Senior Manager: Reward and Compensation at MTN

This role is OpCo/Remote based not Dubai or South Africa.

Mission/ Core purpose of the Job:

The Senior Manager: Rewards & Compensation manages the day-to-day compensation and benefits-related activities. The SM works closely with other HR staff and the organization leaders to review and update existing benefits and compensation policies and ensure the organization complies with existing legislation. The SM C&B develops and implements the reward strategy, including salary benchmarking, pension arrangements, benefits management, and annual compensation events such as bonus and salary reviews.

Key Performance Areas: Core, essential responsibilities/outputs of the position (KPA's):

The SM: C&B will be accountable to achieve the following objectives:

• Define a fair, equitable and competitive total compensation and benefits package that fits and is aligned to GC’s Group strategy and business goals, in line with Group HR Reward Policies and procedures.
• Ensure that compensation practices are in compliance with current legislation (pay equity, human rights, etc)
• Run the monthly payroll for GC employees in coordination with HRBPs and manage secondment chargebacks.
• Manage payroll-related claims received from employees and all other benefits as per MTN GC Terms and Conditions as well as MTN GC C&Bs policies.
• Manage DIFC Employee Workplace Savings Plan (DEWS) and enroll employees in Dubai in such plan.
• Carry out salary and labour market benchmarking surveys on a regular basis in different footprints, report findings and provide suggestions regarding the salary scale and prevailing pay rates in all regions.
• Coordinate with the Finance/Tax function to make sure that GC has full compliance to income tax regulations in ROW.
• Receive and implement approved individual remuneration instructions.
• Manage separations and calculate final settlement payments.
• Supervise remuneration payments to employees on a regular basis.
• Ensure that all employees receive notifications of payments/Salary slips including all deductions.
• Carry out the salary review exercise on company level on annual basis.
• Oversee the execution of responding to employees’ requests in terms of Employment Letters.
• Oversee the calculation and payment of employees’ overtime as per overtime policy.
• Implement the group policy regarding employees’ performance bonus calculation and payments.
• Generate HC reports and any other requested reports on the company level or the group level.
• Coordinate with other HR parties regarding quality of employees’ data on the HR systems.
• Monitor HR overall budget and staff cost versus expenditures.
• Set and manage the recognition strategy and redeemed points with related vouchers in coordination with OD division.
• Follow up with the Finance division when any adjustment in HR budget is needed.
• Follow up and coordinate with banks to facilitate payroll and to attend to special requests.
• Conduct periodic reconciliation and oversee internal and external audits and provide related reports.
• Ensure regular reporting on overspent budget items.
• Carry out job evaluation exercises when needed.

Job Requirements (Education, Experience and Competencies):

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources / Business Administration/ Finance or related field.
• MBA or Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resources is advantageous.

Experience:

• Minimum 10 years relevant experience with manager track record for minimum of 5 years in similar position, with experience of managing others.
• Experience working in telecom industry and in a global/multinational enterprise with a good understanding of emerging markets.
• Proven experience in HR Operations, Rewards & Payroll administration & operational business partnering.
• Knowledge of local labour laws and employee regulations.
• Worked across diverse culture and geographies.

Competencies:

Functional Knowledge:

• Familiarity with various types of incentives and benefits
• Adequate knowledge of DIFC labour rules and labour regulations in the UAE.
• HR policies and procedures
• Manpower Planning & HC and Opex Budgeting
• Recruitment & Onboarding
• HR Operations and Service delivery
• Rewards, Recognition & Reporting
• Pay structure & Employee taxation
• Business Partnering

Skills

• Relationship/People management
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills
• Project management
• Conflict management
• Continuous improvement
• Delivery focused
• Negotiations
• Innovation
• Relationship building
• Presentation