Remuneration Manager

ROLE CAN BE BASED IN LONDON OR EDINBURGH

About the role

We seek an enthusiastic and experienced Remuneration Manager with a detail-oriented, solution-driven mindset and a ‘can do’ attitude to join our Performance & Reward team. As the Remuneration Manager, you will play a critical role in developing and implementing performance and reward frameworks to attract, motivate, and retain top talent across FSI. You will collaborate with key stakeholders, including HR business partners, Finance, Legal, Compliance and Risk, and senior leaders and provide expert advice on remuneration policies, practices and regulatory requirements.

Your role as a specialist within the People & Culture function, under guidance from the Global Head of Performance & Reward, is critical in supporting an inclusive and high-performing culture; driving success through effective performance and reward strategies aligned with our vision, purpose and strategic goals while role modelling behaviours in line with our values and risk appetite.

Join us to be part of an agile team that values innovation, collaboration and excellence in performance and reward practice and regulatory compliance.

About you

Your experience

• Experience in total rewards and compensation within organisations of significant complexity or consulting on remuneration to complex organizations.
• Proven experience in implementing and administering comprehensive compensation and rewards programs, including salary structures and incentive plans.
• Demonstrated experience advising senior management on remuneration-related matters and influencing stakeholders effectively.
• Experience managing multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced, dynamic, and global work environment.
• Understanding of accounting principles related to financial metrics and variable incentive plans.
• Advanced experience using HR information systems, compensation analysis and benchmark tools to manage and analyse compensation data.

Your skills

• Strong knowledge of performance and reward principles, market trends, best practices, and compliance with relevant employment laws and remuneration regulations across various jurisdictions.
• Ability to manage and interpret large complex data sets, conduct market research, and provide data-driven recommendations.
• Strong organisational and planning skills, maintaining a quality approach to work while demonstrating a professional demeanour with key stakeholders.
• Ability to work as a team member, using initiative and being a self-starter, ensuring a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate and influence a broad range of stakeholders.
• Advanced analytical skills with a passion for driving employee engagement and satisfaction.
• Proactive mindset with a continuous improvement orientation, constantly seeking opportunities to enhance performance frameworks and reward programs.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint (experience with Power BI is beneficial).
• Tertiary qualifications in a business, finance, or HR-related discipline.

Your day-to-day

Performance and Reward Support

• Support the business through the provision of remuneration advice that is commercial, compliant and aligned to FSI vision, mission and strategy
• Provide benchmarking, external market data/insights and remuneration related advice and proposals
• Advise on job architecture, remuneration and performance frameworks to motivate diverse high-calibre talent, drive high-performance and support an inclusive culture
• Collaborate with the Global Shared Services team to maintain and update compensation data and ensuring accuracy and data integrity
• Analyse remuneration data and trends to identify areas for improvement to ensure FSI’s remuneration strategy remains competitive and fit for purpose, including processes, automation and enhanced reporting capabilities and mitigation of risks
• Assist in incentive plan design and administration

Regulation and Governance

• Support the Senior Remuneration Manager in the compliant application of relevant remuneration regulatory requirements (MIFIDPRU, AIFMD and UCITS)
• Support in drafting papers for submission to remuneration related committees and boards
• Assist with regulatory reporting and disclosure requirements
• Maintain material risk taker identification and communications
• Draft and maintain detailed Standard Operating Procedures clearly defining governance, processes, roles and responsibilities for remuneration related tasks
• Annual Remuneration Review
• Provide sound remuneration advice and analytical support to HR Business Partners and People Managers for the annual remuneration review
• Assist with job evaluation, salary benchmarking, pool funding recommendations, ensuring fairness, consistency, and compliance with regulations (including pay out process requirements)
• Conduct regular audits and seek stakeholder feedback to address any issues and system enhancements to ensure our Remuneration system and HRIS continues to align with organisation needs

About us

First Sentier Investors is a global asset management group providing high quality, differentiated and relevant investment capabilities aiming to deliver exceptional investment performance for our clients and profitable growth for our shareholder.

We do this through our independent teams of active, specialist investors who share a common commitment to responsible investment principles. We are a global asset management business and the home of investment teams AlbaCore Capital Group, FSSA Investment Managers, Igneo Infrastructure Partners, RQI Investors and Stewart Investors. All our investment teams – whether in-house or individually branded – operate with discrete investment autonomy, according to their investment philosophies.

Our success relies on our ability to deliver outstanding client outcomes, supported by our culture and an efficient, sustainable and scalable business. We are committed to investing in our people to ensure we attract, develop and retain the talent to deliver these outcomes, guided by our vision, purpose and values.

Care: we care about our clients, society and each other.

Collaboration: we collaborate to deliver the best solutions.

Openness: we are open with each other, and to different ways of thinking.

Dedication: we are dedicated to being experts in our respective fields.

Why work with us

Our industry-leading benefits

Working at First Sentier Investors gives you access to a growing, values-led organisation with competitive pay and industry-leading benefits including:

• Flexible working and a gender-neutral parental leave programme that provides 26 weeks’ paid leave in every region
• Global collaboration, international mobility and the opportunity to build your career in different markets
• Employee-driven charitable foundation allows our people to give back in their local communities through donation-matching and paid volunteering days
• Access to learning and development opportunities including in-house training and external programs

Corporate Sustainability and B Corp

We aim to contribute to a sustainable economy and society by improving our environmental, social and governance standards. We aim to hold our own business to the same standards that we expect of the companies we invest our clients’ capital in. By doing so, we reinforce our position as responsible investors. Read more about our Corporate Sustainability focus areas.

In 2022, First Sentier Investors became a globally Certified B Corporation (B Corp). B Corp Certification provides a framework that we can use to effectively assess our operations against high standards from an environmental, social and governance point of view, as well as to identify areas where we can enhance and improve. B Corp certified companies are verified every three years on whether they continue to meet the rigorous and evolving standards. Learn about our score and the assessment process.

All our people are encouraged to identify and contribute to improving our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) impacts as a business. For all roles, ESG considerations should be embedded in how decisions are made, and how we operate. Our people managers and senior leaders also have a responsibility to build a culture underpinned by ESG considerations.

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I)

At First Sentier Investors, we value the different experience, ideas and perspectives that our people bring to the work they do. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable culture where diversity can thrive. We believe this leads to better outcomes for our people and our clients, and it’s the right thing to do.

We provide equal employment opportunities to applicants regardless of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, age, family status, or any other category protected by law.

If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process or as part of the role, please let us know so we can support you.

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