WHAT YOU'LL DO
As a Total Rewards Partner, your main focus will be to partner with the business to deliver and govern Total Rewards by executing compensation and benefits processes, ensuring global alignment, and supporting leaders with insights, data, and expert guidance.
You secure consistent, compliant, and competitive reward practices while collaborating across People, Finance, and global TR teams.
This on-site role reports into our People Business Partner and is based out of New York Support Office.
A Day in the Life
Working at H&M means no two days are ever the same, but a typical day will include the following responsibilities*
Rewards Strategy, Execution & Compliance
- You act as a rewards partner for the sales market, ensuring alignment with global total rewards strategy and sales market operational relevance
- You lead the execution of rewards programs at sales market level, covering compensation, benefits, mobility and other specialist areas of global total rewards
- You support the implementation and communication of pay structures, and compensation principles across the Sales Market
- You oversee the annual rewards processes (salary review, incentive planning, budgeting, market benchmarking) for the Sales Market
- You support on the design and implementation of employee benefits programs, including health insurance, retirement plans, and wellness initiatives
- You assist in monitoring changes in benefits-related laws and regulations and help ensure programs remain compliant with applicable requirements in the U.S. and Puerto Rico
- You manage relationships with benefits vendors, including supporting negotiations, coordinating communications, and monitoring service delivery against agreed standards; act as an escalation point to the benefits administration team for vendor-related issues
- You monitor the execution of governance processes for benefits administration, including documentation, reporting, and audits
- You drive consistency and compliance with global policies, ensuring all local practices follow both global frameworks and legal requirements
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- You partner with people leaders and business stakeholders to support organization-specific reward strategies and decision-making
- You collaborate with Finance and People functions to facilitate effective cost planning and accurate compensation data management in global people systems
- You provide expert advice and training to people teams and senior leaders on complex compensation and benefits topics
- You collaborate with Continent Rewards Leads and Global Total Rewards
Data & Continuous Improvement
- You analyze internal and external market data to maintain competitive and equitable pay practices at the sales market
- You contribute to the continuous improvement of global rewards processes, tools, and data quality
We are looking for people with...
- University degree in Human Resources, Finance, Business, or related field or equivalent work experience
- Proven experience in compensation and benefits
- Experience supporting benefits programs, including supervising plan administration, implementation, and systems utilization
- Experience with compliance related to employee benefits, including knowledge of labor laws and regulations pertaining to USA, Canada and Puerto Rico desired
- Strong analytical, advisory, and project management skills
- Proven experience working with senior HR and business stakeholders
- Excellent communication and influencing skills
- Proficiency in English; additional languages are an advantage
WHY YOU'LL LOVE WORKING HERE
- We value diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, and disability
- We pride ourselves on being a values-driven organization, guided by our 7 unique values that have been part of our success story for over 75 years
- You’ll have access to our Colleague Resource Groups (CRGs) to find community and networking opportunities among colleagues
- We are an inclusive company where you’re encouraged to be yourself at work
- You will have access to a large global talent community, where career growth and aspirations have no limits
- You’ll be able to express your personal style with our employee discount at H&M, and COS
*This job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job and is not all-inclusive. There may be additional duties, and responsibilities assigned for this job at the company’s discretion.
Compensation: annual salary is $165,760 **
H&M, in good faith, has assessed this posted range of compensation as the accurate range for this role and location at the time of this posting. H&M may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range depending on candidate qualifications. This range may be modified in the future.
Skills Required
- University degree in Human Resources, Finance, Business, or related field or equivalent work experience
- Proven experience in compensation and benefits
- Experience supporting benefits programs, including supervising plan administration, implementation, and systems utilization
- Experience with compliance related to employee benefits and knowledge of labor laws and regulations pertaining to USA, Canada and Puerto Rico
- Strong analytical, advisory, and project management skills
- Proven experience working with senior HR and business stakeholders
- Excellent communication and influencing skills
- Proficiency in English
- Additional languages
- Ability to work on-site at the New York Support Office
H&M Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about H&M Group and has not been reviewed or approved by H&M Group.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, pharmacy and vision options with low employee costs and free dental are available, alongside telehealth and inclusive offerings such as transgender, bariatric and fertility coverage. These features are highlighted as solid for U.S. retail roles, with some availability for part‑time positions depending on eligibility.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Vacation, flexible wellness days, company‑paid holidays and a paid birthday off are offered, with some paid time off available to part‑time staff. The time‑off structure is presented as generous within the retail context.
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Parental & Family Support — Eight weeks of paid parental pay for mothers and fathers is provided, complemented by adoption assistance and healthy pregnancy/babies programs. These family supports add depth to the core medical coverage in the U.S. package.
H&M Group Insights
What We Do
Founded in 1947, H&M Group is a global design company with ~4,702 stores in 76 markets and 56 online markets. At H&M Group, we believe in making great design available to everyone. It’s essential in everything we do. Our family of brands and business ventures offer customers around the world a wealth of fashion, beauty, accessories and homeware, as well as modern menus with fresh and local produce at some of the brands’ in-store eateries. But design is so much more than just products; it’s about clever design processes, efficient product flows, creating experiences that enrich, and smart solutions that benefit all our customers. Sustainability is always at the core of our business. Not only because we like to do what’s right — but it’s also beneficial for our business. We will continue to push for change and lead the way towards a more inclusive and sustainable fashion future. Do you want to join us? We will trust you with great responsibility right from the start, reward a passionate mindset and encourage an entrepreneurial spirit. When you start a career with H&M Group, there’s no limit to where it can take you. H&M Group's Moderation Policy: Welcome to H&M Group’s official LinkedIn page. Ask questions, exchange ideas and meet members and employees from all over the world. This page is moderated daily and we always do our best to answer each one of you in a timely manner. Please remember to keep a friendly tone and in line with LinkedIn’s legal terms at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/user-agreement Comments and posts that contain foul language, are off-topic or unnecessarily rude will be deleted. We also encourage you to report any inappropriate content. We use an external tool to handle the comments on our page, so please note that your comments can be stored. For questions, please contact our team at [email protected].
