Regional Compensation

About the company:

My client is a fast-growing Malaysian organisation with a strong nationwide presence and a focus on delivering high-quality products and customer experiences. With continuous expansion and an ambitious growth roadmap, they are looking for talented individuals to join them and contribute to the next stage of their development.

Responsibilities:

1. Compensation & Benefits

• Develop and maintain a regional approach to compensation that aligns with business goals and remains competitive in the market.
• Review and enhance reward initiatives to support performance, employee retention, and the development of critical capabilities as the organisation grows.
• Oversee the annual salary review cycle, including budget planning, guideline development, and calibration with leadership teams.
• Carry out market benchmarking, job assessments, pay structure reviews, and analysis of internal equity issues.
• Manage a range of incentive plans and variable pay arrangements.
• Review compensation for senior roles and recommend alignment across the region where appropriate.
• Maintain job families, career pathways, and grading structures, ensuring HR teams and business leaders understand how to apply them effectively.
• Lead the design and administration of benefits such as medical coverage, insurance, wellness initiatives, leave schemes, and other statutory entitlements across multiple countries.
• Work closely with insurance brokers and external partners to negotiate competitive benefit plans.
• Support the alignment of benefits across different markets and ensure governance standards are met.
• Track benefit utilisation and overall cost to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Review policies and support updates to employee handbooks, including travel and allowance guidelines, flexible benefits, and claims processes, ensuring consistency across regions where feasible.

2. Global Mobility

• Develop and manage policies for various international assignment types, including short-term, long-term, and business travel arrangements.
• Manage the full cycle for expatriates, including package design, cost planning, immigration and work pass coordination, relocation support, housing and schooling arrangements, and compliance with tax and social security requirements.
• Provide guidance to leaders on cross-border moves, localisation considerations, and mobility-related decisions.
• Oversee relationships with external partners such as relocation vendors, tax advisors, and immigration consultants.

3. Stakeholder Management

• Collaborate with HR teams in each country to roll out reward and mobility initiatives tailored to local needs.
• Present proposals and insights to senior leadership and support people-related aspects of business expansion into new markets.
• Serve as the primary subject matter expert for compensation, benefits, and mobility topics across the organisation.

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree in Human Resources, Business, Psychology, or another related discipline.
• 8–12 years of experience in rewards and global mobility, including at least two years in a regional or leadership capacity.
• Background in industries such as F&B, retail, FMCG, or fast-growing multi-market environments is preferred.
• Experience in consulting or professional services is an advantage.

Skills & Attributes

• Strong analytical capability and comfort working with financial models.
• Solid knowledge of job evaluation methods and market benchmarking.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to think strategically.
• Resilient, adaptable, and comfortable navigating a fast-changing, matrix environment.
• High level of integrity and a strong sense of governance and confidentiality.
• Highly organised, able to juggle multiple priorities across different countries.