Reward Manager – Executive

Executive Compensation Manager

Location:

100 Victoria Embankment (London), Kingston (new sustainable campus upcoming). Full-time.

Business function:
Reward. Work-level: 2A. Seniority:
Mid‑Senior level.

This role provides support on all executive reward matters, including preparation for Remuneration Committee meetings, managing the production of the annual Directors’ Remuneration Report, and supporting shareholder engagement.

• Support all aspects of governance around executive pay, including planning for Remuneration Committee meetings, drafting papers, and preparing pre‑read and supporting data and analysis for alignment meetings with key stakeholders.
• Manage the end‑to‑end process for 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 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 monitor the external landscape, keeping up‑to‑date on relevant legislation relating to reward issues and emerging trends and pioneering reward practices.
• Contribute to global reward projects as required, supporting continuous improvement and innovation across the reward function.

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

Experience: 3‑4 years in reward function with strong understanding of global reward policies, practices, pay benchmarking and short/long‑term incentives. Prior experience in executive compensation (in‑house or consulting) desirable.

• Pro‑active and curious: self‑reliant approach to problems, comfortable with complexity and ambiguity.
• Communication: articulate with strong written and verbal skills, conveys complex information clearly.
• Analytical: strong numerical and problem‑solving skills, keen attention to detail.
• Financial: understands business performance measures and financial instruments such as share plans.
• Stakeholder Management: manages and influences stakeholders at all levels, experience with diverse partners.
• Planning & Organisation: manages high volume of work, conflicting priorities, delivering results on time.
• Collaboration: works effectively in team environment and cross‑functional teams.
• IT
  
  Skills:
  
  advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; knowledge of Workday useful.

• CHROs on the HR Leadership Team and their HR teams within the Business Groups
• Reward Leadership Team
• Business leaders including ULE
• Talent, Performance & OD&A team
• Global Performance Management finance team
• Head of Incentives and Pay Transparency
• Reward BPs in the field
• Other specialist teams (Communications, Investor Relations, Tax and Legal/CoSec)
• Internal operational partners (PEX, payroll, global equity)
• External partners (Remuneration Committee advisers – PwC, tax advisers – EY & Deloitte, auditors – KPMG, legal advisers – Linklaters, Clifford Chance)

In September 2020, Unilever announced the intention to build a new sustainable campus site in Kingston, London. This will house some employees from 100 Victoria Embankment in Blackfriars together with…