Senior Manager - Rewards

PwC Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 260,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC Malaysia is seeking a Senior Manager to lead the Total Rewards function within Internal Firm Services. You will drive the design, governance and execution of rewards programs, ensuring alignment with PwC’s People Value Proposition and global standards.

You will lead a small team and partner with HC leadership to shape talent strategies and competitive benchmarking. You will oversee policy development, incentive design and regulatory compliance, and collaborate with business leaders to

Qualifications

• 11+ years of experience in rewards or compensation within multinational environments.
• Experience in insurance brokerage and benefits consulting is preferred.
• Proven ability to design and implement Total Rewards solutions at scale.
• Experience managing teams and influencing senior leadership on policy and process changes.
• Strong capability in applying best-practice frameworks to develop fit-for-purpose business solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop Total Rewards strategies and roadmaps aligned with PwC Malaysia's people strategy.
• Lead and develop a small team to deliver Total Rewards initiatives across the firm.
• Create policies, programs and systems reflecting leading practices and regulatory alignment.
• Provide strategic rewards advice to senior business leaders and oversee implementation of initiatives.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into effective rewards solutions.

Skills

Rewards experience

Insurance & benefits

Total Rewards design

Leadership

Policy influence

Job description

Line of Service

Internal Firm Services

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

IFS - Human Capital (HC)

Management Level

Senior Manager

Job Description & Summary

Job Description Summary
A career in Human Resources, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to make a difference at PwC by helping to fully leverage the skills and talents of all our people. You'll focus on helping the local offices in driving the Firm's people strategy, creating a unique people experience for each individual, and supporting our Firm wide values by working with the core competencies that measure and drive individual and Firm wide success in the marketplace.

Our Total Rewards team plays an important role in supporting the attraction, engagement, and retention of key talent for the Firm. As part of the team, you'll help develop and administer our total rewards programme by focusing on areas such as competitive benchmarking, tax and regulatory compliance, and incentive design and linkage to performance management.

Work closely with the Human Capital Lead while leading a small team to:

• Design and develop Total Rewards strategies and define priorities, ensuring synergies and alignment with our People Value Proposition;


• Design Total Rewards policies, programs and systems to ensure the adoption of leading practice and alignment to the strategic objectives of PwC Malaysia's business and people strategies;


• Leverage broad expertise and knowledge of leading practices and innovative thinking to analyse the current approach/initiatives and identify opportunities for improvement;


• Scope and design short and long-term solution-focused initiatives and develop high-level roadmaps;


• Provide rewards expert advice and strategic consultative services to the business leaders;


• Direct and oversee the implementation aspects of all initiatives within Total Rewards;


• Collaborate with key stakeholders (e.g. business and HC leadership) to understand business requirements and objectives.

Key working relationships

• HR Business Partners


• Line of Service Leaders


• Recruitment team


• Reporting & analytics team

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.


• Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.


• Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.


• Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.


• Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.


• Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.


• Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.


• Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.


• Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.


• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Preferred skills

• At least 12 years of experience in Rewards


• Previous experience in insurance brokerage and benefits consulting, total rewards system design and implementation


• Proven ability to manage Total Rewards transformation in a complex global / territory capacity


• Experience in people management with senior management exposure on influencing policy, process and behavioural change


• Evidence of researching and applying best practice frameworks when developing fit for purpose business solutions

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, AI Fluency, AI-Human Collaboration, Analytical Thinking, Benchmarking Studies, Benefits Administration, Benefits Program Design, Bonus Program Design, Coaching and Feedback, Co-Creation, Communication, Compensation Strategy, Compensation Structuring, Compliance Awareness, Conducting Research, Creativity, Data Analysis, Data Analytics, Data-Driven Decision Making (DIDM), Data-Driven Insights, Data Storytelling, Digital Tooling, Embracing Change {+ 38 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

At PwC, our purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems. It is this focus which forms the services we provide and the decisions we make.

At PwC, our purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems. It is this focus which forms the services we provide and the decisions we make.