Acquisition team for senior hires.
Work with the Total Reward Director on new bonus & commission models.
Partner with Reward colleagues globally & within WPP on Wunderman Thompson and WPP-wide projects, in particular the EU Pay Transparency project.
Work with acquired businesses throughout their earn-out period to ensure smooth transition to WT ways of working at appropriate time.
Review our benefits offering across the region to ensure alignment with WT Global People Strategy and work with local markets/WPP to maximise available benefits and fill gaps.
Advise business on all mobility matters including remote working requests, permanent transfers and distributed working cases.
Work with Finance on the Reward implications of new operating procedures.
Work with markets to improve availability and use of benchmark data.

Cyclical & Regular Reward Activities

Support the Total Rewards Director in the management of the short-term incentive plan; eligibility, targets, communication, pay-out calculation, payroll processing.
Support the Total Rewards Director in the management of stock based long term incentive plans.
Work with the Total Rewards Director & Reward Partner to manage the bi-annual salary increase process, review country submissions against policies & principles, partner finance on budget allocations, track implementation of approved increases.
Provide data modelling, analysis, and insight to support reward & more general people processes and decisions, for example to support gender and ethnicity pay calculations, salary review and bonus recommendations.
Manage approval processes for senior hires, counter-offers and other out of cycle increases.
Where necessary assist the Reward Partner in day-to-day activities such as monthly new hire & promote to vacancy process, Career Architecture queries, benchmarking and compensation survey submissions.

What you'll need:

Senior stakeholder management
Ability to quickly build and maintain trusted partnerships
Cultural sensitivity, able to adapt to working with people from a range of countries
Experience managing all annual reward cycles across multiple countries
Experience with Mmdelling bonus outcomes
Experience with manipulating large volumes of data and utilising reward & other people related data to generate new insights & recommendations
Experience using one or more of the leading salary surveys e.g., Mercer, Radford, WTW
Understanding of the job levelling/evaluation methodology
Experience with benefits management across multiple countries
Experience with Workday or a similar HRIS
Experience in the technology sector would be advantageous
Advanced excel skills, with great attention to detail

At Wunderman Thompson, we are committed to actively building a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcomed, valued and heard, and is treated with dignity and respect. As leaders and creative partners across industries, it is our responsibility to cultivate an environment reflective of our greatest asset; our people. We believe that this commitment inspires growth and delivers equitable outcomes for everyone as well as the clients and communities we serve.

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