Senior Specialist GBS HR Services - Compensation

at  Adidas

KEY RELATIONSHIPS:

• HR Rewards
• HR Services teams
• HR Experts
• HR Partners
• GBS Finance and Controlling
• External authorities, consultants, and suppliers

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Previous working experience as a Compensation Specialist
• Advanced knowledge of compensation management principles and practices
• Ability to gather and analyze statistical data and generate reports
• Database management skills
• Knowledge of statistical sampling and survey methodology
• Good level of affinity to and experience with Business computing solutions, ideally with SAP HR
• Very good analytical skills, detail-oriented and problem-solving work style
• Highly results driven and self-motivated team player mentality
• Good communication skills
• Strong customer focus and service minded
• International mind-set, experience as part of a geographically & culturally diverse team
• Ability to work under pressure and to prioritize tasks in order of importance
• Curious and growth mindset; keen to learn and approach subjects outside of comfort zone

REQUISITE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE / MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• University degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance or similar
• 4+ years relevant working experience in a multi-national environment, preferably within HR Rewards/Compensations
• Very good command of English
• Strong knowledge of MS-Office applications (Advanced Excel)
• Fully qualified/trained in job, deep knowledge in HR Shared Service set-up

PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANISATION:

Within the framework of HR Services, we are providing excellent services and business competence regarding all HR Services related processes. As HR Services strives to combine competent and professional business partnering with a constant enhancement of services in an efficient and value-adding way, the role is vitally supporting this target by following key responsibilities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform general and more complex administration of HR Services tools, programs, and processes on a European and partially on a global level
• Direct support to Team Lead in HR Compensation topics (HR requests, dispatching, auditing, improvements, problem solving)
• Be a contact person and provide professional advice, expertise and service excellence for the HR community and relevant stakeholders regarding general and more complex HR Compensation topics.
• Provide consistent information to employees on HR Compensation topics according to the process and knowledge data base
• Handle standard and complex inquiries & support through ticket service, email or via phone (if required).
• Timely execute HR Compensation related general and complex tasks according to defined processes, timetables, and service levels in compliance with applicable policies (local, regional, or global) and work agreements.
• Coordinate preparation of data and system audits and execute accordingly
• Coordinate the implementation and monitoring of defined internal controls
• Contribute to continuous improvement of HR Compensation procedures, processes, and respective documentation incl. mapped processes and knowledge base articles
• Ensure correct execution of laws and regulations with regards to specific employee master data and organizational data according to defined procedures
• Providing input for communication of standards, procedures and processes to employees and internal customers
• Participate regularly in workshops and meetings held by subject matter experts
• Prepare training material and carry out trainings on HR Compensation topics
• Act as a role model in compliance with the relevant laws and regulations as well as adidas’ Fair Play Code of Conduct and other internal policies and company agreement