Global Total Reward Manager

HKA; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

HKA is seeking a Global Total Reward professional to lead and optimize reward programs for the Americas region while collaborating with the Global Total Reward Director. The role drives benchmark analyses, benefits management, and open enrollment in partnership with US/Canada brokers.

You will use Workday to deliver data-driven recommendations, prepare material for executives, and support annual cycles and promotions with a commercial mindset across a global team.

Qualifications

• At least three years of Total Reward experience with hands-on ownership of reward activities.

Responsibilities

• Manage the organization’s total reward with a focus on the Americas Region, while collaborating on Global initiatives.
• Lead on total reward compliance for the Americas Region with pay transparency, benefits and time off regulations.
• Partner with US and Canada benefits brokers to optimize benefits and run open enrollment.
• Provide job-specific benchmarking analyses and reward data to support decisions for hires and promotions.
• Support the Global Total Reward Cycle and promotions using Workday, including summaries for senior leaders.

Skills

Total Reward ownership

Benefits acumen

Advanced analytics

Stakeholder management

Data accuracy

Tools

Workday

Job description

HKA is a global leader in risk mitigation, dispute resolution, and expert witness services. We tackle complex challenges with our multi-disciplinary expertise.

As trusted consultants and advisors, we deliver solutions in uncertain and disputed situations, ensuring the best outcomes for clients worldwide. Our experts have testified globally on major cases spanning across a wide range of industries and sectors.

As part of the HKA team you can expect

• A collaborative, merit-based, high performing culture with a mutual pursuit of your success alongside the success of our teams.
• The opportunity to solve problems creatively, contribute to our innovative direction, and be valued as an individual.
• The ability to work in an expert Global team who will support you and develop you to help you progress to the best version of you and towards your potential.

The Opportunity

We are expanding our Global Total Reward team to continue to improve and develop our Total Reward approach for our Global business of over 1,000 employees. This role will report to our Global Total Reward Director and will collaborate closely with our wider Global People Team and business stakeholders to deliver Total Reward improvements across our Americas business as well as Global Total Reward initiatives. The successful candidate will be part of our Global Total Reward team, delivering Global work with a focus on the Americas. This role provides a unique opportunity to engage with stakeholders at the highest level of our Global business, using high quality data analytics, communication skills and commercial acumen to mature our Total Reward approach to best motivate and retain our talented employees. This role is pivotal to improving Reward outcomes across the business and showcasing the full value of our investment in our people. The successful candidate will be expected to live the right actions and behaviors to deliver our global people vision of "Everything we are improving together makes HKA a great place for our excellent people to work, grow, and enjoy."

Responsibilities

• Manage the organization’s total reward with a focus on the Americas Region, while also collaborating on Global initiatives, including salary structures, employee benefits, incentive plans, and annual total reward cycle and promotions.
• Lead on total reward compliance for the Americas Region in collaboration with the Global Total Reward Director and our Americas People Business Partnering team, including pay transparency, benefits and time off regulations.
• Partner with US and Canada benefits brokers to optimize benefits, manage costs, and deliver high-quality annual open enrollment processes with input from the local People Business Partners.
• Work with externally verified reward benchmarking data to inform total reward recommendations including overall pay structures and providing job-specific benchmarking analyses to support commercial, fact-based reward decisions for new hires and promotions.
• Support the successful delivery of our Global Total Reward Cycle and promotions round using our Workday People System, including producing insightful and accurate summaries for key decision makers. This will include supporting the approval process with our CPO, CEO and Board Remuneration Committee.
• Produce commercial and thorough business cases for reward recommendations, ensuring that recommendations are robust and clearly summarized to support our decision makers, and that our Group Authority Matrix requirements are consistently followed.
• Respond to ad-hoc Total Reward data requests from the CEO and Board, ensuring quality and timeliness, with oversight from the Global Total Reward Director.
• Manage recognition programs for Americas employees (manual or via a platform) to drive and reward high performance year-round.
• Work with our People Business Partnering and People Systems colleagues to ensure Workday People System reward data is maintained at a high standard.

Qualifications And Requirements

Basic Requirements

• At least three years of experience with Total Reward, including hands-on ownership of reward activities, benefits, and recognition and being 100% confidential.
• Strong benefits acumen with a track record of partnering with US and Canada brokers to optimize plans, manage costs, and run open enrollment.
• Advanced analytics skills, including experience building reward models and scenario analyses that translate into clear recommendations.
• Experience supporting annual reward cycles and promotion processes.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, including collaborating with senior leaders (e.g., Department Heads, CEO) and cross-functional colleagues.
• Exceptional attention to data accuracy, detail and insight, including preparing clear, compelling Total Reward data.
• Strong project management, prioritization, and written communication skills; able to thrive in a lean, high-impact global team.

Ideal Qualifications

• Knowledge of USA and Canada pay transparency laws, ideally with practical experience of operationalizing compliant processes and manager guidance.
• Knowledge of reward benchmarking, salary band design, and applying geographic and job-family/service line differentials using verified external data.
• HRIS proficiency; Workday system expertise is preferred, with demonstrated proficiency in leveraging the platform to enable scalable, data-driven compensation processes and total rewards administration across the enterprise.
• Global professional services experience and exposure to Partner reward a plus.

What We Offer

Compensation: HKA offers an annual salary range of USD 90,000 - USD 120,000

We also offer a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k) with company match, paid time off, paid holidays, life and disability insurance, employee assistance programs, and professional development opportunities.

At HKA we recognize that our people are critical to our ongoing success. Our priority is to provide an inclusive and collaborative culture aimed at providing the best opportunities for our people to thrive and develop in their chosen career path.

Our Global Recruitment team is committed to providing an authentic candidate experience for all those who take the time to apply to HKA. We are committed to providing an efficient and insightful recruitment process giving candidates a true reflection of life at HKA.

Fairness and Equality at HKA HKA works hard to provide a welcoming environment for all of our employees. We are committed as a business on the continued improvement of our fairness and equality strategy. Please visit our careers page for further information or feel free to ask our recruitment team for further information. All HKA employment decisions shall be made in accordance with controlling laws and based on merit.