Reward Service Manager – 3967 (CL D)

Compensation Benefits Manager

My client, a well-known household brand, is looking for someone to head up their Rewards team in Bristol. You will be part of the sales benefits and compensation! The team are doing extremely well and they need someone from a HR/finance/rewards background to assist with this exciting phase! IIf this sounds exciting and in line with your experience, read on!

Role Overview

Rewarding our colleagues for their performance against targets is important to foster a competitive sales environment that motivates our sales teams to be the best in the market. This job makes sure accurate and timely payments are made based on the appropriate payment plan so that our colleagues are rewarded for their hard work.

Job Responsibilities:

• Accountable for the team responsible for the administration of the Bonus/Commission calculation process in line with agreed SLAs and auditable standards.
• Working with the Business Units to ensure the collation of accurate data; to ensure data exchanged is accurate and credible on which the team can calculate bonus/commission bonus awards
• Challenge the business on requests that fall outside of payment calendar cut-off dates, to ensure the team achieve key metrics and service levels
• Manage the team resources levels to ensure all payment cycles are achieved and contingency plans are in a place where there are productivity spikes
• Responsible for performing data quality checks on the Bonus/commission payments, and proactively resolving any issues
• Responsible for building relationships with our sales, commercial and finance functions to support the end-to-end process
• Work with the business to suggest and support business improvement initiatives as we transition to a new system which will require a new way of working to improve operational excellence and drive efficiencies through the process

Previous experience

• Experience in leading a sales bonus commission team dealing with payment plans and sales commissions for employees and small business
• Experience working in a dynamic fast-paced corporate environment, managing a range of priorities and deadlines
• Experience working with sales, commercial and finance functions
• Experience working in an HR reward function or similar commercial function
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel & Access Database (e.g. VLOOKUPS, SUMIFS, pivot tables, “IF” statements)
• Knowledge of working with, manipulating and critically evaluating large complex data sets

If you’re a successful applicant, the main recruiter Jess, will be in touch!