Head of Compensation

2 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Nordcloud Full time

Join Nordcloud and make your mark on the European IT industry. Help our clients thrive on their cloud journey in solution areas such as infrastructure, migration, data, and security.

**Currently, we are looking for a Head of Compensation & Benefits for our team in **Poland (Poznań, Wrocław, Warszawa), Germany (Munich, Berlin), the UK (London), Finland (Helsinki), and Sweden (Stockholm, Malmo).**

As a **Head of Compensation & Benefits** you will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of compensation and benefits programs for our company's operations across Nordcloud 10 countries. This role requires a deep understanding of compensation and benefits practices, as well as the ability to harmonize and align these programs across multiple countries.

**Your** daily responsibilities**:

- Compensation Management:

- Evaluating and analyzing market salary data to ensure the organization remains competitive in attracting and retaining top talent
- Proactively driving and leading the salary review and bonus payout process aligned to our annual clock
- Developing and implementing salary structures, merit increase programs, and incentive plans
- Conducting job evaluations to establish fair and equitable pay scales
- Financial Planning:

- Closely collaborating with finance and accounting teams to ensure accurate budgeting, forecasting, and reporting of compensation and benefits expenses
- Working closely in collaboration with Finance department to strategize and streamline the salary review budgeting process, subsequently presenting it to the Nordcloud Leadership team for their approval
- Benefits Administration & Harmonization:

- Ensuring that Nordcoud will have a competitive and harmonized benefit structure in future
- Educating employees on available benefits and assist with enrollment processes
- Global Payroll Management:

- Acting as the global owner of payroll
- Vendor management and problem solving
- Regulatory Compliance:

- Staying abreast of labor laws and regulations related to compensation and benefits
- Ensuring the organization's practices comply with local legislation
- Taking the lead in engaging with Union representatives and Employee representatives in specific countries to discuss salary adjustments related to collective bargaining
- Global Mobility:

- Vendor management
- Tax consultancy in the organization
- Process owner for immigration
- Data Analysis and Reporting:

- Utilizing HRIS (Human Resources Information System) to maintain accurate and up-to-date employee records
- Generating reports and analyzing data related to compensation and benefits to support strategic decision-making
- Employee Communication:

- Communicating changes in compensation and benefits programs to employees in a clear and timely manner
- Addressing employee inquiries and providing guidance on compensation and benefits-related matters
- Collaboration:

- Working closely with HR partners, finance, and other relevant departments to ensure seamless integration of compensation and benefits programs with overall HR and organizational objectives

**Your key skills**:

- 10+ years of experience in an HR managerial position
- Experience of leading and developing business
- Strategic planning expertise
- Excellent communication, presentation, argumentation, and stakeholder management skills, solution-oriented mindset and capability to challenge the status quo in a professional and diplomatic way
- A ‘get it done' attitude and ownership of tasks from their inception to completion
- Experience in working with multinational, partially remote teams
- Fluent communication skills in **English**

We encourage you to **apply**, even if you don't meet all of the requirements. We value your growth potential and enthusiasm

**What do we offer in return?**
- Individual** training budget** and **exam fees** for partner certifications
- Flexible working hours
- ** hybrid** working model (UK, Sweden)
- ** remote** working model (Poland, Germany, Finland)
- Laptop and equipment of your choice
- ** Local package** vary from country to country, better talk to our recruiters to find out more about what is offered in the chosen location

**About Nordcloud**

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