Emea Compensation Specialist - 12 Months Fixed Term Contract

Description Our Company Hitachi drives Social Innovation Business, creating a sustainable society through the use of data and technology. We solve customers' and society's challenges with Lumada solutions leveraging IT, OT (Operational Technology) and products. Hitachi operates under the business structure of "Digital Systems & Services" - supporting our customers' digital transformation; "Green Energy & Mobility" - contributing to a decarbonized society through energy and railway systems, and "Connective Industries" - connecting products through digital technology to provide solutions in various industries. Driven by Digital, Green, and Innovation, we aim for growth through co-creation with our customers. The company's consolidated revenues for fiscal year 2022 (ended March 31, 2023) totaled 10,881.1 billion yen, with 696 consolidated subsidiaries and approximately 320,000 employees worldwide. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at .
What you'll be doing General Summary / Objectives: This role would deliver a blend of day-to-day compensation specialist support, along with a project based transformational focus across the EMEA region.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Supporting the Regional Total Reward Lead with the management and strategic direction of the Compensation function on a pan-European basis e.g. to assess feasibility of providing an expansion of Compensation services across both existing customers and across European countries.
Own and develop working relationships between HEU, CSS Compensation Administration, and Group Entity customers to ensure effective delivery of the annual compensation cycle (Merit / STI / LTI) and survey submissions across EMEA (Mercer and Willis Towers Watson).
Change management / project focus on Compensation delivery and transformation of market role pricing and survey benchmarking, working with CSS Compensation Administration and the business as needed.
Drive compensation based cultural change across HEU, working with key stakeholders as needed, to support transition to compensation ranges to underpin regional compensation philosophy, including ownership and delivery of compensation ranges, and compensation benchmarking requests.
Partner with the Regional Total Reward Lead, to project manage compensation compliance and regulatory requirements e.g. The EU Pay Transparency Directive, including data analysis, data insights, and owning actions to support and deliver compliance.
Develop positive working relationships and be seen as a trusted business partner to support compensation-based discussions with HR Business Partners, line managers, and customers as needed.
Develop strong network with other Compensation specialists across the Group to promote digitalization opportunities and lead the focus on translating business requirements into actionable deliverables through Workday solutions.
Overseeing the management of relationships with our Compensation partners, including third party supplier management.
Perform role of Secretary to the HEU Remuneration Committee, taking ownership for running the meeting schedules, preparation of meeting materials and liaison with stakeholders, production and circulation of meeting minutes, and delivery of follow up actions needed.
Support Budgeting / Compensation accrual requests from Finance.
Act as escalation point and subject matter expert for all compensation-based queries.
What you bring to the team We're looking for a team player, who is motivated by delivering great work and the Hitachi vision. The role will be a mixture of mostly remote-hybrid work coming as needed to Hitachi Office.
(Hitachi Europe Ltd, Botanica Ditton Park, Riding Court Road, Datchet, SL3 9LL )
The ideal candidate will possess the following skills and background:
At least 5-7 years of progressive experience in Regional / Global compensation.
Solid understanding of all facets of compensation design and delivery.
Familiar with the most common compensation tools and programs, such as cyclical merit program management, off-cycle reviews, STIs, LTIs, etc.
Compensation design and delivery experience in a global context desirable.
Awareness of Regional / Global trends and best practices.
Comfortable with transformation activities in a very complex, global setting.
Strong initiative drive, in uncertain environments and contexts.
Execution and problem solving driven.
Well developed communication skills across all organizational layers, in particular with senior stakeholders.
Ability to maintain strict confidentiality and professionalism across a range of sensitive topics.
This role reports into Regional Total Rewards CoE Lead.
Education and other requirements: Undergraduate degree (4-year degree).
Compensation certification(s) desirable.
Physical Demands: Typical office work demands, such as sitting for long periods of time, and the extensive use of computers and related screen based applications.
Travel Demands: Limited to some light domestic and international travel.
Participation in international seminars and/or conferences might be required.
Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. Hitachi management reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet business and organizational needs as necessary.
Benefits Package Company Funded Benefits: Along with a market competitive salary and discretionary bonus scheme, employees have the option to work flexibly in line with our hybrid working model and we would be happy to discuss this with you during the hiring process.
Generous holiday entitlement - with the option to buy up to an additional 5 days per year.
A Holiday Banking scheme allowing you to bank untaken holiday to use another year.
Group Personal Pension.
Private Medical Insurance with self-funded option to cover family members.
Employee Assistance Programme available to all employees.
Personal Accident Insurance.
Voluntary Benefits: (funded by employee) including:
Cycle To Work scheme.
Gym Membership.
Dental Insurance with option to include dependent children.
Health screening.
Dining card.
Our Values: We are proud to say we are an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to any factor that doesn't impact your ability to do the job, including race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. We are proud of Japanese heritage, with our values expressed through the Hitachi Spirit:
Wa – Harmony, Trust, Respect.
Makoto – Sincerity, Fairness, Honesty, Integrity.
Kaitakusha-Seishin – Pioneering Spirit, Challenge.
If, like us, you're motivated by delivering first class services, thrive in a fast paced and supportive environment and want to help Hitachi to drive social innovation, we'd love to hear from you.
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