Total Rewards Manager

NEXT Ventures; Greater London; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

NEXT Ventures is seeking a Total Rewards Manager to lead global compensation, performance, and payroll programs in high-performance environments. The candidate will partner with HR, Finance, and leadership to ensure data-driven outcomes and compliance across regions.

The ideal applicant will bring over 8 years of HR experience, proficiency in APAC payroll, and strong analytical skills. This role is essential for driving performance culture and aligning compensation frameworks with organizational goals.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive HR experience, including 5+ in leadership roles.
• Hands-on experience with multi-country APAC payroll.
• Proven success in designing performance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Execute and maintain global compensation frameworks.
• Manage global performance management framework.
• Oversee monthly payroll across APAC entities.
• Ensure compliance with local employment and tax regulations.

Skills

Financial modeling and analytical skills (Excel, Tableau, Power BI)

Stakeholder management skills

Expertise in APAC payroll and expatriate management

Knowledge of trading and investment compensation models

Understanding of APAC employment, tax, and immigration regulations

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in HR, Finance, Economics or related

Tools

Payroll software

HRIS platforms

Job description

Role in Our Mission

Total Rewards Manager driving the execution of global compensation, performance, benefits, and payroll programs in high-performance environments at NEXT Ventures. Partnering with HR, Finance, and leadership to deliver data-driven incentive modeling, performance analytics, compliant reward outcomes, and accurate, on-time payroll across regions. Ensuring pay-for-performance, governance excellence, and operational rigor across global teams.

Compensation & Total Rewards Execution

• Execute and maintain global compensation frameworks aligned with the firm's trading performance culture, innovation objectives, and growth mindset.
• Support the design and administration of compensation structures across trading, technology, research, and operations functions.
• Support the annual compensation cycle, including data preparation, bonus pool modeling support, calibration inputs, and executive compensation analytics.
• Administer short-term and long-term incentive programs (STI, LTIP, deferred compensation), ensuring accurate calculations, payouts, and documentation.
• Prepare compensation benchmarking, market analysis, and scenario modeling to support decisions by the CPO, CFO, and Executive Committee.
• Translate compensation strategy into detailed execution plans, tools, and guidelines for HRBPs and business leaders.

Performance Management & OKR Operations

• Operationalize the global performance management framework, including OKR tracking, review cycles, calibration data, and reporting.
• Support alignment of individual and team OKRs with trading strategies, business goals, and PnL outcomes through data analysis and reporting.
• Partner with HRBPs and senior leaders to define measurable performance metrics and scoring methodologies.
• Manage performance review timelines, system configuration, and data integrity across regions.
• Produce performance insights and analytics that directly inform compensation, promotion, and recognition outcomes.
• Act as the subject-matter expert for performance management systems (e.g., HiBob, Revolut), ensuring accuracy, consistency, and user adoption.

Benefits, Wellbeing & Retention Programs

• Execute and maintain global and regional benefits programs in alignment with retention objectives and local market practices.
• Conduct benefits benchmarking, cost analysis, utilization tracking, and vendor performance reviews.
• Support the rollout and continuous improvement of wellbeing initiatives covering physical, mental, and financial wellness.
• Prepare ROI analyses, utilization reports, and insights to inform benefits optimization decisions.

Payroll & Expatriate Mobility

• Oversee monthly payroll execution across APAC entities, ensuring full compliance with local statutory requirements, tax filings, and year-end reporting.
• Maintain payroll data accuracy across HRIS and payroll systems, and partner with Finance on reconciliations, accruals, and audits.
• Manage relationships with regional payroll vendors and statutory authorities, and resolve employee payroll queries with discretion.
• Lead the full work permit and employment pass lifecycle across APAC markets, including new applications, renewals, cancellations, and dependent passes.
• Track expatriate quotas, expiry timelines, and regulatory changes across APAC immigration frameworks to avoid lapses.
• Support relocation logistics and documentation alongside Talent Acquisition and People Ops.
• Prepare payroll dashboards, headcount cost reports, and mobility analytics for leadership review.

Governance, Compliance & Risk Management

• Ensure accurate execution of compensation, benefits, and payroll programs in compliance with local employment, tax, and regulatory requirements across SEA, South Asia, and EMEA.
• Maintain governance documentation, approval workflows, audit trails, and compensation and payroll records.
• Partner with Legal, Finance, and HRBPs to operationalize clawback, malus, and deferred compensation mechanisms.
• Support internal audits, regulatory reviews, and data requests related to compensation, benefits, payroll, and mobility.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Human Resources, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline.
• 8+ years of progressive HR experience, including 5+ years in leadership roles across Total Rewards, Performance, or Payroll.
• Hands-on ownership of multi-country APAC payroll and end-to-end expatriate work permit management.
• Deep expertise in trading and investment compensation models (PnL-based, discretionary, deferred).
• Proven success designing OKR or performance frameworks in fast-scaling, data-driven environments.
• Working knowledge of APAC employment, tax, and immigration regulations across multiple jurisdictions.
• Strong financial modeling and analytical skills (Excel, Tableau, Power BI).
• Proficient in payroll software and HRIS platforms.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, adept at navigating executive and regional complexities.
• High integrity, discretion, and resilience in high-performance, confidential environments.

Your X-Factor

• Combines strategic vision with operational precision — designing reward and payroll systems that balance fairness, performance, and compliance.
• Understands the language of both finance and people, bridging data with motivation.
• Navigates regulatory and multi-country complexity with calm and clarity.
• Thrives in fast-moving environments where deadlines are non-negotiable.
• Champions a performance culture rooted in transparency, accountability, and continuous growth.