Amex Hiring for Compensation & Benefits Manager – EMEA at Burgess Hill Full Time

This position sits in the EMEA Compensation & Benefits team and will have accountability for designing and leading the compensation and benefits agendas for a portfolio of markets, as well playing a key role in the wider Colleague Total Reward and Wellbeing function. Reporting to the Director, Compensation & Benefits EMEA, the team works in an increasingly flexible and agile way, ensuring we are able to deliver impact at both scale and speed, and provide opportunities to lead not just across the region but also as part of the International Business and global centres of excellence.

At American Express, it’s about the work you do and impact you have; it’s not about sitting in an office. This role is hybrid in nature and the successful candidate will be expected to manage where and how they work as they see fit within our AmexFlex model.

Key responsibilities will include:
Acting as strategic partner to country HR teams, global HRBPs, and market Country Executive Teams across the full landscape of compensation and benefits topics

Leading core compensation activities including market benchmarking, management of pay ranges, cyclical compliance requirements e.g. Gender Pay Gap reporting

Ownership of all benefit programs incorporating design, vendor management and ongoing assessment of efficacy and impact

Providing in-country support to the employee relations teams on any compensation or benefit related local consultations, including Works Councils

Ensuring local programmes are compliant with local regulations and meet internal American Express standards

Providing in-country support to global compensation processes including the annual compensation review and bonus cycles

Oversight of the Wellbeing programmes in market, and collaborative partnership with the Health and Wellbeing teams to land Healthy Living and Healthy Minds agendas as an integrated and holistic part of the Colleague Total Reward and Wellbeing proposition

Participating in and/or leading compensation and benefits projects across the International or globally

Delivering expertise and data-led analyses as part of targeted colleague insights activities

Partnering with Talent Acquisition to ensure the Amex proposition is positioned effectively as part of a seamless hiring experience

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.

Amex Flex

At American Express, we know that with the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. Whether we’re supporting our customers’ financial confidence to move ahead, taking commerce to new heights, or encouraging people to explore the world, our colleagues are constantly redefining what’s possible — and we’re proud to back each other every step of the way.

When you join #TeamAmex, you become part of a diverse community of over 60,000 colleagues, all with a common goal to deliver an exceptional customer experience every day. We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That’s why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

To be successful in this role, we are looking for the following skills, experiences, and attributes:

Experience of managing compensation, compliance, and regulation, particularly in the UK and Belgium would be advantageous (including tax structures and labour laws)

Understanding of benchmarking methodologies and trends within employee compensation and benefits

A seasoned project manager who is able to move between high level design and strategic oversight to direct management of detail and technical requirements

Strong creative skills and a proven track record of delivering innovation

Intellectual curiosity and an analytical mindset to approach challenges and questions with data-led rigour

Top-notch consulting skills/stakeholder management and experience to deliver robust advice across both HR and the business

Must be a powerful influencer, able to craft narratives and build business cases to support the compensation and benefits strategy, facing off against senior leaders where needed

Demonstrate tenacity and resilience to deliver the agenda in a world of competing priorities and ambiguity

Must be able to adeptly navigate a complex global matrix, and build a strong cross-function network through which to deliver effectively

Demonstrable experience of managing an ecosystem of external parties (vendors; consulting relationships etc.) and holding these partners to account

Ability to switch modes seamlessly between working autonomously, as a single point of accountability, and as an integral part of a number of different teams, each of which requiring you to play a different role

Must have the self-drive and stamina to execute a long-term agenda

English fluency is a must, but additional European languages could be useful

If you think you are able to satisfy some but not all of the above requirements, we still want to hear from you! This is a critical role in the Compensation and Benefits team, and we are prepared to invest in upskilling the right candidate for success in the long-term.

Why American Express?

There’s a difference between having a job and making a difference.

Amex have been making a difference in people’s lives for over 160 years, backing them in moments big and small, granting access, tools, and resources to take on their biggest challenges and reap the greatest rewards.

We’ve also made a difference in the lives of our people, providing a culture of learning and collaboration, and helping them with what they need to succeed and thrive. We have their backs as they grow their skills, conquer new challenges, or even take time to spend with their family or community. And when they’re ready to take on a new career path, we’re right there with them, giving them the guidance and momentum into the best future they envision.

Because we believe that the best way to back our customers is to back our people.

The powerful backing of American Express.

Don’t make a difference without it.

Don’t live life without it.

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