AVP, Rewards Specialist – Employee Share Plans

OCBC Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Flexible benefits

Professional development

Community initiatives

Job summary

OCBC Group in Singapore is seeking a Rewards Specialist to manage end-to-end employee share plans and related governance. You will work with in-country HR teams, vendors, and regional partners to ensure accurate grants, vesting, communications, and reporting.

The role requires 3–5 years in rewards, strong analytical ability, and excellent stakeholder engagement. You will contribute to process improvements, automation initiatives, and ensure compliance across the regional plan framework.

Qualifications

• Degree in HR, business administration or related field.
• 3–5 years in rewards, preferably with employee share plans.
• Strong analytical and data reconciliation skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end administration of employee share plans.
• Coordinate share plan activities across Singapore and region.
• Analyze share plan data to identify improvement opportunities.
• Lead or support projects including vendor management and system changes.
• Manage budgets, forecasts and reporting for plan costs.
• Communicate plan information clearly to employees and stakeholders.

Skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business

Tools

HR systems

Excel

Vendor portals

Job description

WHO WE ARE:

As Singapore’s longest established bank, we have been dedicated to enabling individuals and businesses to achieve their aspirations since 1932. How? By taking the time to truly understand people. From there, we provide support, services, solutions, and career paths that meet their individual needs and desires. Today, we’re on a journey of transformation. Leveraging technology and creativity to become a future-ready learning organisation. But for all that change, our strategic ambition is consistently clear and bold, which is to be Asia’s leading financial services partner for a sustainable future. We invite you to build the bank of the future. Innovate the way we deliver financial services. Work in friendly, supportive teams. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career. Your Opportunity Starts Here.

Why Join As a Rewards Specialist at OCBC, you will play a key role in supporting employee rewards that enhance the wellbeing, engagement, and long-term growth of our people, with a focus on Employee Share Plans.

You will be part of a team committed to creating a positive and supportive employee experience, while contributing to a portfolio that has direct impact on employees and the organisation.

How You Succeed

Deliver employee share plan activities with accuracy, strong governance, and a focus on employee experience. You will build trusted relationships with stakeholders and vendors, while continuously improving processes, controls, and service delivery.

What You Do

• Managing the end-to-end administration of employee share plans, including grants, vesting, dividend adjustments, employee communications, query resolution, audit support, reporting including management reporting disclosures, and annual plan cycles.
• Coordinating share plan activities across Singapore and the region, working closely with in-country HR teams, relevant departments and external vendors to ensure timely and accurate execution.
• Analyse share plan data, including participation trends, cost implications, operational risks, and employee experience, to identify opportunities to enhance plan design, controls, processes, and administration.
• Lead or support share plan projects and enhancements, including vendor management, due diligence, contract reviews, service performance monitoring, system enhancements, user acceptance testing, automation initiatives, and implementation of new plan features.
• Manage budgets, forecasts, reconciliations, share plan expensing, and reporting for share plan-related costs, ensuring accuracy, governance, and alignment with internal requirements.
• Communicate share plan information clearly to employees and stakeholders, supporting employee understanding, participation, and timely issue resolution.

Who You Are

• Degree in a relevant discipline, such as Human Resources, Business Administration or a related field.
• At least 3 to 5 years of relevant experience in rewards, preferably in areas such as employee share plans, equity compensation, rewards operations, or other related fields.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with confidence in data validation and reconciliations, reporting, and interpreting data.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively with internal teams, regional teams, senior management and vendors.
• Meticulous with attention to detail and vendor management skills, including project management, with the ability to manage timelines, data accuracy, vendor deliverables, and service performance.
• Continuous improvement mindset, with the ability to identify process gaps, simplify workflows, strengthen controls, and support automation and system change initiatives.
• Familiarity with HR systems, share plan platforms, Excel-based analysis, and vendor portals would be advantageous.

What we offer:

• Competitive base salary.
• A suite of holistic, flexible benefits to suit every lifestyle.
• Community initiatives.
• Industry-leading learning and professional development opportunities.
• Your wellbeing, growth and aspirations are every bit as cared for as the needs of our customers.
• Let’s build the bank we need for the future we want.
• Find the best version of yourself in a friendly, supportive team.
• Build lasting value in your community.
• Help people grow their assets, business, and investments.
• Take your learning as far as you can.
• Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career.
• Your Opportunity Starts Here

As the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932 from the merger of three local banks, we have grown from strength to strength to become a regional financial services group. With a deep history in Asia, we offer the most comprehensive coverage across ASEAN and Greater China, complemented with a presence in the leading economies of New York, London and Sydney. We are the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets with one of the world’s highest credit rating (Aa1 by Moody’s and AA- by both Fitch and S&P). We offer private banking services through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Bank of Singapore, which operates on a unique open-architecture product platform to source for the best-in-class products to meet its clients’ goals. Our insurance subsidiary, Great Eastern Holdings, is the oldest and most established life insurance group in Singapore and Malaysia.