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Location

Bury, Greater Manchester | United Kingdom

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Job description

Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni-channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 60,000 colleagues and over 3,400 stores across several retail fascias in over 30 markets around the world.

JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019 and continues to grow in the UK and internationally.

We want to be the leading global omnichannel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry. To be a part of this successful company and help us to achieve this you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people-led, innovative and customer-focused organisation which provides operational excellence whilst identifying new areas of growth as part of our day to day objectives.

Compensation, Benefits & HRIS Specialist

Responsible to:

European HRIS Solution Lead

Department:

People Operations

Location:

Bury, Manchester

Hours:

Full time 40 Hours

Role Overview:

Advance the People Teams impact by championing Compensation and Benefits as part of HRIS programme. Enabling clusters of European countries go live with a single solution, aimed at positioning JD as an employer of choice.

The JD People team puts the colleague at the heart of what we do to develop a level of service that emulates the JD brand and maximises colleague experience.

We are looking for a Compensation, Benefits & HRIS specialist, to govern how these interact with and leverage all other system areas with a strong understanding of benefit structures, total reward, variable pay and incentives, and compensation. You will consult and provide guidance on Compensation and Benefits design for our HRIS solution, providing expertise and guidance on the benefits of automating and standardising these functionalities.

Key Duties/Responsibilities:

• Create a benefit workflow and selection process as necessary.
• Design total reward statements
• Create benefit booklets and documentation for all European territories
• Partner in the design, development, and administration of employee benefit programs such as life insurance; pension plans; voluntary benefits; bonus, LTIP salary sacrifice and benefits related to government programs in all regions of the project.

• Manages the communications related to employee benefits and compensation activities, including preparing and conducting presentations for Sr. Leaders and the Organization. Develops effective employee communications to improve understanding of benefit plans.
• Ensures full compliance with all legislation and company regulations, reporting and filing requirements relating to all benefit plans. Ensures timely communications to senior management in advance of any compliance concerns and issues.
• Manages the design of the auto-enrolment process for all benefit and pension programs, including the development of timelines, communication plan across our Europe
• Partners with other members of People, Finance, and Management to ensure all programs are accurate within the HRIS solution.
• Acts as a key link to the in house reward team, designing compensation and benefits systemic solutions inline with the Group reward roadmap

• Prepares a pay review and bonus compensation tool that systemically helps to deliver a compliant fair and auditable pay review process
• Works on compensation and benefits projects for all divisions in Europe. Investigates and provides recommendations on new compensation and benefits programs in different regions where the company operates.

Skills/Experience/Knowledge needed:

• Experience working with clients, internal or external, to identify and provide compensation and benefits knowledge for large projects.
• Participates in analysis discussions to ensure the solution requirements match the system setup.
• Creates and maintains standard operating procedure implementing Benefits Programs.

• Ability to manage work, lead a workstream, and mentor junior team members
• 3+ years of experience in Compensation and Benefits Maintenance.
• Previous experience in deploying HRIS solutions across multiple territories beneficial.
• Elevated level of attention to detail with strong administrative and organisational skills and be able to prioritise your own and your team’s workload.
• Must be methodical and be able to work to strict deadlines.
• Have an awareness of GDPR and be able to act with absolute discretion and confidentiality

We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits:

• Staff Discount On JD Group and other brands within the organisation
• Pension Scheme
• Flexible Working Hours
• Health plans – Depending on level of role
• Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work.

Due to the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it takes time to review them all. If you don't hear back within two weeks of you applying, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful on this occasion

Applications that meet the skills criteria will be contacted for a 1st stage meeting with the talent team. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview with the hiring manager.

Thank you again for your time.

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