Manager, Compensation

Firm Summary

White & Case is an elite global law firm serving leading companies, financial institutions and governments worldwide. Our long history as an international firm means we are perfectly placed to help our clients resolve their most complex legal challenges wherever they may be.

With lawyers operating from more than 40 locations, working in virtually every country of the world, we have invested heavily in building a high-quality full-service practice competing at the top of the market. We are distinguished by our on-the-ground presence in the world’s key financial markets and our strengths in handling complex cross-border work.

It’s not just about our global network of offices; it’s the global interconnectedness of the Firm that our people, and our clients, value most. We work well together across geographic and practice boundaries. It’s one of the reasons we attract and retain cross-border work.

Our lawyers are globally minded, enterprising, collaborative and committed to excellence. Our people represent 90 nationalities and speak 80 languages.

Position Summary

As a member of our Compensation team, you will be a subject matter expert in all aspects of compensation.  You will work with the Compensation team, HR Operations teams to help deliver core processes and will work hard to ensure that the HR Business Partner teams are equipped with the tools to deliver to their clients and prioritize a high quality employee experience.

The successful candidate will play a key role in the various global compensation reviews and also have responsibility for leading and/or participating in a number of other compensation related projects and processes as they arise, including compensation policies, pay transparency and communications.

Candidates for this role should have a strong compensation analytics background as well as highly developed stakeholder management skills and excellent communication skills. The successful individual will enjoy frequent interaction with stakeholders across all levels of seniority but will also pursue high quality operational excellence using expert level excel understanding to maximum effect. 

Deep knowledge of compensation practices across the Americas region is a given, but candidates will also be expected to have experience of working across other regions, so global experience will be vital.  This is a highly involved role by virtue of the numbers of countries and senior level stakeholders the candidate would liaise with and would suit an individual looking to work within a complex matrixed environment. 
 

Duties and Accountabilities1

Primary responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Provides expert advice to leadership teams across the business on Reward matters, including compensation and remuneration policies to ensure competitive positioning
• Utilizes comprehensive knowledge of Compensation to address complex issues and challenges without clear precedent, balancing global consistency with local relevance
• Provides in-depth specialist advice to the business on Reward topics and policies, such as Compensation strategy, benchmarking, job evaluation, pay transparency and reward communications
• Leads as a project manager, providing technical knowledge specialized expertise of Reward disciplines to help enact transformational change and implement People-related initiative
  
• Serves as an escalated point of contact within the team, taking on complex employee queries and Reward cases and providing innovative insights and recommendations to resolve issues fairly and efficiently
• Leads collaboration with teams across the business to successfully implement Reward programs and initiatives, setting the standard of operational excellence within the team
• Direct operational management of aspects of the annual global compensation reviews from critical preparation activity in system development, communications and budget setting through to supporting HR colleagues and stakeholders across the firm with decision making to deliver appropriate salary increases, bonus awards and exception management.
• Leads the global pay transparency, including EU Pay Transparency Directive readiness, and oversees the global compensation policy management efforts for the firm