Job Description

COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Singapore Management University is a place where high-level professionalism blends together with a healthy informality. The 'family-like' atmosphere among the SMU community fosters a culture where employees work, plan, organise and play together – building a strong collegiality and morale within the university.

Our commitment to attract and retain talent is ongoing. We offer attractive benefits and welfare, competitive compensation packages, and generous professional development opportunities – all to meet the work-life needs of our staff. No wonder, then, that SMU continues to be given numerous awards and recognition for its human resource excellence.
DESIGNATION : Senior Manager, Compensation, HRFA

RESPONSIBILITIES
This position is for Office of Human Resources & Faculty Administration (HRFA) The Senior Manager, Compensation, supports the Head of Compensation and Benefits in all Compensation-related matters including but not limited to the following:

• Work closely with the Head of Compensation & Benefits to develop and review compensation strategies, policies and guidelines, ensuring relevance and competitiveness while maintaining internal equity
• Conduct regular job evaluations and salary benchmarking exercises, and provide analysis to support recommendations on compensation structure
• Involved heavily in the salary benchmarking, annual increment and bonus, promotions, sales incentives design and computation, job evaluation and benefits evaluation
• Analyse data on salaries; Evaluate the competitiveness of the University’s pay structure against the industry and make recommendations on improvements to its policies and practices
• Participate in salary and labour market surveys to determine prevailing pay rates and benefits
• Serve as a subject matter expert, and partner with multiple stakeholders on various compensation-related matters
• Be involved in various HR projects (including but not limited to IT-related projects) to review and recommend enhancements in C&B programmes, in line with the University’s strategic goals and objectives
• Any other duties/ projects as may be assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in Human Resources Management or equivalent with at least 8 years of relevant C&B experience in medium to large matrixed organizations
• Strong experience in managing salary reviews, performance bonuses, sales incentive schemes and promotions
• Good knowledge of and strong experience in SAP HR Module
• Familiarity with Workday or Oracle HR/ Compensation modules would be an added advantage
• Numerically inclined with strong analytical thinking ability; proactive and is attentive to details, with the ability to multi-task and work independently with minimal supervision, within short timeframes
• Experience in Hay Job Evaluation methodology would be an added advantage
• Self-driven team player with good interpersonal and communication (both written & spoken) skills
• Strong knowledge of Singapore employment laws
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills is an important pre-requisite

OTHER INFORMATION
Candidates who do not possess the stipulated qualifications but have relevant work experience may still apply. Remuneration and appointment terms shall commensurate with qualifications and experience. SMU reserves the right to modify the appointment terms where necessary