Compensation & Benefits Specialist

OPENTEXT
OpenText is a global leader in information management, where innovation, creativity, and collaboration are the key components of our corporate culture. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to partner with the most highly regarded companies in the world, tackle complex issues, and contribute to projects that shape the future of digital transformation.

Come and join our Compensation & Benefits team based in our office in Bucharest with your commitment as a

Compensation & Benefits Specialist
YOUR IMPACT
You will work on the strategy, analysis, design, and project management of compensation and benefits initiatives in the Southern Europe region, You will work closely with the EMEA Reward leader to ensure the success of transformational reward projects, with a special focus on France, Spain, Italy, Romania and Bulgaria.

Examples of upcoming projects include

• You'll lead the harmonization of legacy terms and conditions and benefits across the territory
• Design a harmonized pension plan approach in Spain and negotiate implementation with the Works Councils.
• You will work with HR, shared services, payroll, and vendors to implement a new working time policy in France.
• You will develop our reward programs to support rapid growth in Romania and Bulgaria including an upgrade on our current flexible benefits program

What The Role Offers

• Interpret Reward strategy and priorities to develop project terms of reference and integrate input from key stakeholders
• Develop and manage project plans and milestone commitments, adjusting according to progress and conditions.
• Lead matrixed teams of Reward, HRSS, Payroll, Procurement, HRBPs, and external consultants to achieve project deliverables.
• Manage annual benefit renewals and develop the annual budget for multiple EMEA countries which includes working directly with various brokers and consultants on the development of business cases.
• Support HR Business partners and business leaders on compensation topics for assigned regions including benchmarking, new hire offers and salary range development.
• Research and analysis of group benefit and retirement plans, to ensure the competitiveness of plans through benchmark analysis to identify trends and ensure plans remain market competitive in the TR context.
• Prepare, analyse, and deliver reporting and cost projections to support the recommendation of benefit plan changes and ensure program governance.

What You Need To Succeed

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, or related field/MBA.
• Experience in an international reward-focused role in a multinational company.
• Experience in the design and administration of benefit plans and programs in multiple countries (specifically southern and Southeast Europe).
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Desirable specifics; Insurance brokerage, HR Technology implementation, Flex Benefits,
• Very good language skills both written and spoken in one or more of the following languages: French, Spanish, Romanian, in addition to fluency in English

One Last Thing
OpenText is more than just a corporation, it's a global community where trust is foundational, the bar is raised, and outcomes are owned. This role is part of an awesome regional team that achieves great things but has a lot of fun

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