Manager — Performance & Rewards / Compensation & Benefits

Job title : Manager — Performance & Rewards / Compensation & BenefitsSkill : Performance Reward, Compensation & BenefitsExperience: 10 to 12 YearsLocation : Chennai
Process scope
Annual increment and bonus cycle administration, budgeting and cost input consolidation, off-cycle compensation processing, benefits and flexi administration, claims and insurance interfaces, share plan administration support, executive compensation and NRC/ERC pack preparation, and performance cycle system administration.
Role purpose To own the operational delivery of the reward and benefits calendar — annual cycle administration, benefits renewal and claims, share plan support and executive compensation packs — with the accuracy and confidentiality the subject matter demands.
Key responsibilities • Own the administration of the annual increment, bonus and performance review cycles: system set-up, eligibility data, communications, letter generation and distribution to the reward calendar. • Consolidate headcount and cost inputs for budgeting and allocate staff costs to entities and properties within SLA. • Manage off-cycle compensation request triage, validation of new hire packages and the accurate flow of changes into payroll before cut-off. • Own benefits and flexi administration — enrolment windows, renewal configuration and UAT, claims validation and the insurance and broker interfaces. • Ensure statutory benefit reporting obligations (including MOM/WICA submissions) are met within mandated timelines without exception. • Oversee share plan administration support: access provisioning, legal entity record set-up, award data preparation and dry runs. • Prepare executive compensation data, NRC/ERC meeting packs and disclosure inputs to the required lead times, working under strict confidentiality. • Own control quality across all reward transactions — maker–checker, approval evidence and reconciliation of interface files, including alerting on missing files within the 2-hour window. • Produce reward operations reporting and support internal and external audit of compensation and benefits processes.
Must-have skills and experience • 10-12 years in compensation and benefits administration or reward operations, including 2+ years leading a team. • Hands-on delivery of an annual increment and bonus cycle in a large organisation. • Strong benefits administration experience including enrolment, claims and insurer or broker liaison. • Advanced Excel — modelling, reconciliation, large data sets — and strong numerical accuracy. • Working knowledge of Workday compensation and benefits modules. • Demonstrated handling of highly confidential compensation data. • Familiarity with Singapore HR and Compensation policies
Good-to-have skills and experience • Share plan, equity or long-term incentive administration. • Executive compensation and remuneration committee support. • Statutory benefit reporting experience (MOM, WICA or equivalent). • Workday Advanced Compensation configuration. • Experience supporting reward audits or remuneration disclosures.

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