Director Total Rewards
Director Total Rewards
Willow Search Partners
Fairfield County, CT
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Job Overview:
The Director of Total Rewards is responsible for directing the planning, design, implementation, and administration of the organization’s compensation, benefits, wellness, and employee health programs.
Key Responsibilities:
Compensation:
- Regularly evaluate roles to ensure proper FLSA classifications, job level assignments, and job family alignment.
- Manage job leveling structure and tools to ensure long-term scalable solutions.
- Oversee the review and effectiveness of company compensation and benefit practices, programs, policies, and guidelines.
- Analyze compensation structures of acquisition targets and propose necessary adjustments and packages.
Benefits:
- Oversee the review and effectiveness of company wellness and employee health practices, programs, policies, and guidelines.
- Collaborate in developing and implementing a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, life insurance, 401k, wellness, and other ancillary benefits and initiatives.
- Ensure timely and effective support to employees from the benefits team.
Total Rewards:
- Collaborate with HR business partners to advise and influence business leaders on implementing total rewards strategies aligned with company goals.
- Maintain awareness of global market data and drive programs to ensure market competitiveness. Continuously assess and upgrade total rewards offerings as needed.
Analytics & Reporting:
- Develop analytics, metrics, and dashboards around rewards programs to evaluate their effectiveness and inform future program direction.
- Research and analyze trends affecting pay and benefits to improve organizational practices.
- Manage all internal and external reporting related to total rewards programs.
Budgeting:
- Prepare, manage, and adhere to the department budget to maintain expenditure controls.
- Partner with finance to budget for any benefit enhancements.
Leadership:
- Build and sustain collaborative relationships within the organization (e.g., finance, payroll, legal).
- Work through complex challenges to achieve resolutions and maintain compliance.
- Supervise and develop a Total Rewards team of 2 employees, providing direction and managing performance to meet company goals.
Other HR duties as needed.
Qualifications:
- 7-10 years of experience managing total rewards functions, including compensation, benefits, and employee rewards programs.
- Strategic and innovative thinker around total rewards.
- Knowledge of pay transparency requirements.
- Understanding of legislation governing benefit plans (ERISA, COBRA, HIPAA, FMLA, GDPR), as well as applicable state and federal employment laws.
- Strong business and financial acumen to identify and implement cost-effective programs.
- Advanced problem-solving, process improvement, and change management skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Experience working with all organizational levels is required.
- Preferred experience in various HR core functions such as recruitment, total rewards, and compliance.
- Proficiency in MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word) or similar software is required, along with HRIS knowledge.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related field is required.
- Master’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related field is preferred.
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Seniority level
Director -
Employment type
Full-time -
Job function
Human Resources -
Industries
Food and Beverage Services
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