Benefits and Compensation Specialist

2 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Hitachi Vantara Corporation Full time
Are you looking for opportunities to work on high profile rail projects and advanced technology alongside experts from the around the globe? Come and join the fastest growing rail business in the world

Hitachi Rail is a fully integrated, global provider of rail solutions across rolling stock, signalling, service & maintenance, digital technology and turnkey.

With a presence in 38 countries across three continents and over 13,000 employees, our mission is to contribute to society through the continuous development of superior rail transport solutions.

In this key role which comes with a remote working locations, you will work in partnership with UK HR leadership and teams across Hitachi Rail to (design), implement and maintain reward frameworks that support Hitachi Rail's strategy.

Manage the annual Pay Review cycles for all UK employees (approx. 5K), in all locations and submit pay changes to payroll for processing in a timely manner.

~ Lead, communicate and administer the annual Bonus scheme for all UK employees in all locations.

~ BUPA, Pension, life assurance and income protection.

~ Responsible for the annual Gender Pay reporting for all UK and EX-LNER employees, and publish the gender pay statistics on the UK Government Website .

~ Oversee, order and dispatch the Bi-annual Long Service awards for all UK and EX-LNER employees.

~ Prepare and complete annual PSA information for payroll for the Long Service awards.

~ Complete the Re-Enrolment and Re-declaration of compliance for all EX-LNER employees, and publish the statistics on the Pension regulator website.

~ Administer the quarterly/monthly Out of cycle pay increases, and ensuring payroll and HI NEXT is updated accordingly.

~ Benchmark jobs from the HR team, provide access to current market pay data to support HRBPs

~ Work alongside the Head of HR Operations to design and deliver effective reward processes that are fit for purpose covering all aspects of compensation and benefits.

~ Participate in annual pay and benefits surveys.

~ Take the lead and communicate the annual Pension Brass matching contributions for EX-LNER employees.

  • Be the main point of contact to approve all Cycle to work requests for all EX-LNER employees and ensure the deductions are provided to payroll in a timely manner.
~ Support the Implementation of the Mercer job evaluation project across all UK locations. (Carry out training with HR teams as required. Undertake research, design and implementation of a recognition programme.

~ Document New and Review current policies, processes and procedures related to Reward.

~ Take part and lead / support on ad-hoc HR projects as required.

~ Provide reports and relevant data as required to the business .

Experience of designing, implementing and managing reward systems, benefits, policies and processes.

~ Excellent interpersonal and customer facing skills, ability to work and communicate with senior stakeholders and staff at all levels

~ Effective communicator, both verbally and in writing; Good knowledge of HR policies and practices and continuous improvement

~ Numerate with the ability to understand and analyse complex information and data

~ Advanced level skills – Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Previous experience of SAP and / or Workday .

~ Why Hitachi Rail?
At Hitachi Rail you will find a passionate and collaborative environment.

As such, we work closely as a team and empower our colleagues to take ownership and become creative in our pursuit of excellence.

We offer a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement as well as a generous benefits package.

This includes a pension scheme with contributions up to 9%, health insurance, and many more perks for you to choose from within a flexible plan that will meet your specific needs and lifestyle.

If you like the sound of the above and feel energised by the idea of joining a great brand at a moment of exciting expansion, please apply now.



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