Clydeco

Senior Rewards and Benefits Manager (North America)

Kansas City · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 9 days ago

Project ManagementStakeholder ManagementExcelHRCompensationCommunicationCollaborationMicrosoft Office

About the role

The Senior Reward Manager, North America will be responsible for leading the design, development and delivery of compensation programmes across the United States and Canada for both legal professionals and business services employees.
As the senior reward subject matter expert for the region, the role will ensure compensation frameworks support the firm's strategic objectives, remain competitive within relevant talent markets and are aligned with global reward principles.
The role will provide strategic oversight of the firm's benefits and retirement programmes across North America, ensuring effective governance, market competitiveness and alignment with employee wellbeing objectives, whilst partnering with specialist internal and external providers responsible for day-to-day administration.

Lead the design, implementation and ongoing development of compensation programmes across the United States and Canada, ensuring alignment with business priorities, market practice and the firm's global reward philosophy.
Develop meaningful reward analytics and insights to support decision making, workforce planning and reward strategy development.
Partner with brokers, vendors, Finance and HR stakeholders to review programme effectiveness, market competitiveness and cost efficiency.
Support the development and implementation of global reward frameworks, policies and governance processes that drive consistency across regions whilst allowing for local market requirements.

Lead the design, implementation and ongoing development of compensation programmes across the United States and Canada, ensuring alignment with business priorities, market practice and the firm's global reward philosophy.
Provide expert advice and guidance to HR and business leaders on compensation matters including salary structures, job architecture, market positioning, pay decisions and incentive design.
Lead the annual compensation review process for North America, including planning, modelling, governance, stakeholder engagement, budget management, recommendations and executive reporting.
Oversee market benchmarking activities and compensation analysis to ensure the firm's pay practices remain competitive, equitable and aligned with talent market trends.
Maintain and enhance compensation frameworks, salary structures and job architecture, ensuring alignment with global methodologies and evolving regulatory requirements.
Ensure compliance with all applicable compensation-related legislation and reporting requirements across the United States and Canada.

Provide strategic oversight and governance of North American benefits and retirement programmes, ensuring plans remain competitive, compliant and aligned to the firm's people strategy.
Oversee annual benefits review and renewal activities, providing recommendations to senior stakeholders regarding programme design and future direction.
Monitor legislative and regulatory developments impacting benefits and retirement plans and ensure appropriate governance and risk management practices are maintained.
Support benefits communication strategies that drive employee understanding and appreciation of the firm's total reward offering.

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