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About the role
- Compensation/Reward Manager overseeing key reward processes during key financial cycles for digital entertainment group in Cape Town. Responsible for compensation operations, analytics, and team collaboration.
Responsibilities
- **Purpose of this role**:
- This role provides hands-on compensation leadership during a critical period in our annual people and financial cycles. The Compensation / Reward Manager will oversee key reward processes, support the implementation of our new compensation strategy, ensure accurate staff cost management, and partner closely with Finance, People Partners, and business leaders.
- The role includes responsibility for compensation operations, analytics, benchmarking, and annual cycle delivery. It will also manage a Senior Systems & Data Analyst; however, this is a highly independent role. This is an **8-month fixed term** role, based in Cape Town.
- **Key responsibilities / accountabilities:**
- __Annual Compensation Cycles__
- Lead the execution of the annual Pay Review and Bonus cycles. *(Prep will begin pre-contract)*
- Partner with Finance and People Partners to ensure cycle readiness, communication, and timely execution.
- Oversee multi-sheet workbooks, ensuring accurate analysis, scenario modelling and data reconciliation across spreadsheets.
- __Compensation Strategy Implementation__
- Support execution of the new compensation strategy, including refining frameworks, reviewing & building salary ranges, and aligning tools and processes.
- Translate strategy into clear operational practices that integrate into day-to-day People and Finance workflows.
- Provide guidance to People Partners and managers on compensation principles and application.
- __Benchmarking & Market Insights__
- Manage participation in salary survey submissions and maintain market data libraries.
- Conduct benchmarking analyses and provide compensation recommendations grounded in data and market trends.
- __Staff Cost Management & Budgeting__
- Review and validate compensation-related approvals for hires, promotions, and adjustments, ensuring alignment with budget requirements.
- Partner closely with Finance to monitor staff costs and headcount plans.
- Oversee the preparation & build of templates and files for the 2027 staff budgeting cycle, including detailed Total Cost to Company (TCTC) calculations across multiple regions and employment structures. *(2027 budgeting process will extend beyond contract)*
- __Additional Responsibilities__
- Assist the Senior Systems & Data Analyst to leverage our HRIS to enable accurate compensation data, reporting, and workflows.
- Provide support for ad-hoc HR data reporting and insights, if needed.
Requirements
- **Qualifications and experience:**
- Demonstrated experience working on hands-on compensation projects, including designing or revamping compensation structures or strategies.
- Experience partnering with Finance on budgeting, forecasting, and cost management.
- Strong Excel skills and the ability to manage complex data sets while ensuring high accuracy.
- Exposure to multi-location compensation structures or global reward operations.
- Experience participating in or managing salary survey submissions.
- Experience working with an HRIS, ideal but not required.
- **Skills, knowledge and abilities:**
- Highly organised and able to manage multiple deadlines during peak annual cycles.
- Comfortable operating independently with sound judgment.
- Clear communicator able to translate data and strategy into practical guidance for stakeholders.
- Pragmatic problem-solver with a continuous improvement mindset.
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