Rewards Specialist/Manager, SG

RecruiterPal; Singapore; On-site; SGD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

JERA Global Markets Group (JERAGM) is seeking an experienced Rewards professional to join the HR team at either Rewards Specialist or Manager level. The role offers autonomy across remuneration planning, benefits strategy and global workforce initiatives within a fast-paced trading environment.

You will lead benchmarking activities, governance processes and cost modelling while collaborating with Finance, HR Operations and senior leadership across multiple jurisdictions.

Qualifications

• Typically 4–8 years of progressive experience in compensation or a Rewards role.
• Experience supporting Remuneration Committee materials and governance processes.
• Experience in HR budgeting, financial modelling and cost reporting.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate Remuneration Committee and compensation review cycle with stakeholders.
• Conduct market benchmarking using salary surveys and present board-ready findings.
• Manage compensation structures, job grades and salary bands.
• Design, administer and review annual incentive and bonus arrangements.
• Support hiring, promotions, retention and organisational changes with data-driven recommendations.
• Deliver HR cost reporting and dashboards for senior leadership.

Skills

Rewards management

HR analytics

Data modelling

Executive communication

Education

Finance/Economics/HR degree

CIPD or equivalent

Tools

Power BI

Workday

SAP SuccessFactors

Oracle HCM

Job description

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

About the Company

The JERA Global Markets Group (JERAGM) is a leading utility backed energy trader. A joint venture between majority shareholder JERA Co., Inc. and EDF Trading Ltd, JERAGM's shareholders are among the world's major utilities.

JERAGM operates one of the most exciting energy portfolios in the world which gives it an in-depth understanding of the way local, regional and international energy markets behave. Its in-depth knowledge and market insights enable us to capture trading opportunities, optimise portfolios, create value and enhance security of supply for our customers.

Headquartered in Singapore, JERAGM has a global talent pool of about 400 people across offices located in five strategic locations: Singapore, the UK (London), Japan (Tokyo), the US (Houston) and Australia (Brisbane).

JERA Global Markets Pte. Ltd. is strongly capitalised with over US$500 million in paid up capital and has retained its AA Stable rating from R&I, attributable to a robust business model and solid financial base. JERAGM has a total equity of US$3.4 billion (as of 1 April 2025).

RESPONSIBILITIES

Position Description

JERAGM is looking for an experienced Rewards professional to join the HR team. The role may be appointed at Rewards Specialist or Rewards Manager level, with scope, autonomy and ownership calibrated to the successful candidate’s experience. The role will contribute to key workstreams including Remuneration Committee and Rewards cycle planning, benefits strategy, organisational change and workforce integration, alongside broader strategic projects across a growing global business.

The role is well suited to a technically strong Rewards professional who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Key Role Responsibilities

Compensation

• Coordinate the annual Remuneration Committee and compensation review cycle, including data preparation, salary benchmarking, merit increase modelling and bonus pool analysis, working closely with the Head of Rewards throughout.
• Conduct market benchmarking to support RemCo agenda items, using recognised salary surveys such as Radford and Aon, and present findings in clear, board-ready formats.
• Manage compensation structures, job grade frameworks and salary band matrices, keeping them accurate and up to date in line with the organisation's reward philosophy.
• Deliver the design, administration and review of annual incentive and bonus arrangements, developing a sound understanding of trading and commercial incentive mechanisms and their key drivers, governance and payout implications.
• Support reward recommendations for hiring, promotions, retention and organisational changes, considering external market data, internal equity, business affordability and relevant governance requirements.
• Maintain awareness of relevant reward, regulatory and market developments across JERAGM locations, assess their implications and recommend practical changes to JERAGM's reward approach.
• Build and maintain reward dashboards and people-cost analysis to provide timely insight on pay positioning, salary movements, incentive spend and workforce cost.

Benefits

• Lead the development and execution of the benefits strategy, ensuring programmes remain market-competitive, cost-effective and aligned with business and employee needs.
• Lead the relationship with benefits brokers and vendors, including renewals, market information, utilisation and claims trends, service levels and employee communications.
• Prepare benefits recommendations and operational options for approval by the Head of Rewards, with cost-modelling support from the Compensation & Analytics team.

Rewards Insights, Governance and Strategic Projects

• Manage the annual HR budget, forecast and financial reporting processes, including headcount cost modelling, benefits expenditure planning, HR cost allocations, accruals, provisions and variance analysis.
• Deliver regular and ad hoc compensation and people-cost reporting for HR, Finance and business leadership, providing clear insight into key cost drivers, risks and opportunities.
• Partner closely with HR Operations, Finance and other stakeholders to ensure accurate employee data, strong HRIS data integrity and well-coordinated Rewards and payroll activities.
• Support organisational change and workforce integration activities, including reviewing and aligning pay, bonus, benefits, job levels and reward frameworks, and preparing analysis, cost modelling and recommendations to inform transition decisions.
• Deliver strategic HR and Rewards projects, including HRIS implementation, global benefits reviews and other initiatives arising from evolving business needs.

QUALIFICATIONS

Professional Experience

• Typically 4-8 years of progressive experience in compensation or a Rewards generalist role, ideally within financial services, commodities trading or a complex international business.
• Demonstrable experience contributing to or supporting the preparation of materials for a Remuneration Committee or equivalent governance process, including executive pay data and board-level presentations.
• Experience in HR budgeting, financial modelling and cost reporting, with the ability to produce clear, accurate outputs for Finance and senior leadership.

Technical Qualifications

• Degree-qualified in Finance, Economics, Business, HR or a related discipline; CIPD, CCP or equivalent professional certification is advantageous.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (financial modelling, pivot tables, VLOOKUP/INDEX-MATCH, scenario analysis); Power BI or equivalent data visualisation tools is a plus.
• Experience with HRIS platforms (e.g. Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM).
• Familiarity with compensation benchmarking platforms.
• An understanding of reward practices and employment legislation across multiple jurisdictions, particularly the UK, Singapore, Japan and the US, is ideal.

Person Specification

• Financially astute and analytically rigorous, able to work comfortably with numbers, financial models and data sets, and to translate findings into clear, actionable insights.
• Exceptionally organised, accurate and detail-oriented; takes personal ownership of data quality and compliance.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, able to convey complex reward or financial information clearly to a range of audiences, from employees to senior leadership.
• Proactive, self-motivated and able to manage competing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced, international environment.
• Collaborative by nature; a genuine team player who also has the confidence and expertise to operate autonomously and take ownership.
• Commercially curious; keeps abreast of market trends in compensation, benefits and employment law, and applies that knowledge to improve JERAGM's offering.
• Solution-oriented mindset with a track record of identifying process improvements and driving efficiency.

Role Opportunity

This focused, high-impact role offers an experienced Rewards professional the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution across key workstreams. Embedded within a collaborative HR team in a growing global energy trading business, the successful candidate will gain broad visibility and deliver tangible outcomes from the outset.