German Speaking Rewards Advisor

Contechs Consulting; Metchley; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in the UK is seeking a Rewards Advisor (German Speaking) to provide Compensation & Benefits tools and support HR processes. The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of experience in HR, fluency in English and German, and strong analytical skills. This is a hybrid role requiring office attendance 2-3 days per week, located in a commutable distance from Bournville.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience in an HR role, ideally with exposure to Compensation & Benefits.
• Fluent in English and at least B2 level in German.
• Ability to work independently and remotely.

Responsibilities

• Support in providing Compensation & Benefits tools for employee remuneration.
• Coordinate HR processes and provide professional C&B support.
• Conduct job evaluations and participate in salary increase design.

Skills

HR experience

Negotiation skills

MS Excel

Teamwork

Analytical skills

Tools

Workday

SAP

Job description

Position Title: Rewards Advisor (German Speaking)

Duration: Contract - 6 Months

Pay: £24.52 - £31.25 per hour depending on experience

Hours: 36 hours per week - Monday - Friday (Hybrid 2/3 days in the office)

Location: Bournville, Birmingham

Purpose of the role

• Support My Rewards Lead in providing Compensation & Benefits (C&B) tools to enable the Client to attract, retain and motivate its employees with a competitive remuneration package.
• Coordinate C&B related HR processes/activities and provide professional C&B support to BU/CU/Country/Unit Line Managers and People Lead(s) to apply companies' C&B Policies, Practices and Guidelines in a consistent way.

Main Responsibilities

• Provides consulting support to the Company's employees and Line Managers, prepares information materials for employees on issues of compensation and benefits.
• Prepares analytical information and completing salary/benefit surveys data and questionnaires (Mercer, Hay, etc.).
• Afterwards provides the comparative analysis of the Company's practice and trends in the market in the area of benefits and salary range setting.
• Coordinate annual Year End Review Cycle: verifying all the data in Workday; ensure all mistakes are corrected; test and check calculations in Workday including MIP and Merit Increase.
• Performs activities related to local benefit programs as required in his/her countries, coordinates changes to benefit enrolment during employment due to life events or another ad hoc individual request, performs benefits program changes: Runs ad hoc scenarios, provides findings to COE and implements.
• Conduct job evaluations for particular area of responsibility.
• Participate in design and implement locally all the additional salary increases or one-off bonuses, payments due to different reasons (Off-Cycle Increases, PiR adjustments, devaluation of local currency etc.).
• Provide C&B support during R&R awards process.

Requirements

• Min. 2 years of experience in an HR role - ideally with exposure to C&B related topics.
• Ability to build good relationships.
• Good communicator (ideally experience with communication to works council) and team player.
• High customer-orientation.
• Negotiations skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Good problem solving, priority setting and analytical skills.
• Able to work independently and remotely.
• Technical Skills: Good MS Excel and/or other data analysing tools; market data platforms; personal information systems (Workday, SAP, Payroll systems).
• Fluent English and at least B2 level in German.

Additional Information

• The position is hybrid roles and the successful candidate must attend the office a minimum of 2-3 days per week, so need to be located within a commutable distance from Bourneville.
• The position requires the successful candidate to be fluent in German.