Senior Rewards Specialist APAC

At Wise we are building a world without borders the fairest easiest way to manage money across the globe. As we rapidly scale the People team is looking for a Senior Reward Specialist (APAC) to implement and evolve our reward strategy across the Asia-Pacific region.

As we continue our journey of rapid growth the People teams job is to help Wise to grow develop and build for the future. Thats where you come in. 

Were looking for an experienced Senior Reward Specialist who can take our reward strategy to the next level of growth for Wise. Youll be building frameworks to support our Leaders when it comes to making informed compensation decisions. Youll also drive changes to make our total reward package even more compelling.

Your mission:

You will be the primary Reward partner for our APAC leadership teams with focus on our major hubs in India and Singapore while also supporting existing smaller hubs and future expansion plans. Your goal is to support the business as needed tailoring solutions to market needs and build agile localized frameworks that ensure we attract and retain the best talent in a highly competitive market

• Lead benchmarking exercises for diverse functions and locations in the APAC region. Work in conjunction with the Talent Attraction team to build a robust intel hub and develop creative solutions to reliably price roles.

• Act as the subject matter expert and main point of contact for APAC specificities providing senior leads with the insights needed to make informed total compensation decisions across different legislative jurisdictions and cultural norms.

• Design plan and implement compelling total reward initiatives including base pay incentives stock and benefits (in alignment with the benefits team) that resonate with the unique talent landscapes of India Singapore and the broader region.

• Act as the regional expert in data management. You will pull strong narratives from large datasets to present clear actionable recommendations to leadership.

• Partner with stakeholders and regional leads to deliver the annual budget exercise and manage salary review cycles for APAC.

• Take complex reward concepts and make them simple educating leads and employees on our salary review guidelines the details of our stock program and benefits as well as the value of our total reward package to drive optimal decision making and engagement.

• Apply your expertise across a full range of reward activities including leading the design planning and implementation of our compensation and benefit initiatives.

• Deliver and contribute to high impact global reward projects as we continue to build our global reward frameworks scaling in line with the growth of Wise.

• Monitor competitive reward trends evaluate options and make recommendations as appropriate to help ensure that Wise policies reflect best practice

The role will be instrumental in identifying process improvements to enhance the effectiveness of our reward programmes and to take our Reward team to the next level.

This role will give you the opportunity to:

• work in a high impact fast growing global team where you have freedom to bring your expertise to the table and be creative in how you approach and tackle reward challenges. Were always keen to learn and listen to new ideas.

• be challenged and grow as youll be working with leads and employees - using data to solve reward based problems coming up with solutions to drive attraction and retention in order to help us reach our mission.

• build for the future were working to build out frameworks and processes that work best for Wise meaning solutions that may have worked at other companies might not work best for us - we dont have it all figured out yet and thats part of the fun.

Qualifications :

A bit about you:

Heres a little bit about what we think youll need to be successful and happy in this role:

• APAC Expertise: Deep understanding of the APAC compensation landscape particularly the regulatory and competitive nuances of the India and Singapore markets.

• Depth and breadth across Reward topics: particular emphasis on compensation benchmarking using multiple external data sources/survey tools however you also need to have a good understanding across broad Reward topics such as benefits stock etc.

• Worked in a fast-paced environment: thisll help you know how to deal with ambiguity and shifting priorities and youll need to have experience of designing solutions that take account of different legislative jurisdictions and cultural norms

• Led reward projects to completion:  youll know how to scope a problem and craft a plan to deliver meaningful results  - and you wont be afraid of rolling up your sleeves to get stuck into the delivery 

• Exceptional communicator - youll be well-used to working directly with leads and leadership teams with a skill for taking the complex and making it simple

• Effective analytical influencer - were a data led business but thats not enough; youll need to be able to pull out and craft strong narratives from large data sets (using G-sheets and other tools) and present back with a clear narrative. 

Additional Information :

For everyone everywhere. Were people building money without borders  without judgement or prejudice too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse equitable and inclusive.

Were proud to have a truly international team and we celebrate our differences.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time