Senior Specialist: Remuneration & Benefits

Edge Executive Search Group; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable financial services institution in Centurion is seeking a Senior Specialist in Remuneration and Benefits. This permanent role involves implementing and maintaining remuneration frameworks, conducting data analysis, and developing dashboards to inform pay decisions. Candidates should possess a bachelor's degree in HR or related fields and have at least five years of relevant experience. Knowledge of public sector governance and advanced Excel skills are essential. This position offers a significant impact on remuneration practices.

Qualifications

• 5 years’ remuneration and benefits experience in an SOE, banking, or financial services environment.
• Strong remuneration/HR data analysis capability, including models, dashboards, and reporting.
• Working knowledge of public sector governance and relevant legislation.

Responsibilities

• Support implementation and upkeep of remuneration and benefits policies.
• Conduct market and salary benchmarking and participate in external surveys.
• Develop remuneration dashboards and reports using Power BI.

Skills

Data analysis

Advanced Excel

Salary benchmarking

Job evaluation

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR Management, Industrial Psychology, Finance, or Commerce

GRP certification

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Senior Specialist: Remuneration and Benefits | Centurion, Gauteng | Permanent

Join a purpose-led institution where reward frameworks must stand up to scrutiny and deliver real impact. If you enjoy working at the intersection of analytics, governance, and fair pay, this role offers scale, complexity, and influence.

This role provides specialist support in implementing and maintaining remuneration and benefits frameworks, policies, and practices, ensuring alignment with legislative requirements, governance standards applicable to state-owned entities, and Land Bank’s strategic objectives. You will play a key role in remuneration data analysis, developing dashboards and reports, and producing insights that inform pay decisions, workforce planning, and submissions to leadership and governance committees.

Our client is a long-established, specialist financial services institution with a national mandate, operating in a regulated environment where governance, compliance, and market competitiveness must be carefully balanced.

What You’ll Do

• Support implementation and upkeep of remuneration and benefits policies, frameworks, and processes across the organisation
• Ensure remuneration and benefits processes are accurate, compliant, and delivered within approved timelines
• Conduct market and salary benchmarking and participate in external salary and benefits surveys
• Analyse remuneration data and reward trends to support strategy, internal equity, and competitiveness
• Develop remuneration dashboards and reports using advanced Excel and data visualisation tools (e.g., Power BI)
• Support governance and compliance monitoring, including audit documentation and reporting
• Administer job evaluation and profiling processes using approved methodologies (e.g., Peromnes, Patterson, Hay)
• Provide analytical support for incentive programmes and performance-linked remuneration cycles
• Engage stakeholders with clear advisory support and respond to queries within agreed service levels

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in HR Management, Industrial Psychology, Finance, or Commerce
• GRP certification (advantageous)
• 5 years’ remuneration and benefits experience in an SOE, banking, or financial services environment
• Strong remuneration/HR data analysis capability, including models, dashboards, and reporting
• Advanced Excel skills (formulas, pivot tables, data modelling) and confidence working with large datasets
• Experience in salary benchmarking, job evaluation, and job profiling
• Exposure to dashboard tools such as Power BI or similar
• Working knowledge of public sector governance and relevant legislation and guidelines (PFMA, DPE remuneration guidelines, King IV/King V)

What Success Looks Like

• Accurate, audit-ready remuneration and benefits records and reporting
• Market benchmarking and survey submissions delivered on time and to a high standard
• Clear, decision-ready dashboards and insights that improve remuneration governance and workforce planningConsistent turnaround times on job evaluation and grading support
• Reliable models and calculations for incentive cycles that align to policy and budget
• Trusted advisory support to leaders and employees through sound guidance and responsive service