Reward Manager – Executive Compensation

Job Title:Executive Compensation Manager

Business Function: Reward

Location: 100VE

• Support on all aspects of governance around executive pay, including planning for Remuneration Committee meetings and drafting papers and preparing pre-read and supporting data and analysis for alignment meetings with key stakeholders.

• Manage of the end-to-end process in relation to the preparation of the annual Directors’ Remuneration Report, collecting and validating data inputs, gathering input from internal and external partners, drafting the report narrative and working with the external auditors to provide supporting data.

• Support the Head of Executive Compensation with all aspects of shareholder/ proxy engagement, including research on shareholders, preparing supporting materials for consultation meetings, analysing outputs from shareholder discussions, reviewing proxy reports, responding to questions and preparing for the AGM. 

• Review the effectiveness of the Remuneration Policy and its operation annually to assure compliance and alignment with standard process and good corporate governance. 

• Input into executive short- and long-term incentive scheme design and implementation.

• Oversee Non-Executive Directors’ fee administration including annual benchmarking process and payroll operations.

• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders such as the ULE, HRLT, Legal, Finance, PEX and the Reward team.

• Pro-actively monitoring the external landscape, both in terms of keeping up-to-date on relevant legislation relating to reward issues (e.g. tax, share plans, pensions) as well as emerging trends, hot topics and pioneering reward practices. 

• Contribute to global reward projects as required, in support of continuous improvement and innovation across the reward function.

Expected to demonstrate high level of accountability and ownership on individual role remit, working directly with internal partners and external advisers and working alongside other members of the Executive Compensation team and wider reward team.

Problems are technical (design and operational), human (wide stakeholder influence), financial (high impact for ED & ULE level roles; also financial KPIs under bonus/long-term incentives), size and complexity of organisation (~130k employees across multiple geographies and functions) and legal and regulatory (plc governance and local statutory requirements).

Will need to be comfortable navigating high levels of change internally and externally.

Operational delivery is typically across a year.

Experience: 3-4 years of relevant experience in reward function, with a strong understanding of global reward policies, practices, pay benchmarking and short/long-term incentives.  Ideally some prior experience working in executive compensation either in-house or in a consulting environment, including UK plc listed remuneration governance, but this is desirable not essential.

Pro-active and curious: takes a self-reliant approach to solving problems, comfortable dealing with complexity and ambiguity, takes individual accountability for the delivery of outcomes.

Communication: Articulate with strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to convey complex information clearly and concisely. 

Analytical: Strong analytical, numerical and problem-solving skills, with excellent attention to detail as well as being able to interpret data and insights to apply the bigger strategic context.

Financial: Able to understand business performance measures and results and financial instruments, e.g. share plans.

Stakeholder Management: ability to manage and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organisation; experience successfully managing a diverse range of partners, external and internal.

Planning & Organisation: Strong planning, organisation and project management skills, with the ability to manage high volume of work and conflicting priorities, deliver results within deadlines and hold wider cross functional teams accountable for their actions.

Collaboration: Ability to work effectively in a team environment and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

IT skills: advanced Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint.  Knowledge of Workday would also be useful.

NOTES

Location

In September 2020, Unilever announced the intention to build a new sustainable campus site in Kingston, London. This site will house some employees who currently work in 100 Victoria Embankment in Blackfriars together with colleagues who are currentlylocatedin Lever House in Kingston. We are excited to be creating our own Unilever sustainable, agile work environment. The campus is due to be completed in 2026.

What We Offer

Not only do we offer a competitive salary and pension scheme,wealso offer an annual bonus,subsidised gym membership, a discounted staff shop and shares.You’llhave the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment.

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We are a key advocate of wellbeing and offer a variety of support for our people including hubs,programmesand development opportunities. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace andto, above all, createpossibilities for all.

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creatingpossibilitiesand growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, including about our Employee Resource Groups,please click hereEquity, Diversity & Inclusion at Unilever | Unilever.

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