Manager, Total Rewards

Description

• Aligning Performance for Success: Focusing and managing individual performance by helping others set performance goals, and then tracking results and evaluating performance effectiveness.
• Execution: Ensuring others contribute to organization strategies by focusing them on the most critical priorities; measuring progress and ensuring accountability against those metrics.
• Delegation and Empowerment: Identifying and leveraging opportunities to accelerate results and build capability by assigning tasks and decision-making responsibilities to individuals or teams with clear boundaries, expectations, support, and follow-up.
• Deliver total rewards related communications and training material including creative and engaging promotional and educational material designed to communicate program and plan information clearly and effectively across a variety of channels.
• Coaching: Engaging an individual in developing and committing to an action plan that targets specific behaviors, skills or knowledge needed to ensure performance improvement or prepare for success in new responsibilities.
• Provide advice, ad hoc analysis, guidance and support to HR business partners, managers, and leadership on compensation-related issues, inquiries or requests. Review compensation packages for new hires, promotions, and internal transfers, ensuring equity and alignment with company policies.
• Develop total rewards metrics to provide key stakeholders with timely and relevant information. Prepare and deliver reports and presentations for a variety of audiences that provide insights on total rewards trends, costs and recommendations.
• Lead special total rewards projects such as total rewards integration for mergers and acquisitions, global compensation and benefit harmonization, or Workday optimization.
• Collaborate with HR partners and key stakeholders across the organization to understand challenges and pain points related to compensation, benefits and other related issues in attracting, motivating and retaining high quality, diverse talent. Combine these insights with an in-depth analysis of data, including external market reviews, internal equity, and pay and benefit trends, to recommend and develop competitive total reward strategies and innovative solutions.
• Serve as compensation and benefit subject matter expert, providing expertise and guidance to projects and to internal partners. Act as mentor for the Total Rewards team sharing knowledge and providing technical support. Partner with HRBPs and internal stakeholders to understand business needs, talent requirements and organization design to provide guidance, recommendations and creative solutions to total rewards challenges.
• Decision Making: Identify and understand problems and opportunities by gathering, analyzing, and interpreting quantitative and qualitative information; choose the best course of action by establishing clear decision criteria, generating, and evaluating alternatives, and making timely decisions; take action that is consistent with available facts and constraints and optimizes probable consequences.
• Ensure compliance with local, state, federal and international compensation regulations including pay equity and labor laws in the diverse global markets where the company operates. Establish and execute appropriate audits for data integrity, internal compliance, and governance ensuring adherence to company policies and applicable regulations.
• Lead the administration of annual, recurring and ad hoc global total rewards programs and projects that support the organizations pay philosophy and total rewards strategy. This includes salary survey participation, pay market reviews, salary structure maintenance, pay program compliance, annual benefit open enrollment, annual merit increase and promotion cycles, total rewards communication and education, executive compensation and variable pay plans.
• Develop and maintain global total rewards policies, guidelines and procedures to ensure consistent and fair practices. Continuously evaluate and recommend improvements to global compensation and benefit processes and workflows to drive efficiency and consistency.

Requirements

• Strong problem solving, communication and presentation skills
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and generate actionable insights and recommendations for adjustments to align with market trends, company strategy, and internal equity.
• Experience in compensation and benefit planning, including plan design and program modeling.
• Ability to think critically in order to identify and solve problems through creativity and sound HR principles.
• Current knowledge of compensation and benefits best practices, pay equity analysis, and legal compliance (e.g., FLSA, ERISA, ACA, ADA, FMLA, Equal Pay Act, General Data Protection Regulation).
• Work is performed in an office environment and requires the ability to operate standard office equipment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to convey information to internal and external customers in a clear, focused, and concise manner.
• Requires prolonged periods of talking/listening.
• Experience in a growth company with exposure to merger and acquisition activities strongly preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Accounting or Finance strongly preferred.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in a lead Compensation or Total Rewards role, preferably with responsibility for global compensation and benefits.
• Certified Compensation Professional (CCP), HRCI or SHRM certification is preferred, but not required.
• Must be able to sit for prolonged periods of time.
• Superior customer service and verbal and written communication skills and strong interpersonal communication are especially important to handle sensitive and confidential situations with poise, tact, and diplomacy.
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks (planned and unplanned), meet deadlines and manage large projects.
• Deep knowledge of total rewards principles, design and implementation, including compliance with local, state, federal and international pay requirements.

Benefits

• A supportive, inclusive culture where collaboration and creativity thrive.
• Eligible for Annual Pay Increases
• 15 days Paid Time Off + 11 Paid Holidays
• Comprehensive Health, Vision, and Dental Coverage
• Voluntary benefits including: Additional Life Insurance, Long Term Disability, Accident and Critical Illness coverage
• Career growth and development opportunities designed to help you achieve your potential.
• Educational Assistance – Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250
• Competitive Pay
• Employer Paid benefits including: Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Basic Group Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, and more
• Two Ways to Save for Retirement: Badger Meter contributes 25 cents for every dollar you contribute to the plan, up to 7% of your eligible compensation. In addition to the match, the company will also contribute 5% of your eligible compensation to your Defined Contribution account on an annual basis. Additional access to a certified financial planner to help ensure your money is working for you, at no cost!
• Annual Bonus
• Health Savings Account (HSA) & Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance