APAC Compensation & Benefits Leader: Strategy & Incentives

Cushman & Wakefield; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development opportunities

Flexible working environment

Exposure to executive remuneration

Regional leadership exposure

Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield is seeking a Compensation & Benefits Business Partner for APAC to lead reward strategy across ANZ and North Asia, partnering with senior leaders to shape incentive programs and remuneration. This role focuses on strategic thinking, analytics and project delivery in a regional context.

The role is based in Melbourne or Sydney, full-time, and offers exposure to executive remuneration and strategic workforce initiatives within a global real estate leader.

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience in Compensation & Benefits, Reward, HR Consulting or related disciplines.
• Experience managing reward programs across Australia and New Zealand markets, and ideally Japan and South Korea.
• Expertise in compensation strategy, salary benchmarking and job architecture.
• Proven experience designing incentive and sales compensation plans.
• Advanced stakeholder management skills with experience influencing senior executives.
• Bachelor's degree required with postgraduate qualifications highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of compensation and benefits programs across Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea region.
• Partner with business leaders and HR teams to develop strategic reward solutions.
• Manage annual compensation and performance review cycles.
• Design and enhance compensation structures, salary frameworks and allowances.
• Review and optimise sales incentive and variable compensation programs.
• Conduct remuneration benchmarking, market analysis and salary surveys.
• Provide expert advice on reward strategy, executive remuneration and pay-for-performance frameworks.
• Drive employee understanding and engagement with reward programs.
• Lead end-to-end reward projects from design through implementation.
• Support M&A activity, strategic hiring initiatives and workforce planning through reward modelling and analysis.
• Develop reports, analytics and insights to support business decision-making.
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulatory and governance requirements across Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Sth Korea

Skills

Stakeholder management

Excel

Workday

HRIS platforms

Remuneration strategy

Compensation & Benefits

Incentive design

HR consulting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Postgraduate qualifications

Tools

Workday

HRIS

Job description

Cushman & Wakefield is seeking a Compensation & Benefits Business Partner for APAC to lead reward strategy across ANZ and North Asia, partnering with senior leaders to shape incentive programs and remuneration. This role focuses on strategic thinking, analytics and project delivery in a regional context.

The role is based in Melbourne or Sydney, full-time, and offers exposure to executive remuneration and strategic workforce initiatives within a global real estate leader.