Compensation & Benefits and Payroll Lead

About the role

The People Operations & Reward Team is the foundation of our People function, with strong, robust and efficient operations and with an evolving reward approach we create a meaningful employee experience. To support our growth we are looking for an (International) Comp & Ben Lead (who would oversee payroll as well) to strengthen this team.

In this Lead C&B and Payroll role you are end to end responsible for the compensation & benefits strategy and implementation across all Catawiki countries as well as managing the regular benchmark exercises in partnering with our external partners. In addition, you are also responsible for the payroll team who is collecting and providing payroll data to the local payroll providers and reviewing the completed payroll reports in collaboration with our payroll providers. Currently our Catawikians are based in 8 European countries, a few countries outside Europe and we are expanding further on a global level.

What you’ll do

• Re-define the Total Reward strategy for the next years
• Create, document and maintain clear policies on compensation and benefits, and manage the various vendors 
• Ensure compensation and benefits is compliant with local regulations by regularly connecting with external partners (employment law specialists)
• Hold annual compensation and benchmarking reviews with our external providers
• Monitor administrative costs of benefits programs and recommend cost containment strategies, including alternative methods for administration and funding.
• Communicate all benefits to the company: design and distribute materials for benefits orientations, open enrollment and summary plan descriptions.
• Oversee and manage relocation requests and impact on total employee package when relocations are approved
• Implement regular data checks to ensure we are aligned with our DE&I commitments
• Facilitate comparing all the various job titles and salary ranges to ensure any pay differences are justified for new and existing employees
• Manage the payroll team members and manage any escalations that might arise.
• Work together with the other members of the People Operations & Reward Team to implement automation, innovation and any continuous improvements around the payroll processing and reporting.
  

What you’ll bring

You have minimum of 5 years of work experience in Compensation & Benefits (and overall >7 years working in HR functions), within a commercial and international oriented organization AND:

• Ability to identify and mitigate (compliance) risks with labour law
• A data driven mindset
• Ability to collaborate and work in a team environment, as well as independently while adhering to processes and procedures
• A proactive, flexible and service oriented approach
• Excellent listening and communication skills, accurate and a high level of integrity. 
• A multitasker who can prioritise to meet deadlines
• Ideally (but not a must) experience managing small teams
• Fluent in English and Dutch, both spoken and written
• Experience in working with Workday is preferred.