Rewards Remuneration Specialist

A leading national organisation is seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Reward Specialist to join its Human Resources team.

This role offers an exciting opportunity for an experienced compensation and benefits professional to play a key role in supporting and enhancing the organisations remuneration strategy. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring competitive and equitable reward practices conducting remuneration analysis managing benefits programmes and providing specialist reward advice to business stakeholders.

This position is ideally suited to a candidate who enjoys working with data influencing reward decisions and contributing to employee attraction and retention strategies within a large corporate environment.

• Support the implementation and administration of remuneration strategies and policies.
• Conduct salary benchmarking and market analysis to ensure external competitiveness.
• Analyse remuneration and benefits data identifying trends and recommending improvements.
• Support annual salary review bonus and incentive processes.
• Monitor internal equity and recommend corrective actions where necessary.
• Participate in compensation-related projects and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Manage and administer employee benefit programmes.
• Liaise with brokers consultants and service providers.
• Evaluate benefit offerings and recommend enhancements.
• Monitor service level agreements with external providers.

• Coordinate and support job grading and evaluation processes.
• Ensure consistency in grading methodologies and organisational structures.
• Assist in defining job levels and job families.

• Compile remuneration and benefits reports for management.
• Analyse reward-related data to identify trends and support business decision-making.
• Maintain accurate reward and grading information across systems.
• Prepare information required for audits and governance reporting.

• Partner with HR teams and business leaders on reward-related matters.
• Provide expert advice on remuneration benefits and grading practices.
• Support reward governance and compliance initiatives.

• Relevant Degree in Human Resources Business Finance Commerce or a related field.

• Minimum 35 years experience within a Compensation & Benefits Reward or Remuneration environment.
• Experience conducting salary benchmarking and remuneration analysis.
• Exposure to benefits administration and vendor management.
• Experience supporting annual salary review processes.
• Knowledge of job evaluation and grading principles.

• Strong analytical and numerical ability.
• Advanced attention to detail.
• Excellent reporting and data interpretation skills.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Sound understanding of South African labour legislation and employment practices.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills will be advantageous.
• High levels of professionalism confidentiality and integrity.

Experience gained within one or more of the following environments will be advantageous:

• FMCG
• Logistics
• Supply Chain
• Manufacturing
• Retail
• Large corporate organisations

• Opportunity to join a respected national organisation.
• Exposure to strategic reward and remuneration initiatives.
• A collaborative and professional work environment.
• Career growth within a specialist HR discipline.
• Competitive remuneration package aligned to experience.