- Senior
- Ufficio in Staines-upon-Thames
Job Description:
This role is responsible for all aspects of executive reward, equity schemes, partnering closely with Executive stakeholders, HR Leadership Team and Business Partners, Talent Acquisition and Finance. A strong ability to manage complex stakeholder relationships, provide trusted thought leadership, and execute with speed and precision is critical to this role.
Executive compensation:
- Help lead the design and delivery of executive and senior management compensation programs.
- Partner with key Executives to design an incentive approach that attracts, retains, and motivates top talent.
- Responsible for executive and senior management compensation including package design and market analysis and benchmarking, working closely with HRBPs and the Talent team.
- Lead the management of the executive bonus scheme.
Equity and cash-based incentive programs:
- Responsible for the equity-based and cash-based incentive programs in collaboration with Finance, Tax, Legal and external advisors, including communications and liaising with participants.
- Own the relationships with the external advisors relating to the equity and LTIP schemes.
M&A and corporate transactions:
- Lead reward representative for all M&A and corporate transactions, including due diligence, integration planning, retention structures, and harmonization of reward, working closely with the HR team.
- Assess and recommend executive compensation approaches in target companies during M&A processes.
- Oversee change-in-control, golden parachute, and retention policy planning as needed.
Team:
- Lead, mentor, and develop a compensation professional.
- Demonstrable experience in executive compensation, preferably in privately owned businesses with management equity schemes.
- Experience in equity plan design, management and administration with a strong understanding of the legal, tax and accounting considerations.
- Strong commercial and financial skills.
- Strong analytical and modelling skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders.
- Ability to act as the subject matter expert, provide trusted thought leadership and influence outcomes.
- A pragmatic approach to delivery in a fast paced environment.
Desired:
- Experience in leading reward workstreams in M&A and corporate transactions.
- Experience of working with or within private equity-backed or high-growth technology businesses.
