The Role
Lead global design, delivery and governance of pay, incentives and employee benefits. Manage annual reward cycles, benchmarking, job architecture and HRMS integration (SuccessFactors). Ensure regulatory compliance, oversee vendor relationships, produce Board/RemCo materials, and communicate reward outcomes across the business.
Summary Generated by Built In
As the Global Head of Reward & Benefits, you will be accountable for creating, managing and delivering our pay, incentive and benefit structures across a complex, global organization. Managing a team of three, this is a hands on position requiring a particularly structured approach, strong mathematical capability and the judgement & willingness to work at an appropriate level of detail.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the design, delivery and ongoing evolution of global reward, incentive and benefits frameworks, ensuring alignment to business strategy and organisational growth.
- Lead and deliver all annual and cyclical reward activities (salary reviews, bonus planning, promotions), combining strategic oversight with detailed, hands-on execution.
- Accountable for the design, deployment, tracking, calculation, outcome communication and processing of all annual incentive plans across the organisation.
- Owns the organisational salary benchmarking and pay scales, establishing data driven, competitive salary benchmarks and clear pays cales for each job role, across multiple job families, levels and regions.
- Develop and maintain robust, structured frameworks and job architecture aligned to the pay scale approach.
- Ensure the embedding and continuous improvement of Reward processes and structures in Aurora’s HRMS deployment (Success Factors)
- Accountable for providing relevant all inputs into Remuneration Committee and Board materials (executive remuneration, annual incentive performance, salary & merit reviews).
- Develop, administer and continually review global employee benefits, including health insurance, retirement plans, wellness initiatives, and other programs that contribute to employee satisfaction and well-being.
- Ensure our processes, incentives and benefits are in compliance with local regulatory requirements and internal governance standards (including taxation, labour laws, and reporting) managing risk across all reward and benefits activity globally.
- Deliver clear and effective reward communication, both internally and externally where required, enabling transparency and understanding of pay and benefits across the organisation.
- Stay current with industry trends, regulatory changes, and best practices in rewards and benefits across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring our programs remain competitive and compliant.
- Work closely with teams across Aurora - within People & Culture, across other functional teams (particularly with Finance), business and senior leadership to ensure alignment, understanding and effective administration of all reward and benefits plans.
- Own and govern relationships with external vendors, such as benefits providers and compensation consultants, ensuring cost-effective solutions and high-quality services.
What we are looking for
Qualifications
- Degree qualified or equivalent professional experience
- Other relevant professional qualifications an advantage
Skills & Experience
- Experience of administering complex pay and incentive structures across multiple geographies.
- Experience of leading global compensation and benefits practices, including regulatory compliance.
- Strong mathematical and analytical skills to support incentive calculation, pay scale & benchmarking and budgeting processes.
- Able to work at a detailed level, with the ability to zoom out and understand the broader strategy.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively across diverse teams and stakeholders.
- Experience of being able to successfully navigate an immature systems environment in a complex organisation.
- Highly structured and analytical in approach, able to bring governance and control across a fast paced and movable environment.
What we offer
Some of the benefits we include are:
- Private Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Parental Support
- Salary-Exchange Pension
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Local Oxford Discounts
- Cycle-to-work Scheme
- Flu Jabs
At AER, we are committed to offering flexibility in the way we work. Most of our roles are hybrid with a mix of in-office/home working and potentially adjustable working hours. Let’s discuss what works for you and AER during the interview process.
The Company is committed to the principle that no employee or job applicant shall receive unfavourable treatment on grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy, and maternity.
To apply, please submit your Résumé / CV, a personal summary, your salary expectations and please inform us of your notice period.
Unfortunately, we are unable to accept applications via email, telephone, or social media platforms. To be considered for this position, please submit your application using the link provided. Applications submitted through any other channel will not be reviewed.
Unfortunately, we are unable to accept applications via email, telephone, or social media platforms. To be considered for this position, please submit your application using the link provided. Applications submitted through any other channel will not be reviewed.
About
From its academic roots, Aurora Energy Research is a thriving, rapidly growing company, currently serving over 1000 of the world’s most influential energy sector participants, including utilities, investors, and governments. While we constantly strive to reach new markets and diversify our product portfolio, we are already active across the globe in Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Europe, South Africa and North America, working with leading organisations to provide comprehensive market intelligence, bespoke analytic and advisory services, and cutting-edge software. We are a diverse team of experts with vast energy, financial, and consulting backgrounds, covering power, hydrogen, carbon, and fossil commodities. With this, we provide data-driven intelligence to fuel strategic decisions in the global energy transformation.
Skills Required
- Degree qualified or equivalent professional experience
- Other relevant professional qualifications
- Experience administering complex pay and incentive structures across multiple geographies
- Experience leading global compensation and benefits practices, including regulatory compliance
- Strong mathematical and analytical skills to support incentive calculation, benchmarking and budgeting
- Ability to work at a detailed level while understanding broader strategy
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for cross-functional collaboration
- Experience navigating and improving immature HR systems environments
- Highly structured, analytical approach with governance and control focus
- Experience with HRMS deployment and embedding (SuccessFactors)
- People management experience (managing a small team)
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What We Do
From its academic roots, Aurora Energy Research has grown to become the largest dedicated power market analytics company in Europe, providing data-driven intelligence for strategic decisions in the global energy transformation. We are a diverse team of over 350 experts with vast energy, financial and consulting backgrounds, covering power, hydrogen, carbon and fossil commodities. We are active in Europe, APAC and the US, working with world-leading organisations to provide comprehensive market intelligence, bespoke analytic and advisory services, and cutting-edge software.
