Senior Manager, Rewards

Senior Manager, Total Rewards

Position Title: Senior Manager, Total Rewards

Location: Washington, DC or Baltimore, MD - Hybrid

Position Type: Regular Full-Time

Department: Global Human Resources

Salary Range: $85,000 - $136,000

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Position Summary: The Senior Manager, Total Rewards plays an essential role in supporting the organization's strategies designed to attract, motivate and retain talent. The Senior Manager is responsible for designing, implementing and managing Corus's total rewards approach, with a primary focus on global compensation and U.S. benefits administration. This position will collaborate with other Global HR team members to develop and implement effective benefits and compensation programs and provide needed guidance and thought partnership.

The Senior Manager will also maintain and track relevant HR data and analytics, using people-related technology systems to produce accurate and timely reports. Lastly, the Senior Manager will stay abreast of best practices and innovative trends with a mind toward program, policy and process improvement.

• In partnership with the Senior Director, manage Corus's global compensation program, policies and structures to include analyzing and administering compensation for US and international staff, maintaining compliance with local labor laws, tax regulations, and organizational policies.
• Conduct salary benchmarking, market analysis, and pay equity reviews to ensure external competitiveness and internal alignment; participate in salary surveys to obtain competitive market information to maintain equitable and competitive pay practices.
• Present compensation analysis findings to staff and/or senior leadership.
• Review new or modified position descriptions and perform job analyses to determine classification, market value, salary range, and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) status.
• Manage annual compensation programs/projects such as performance increases, bonuses and special market adjustments. Prepare and issue staff compensation adjustment/bonus letters.
• Work closely with global HR team members on a consistent approach to implementing Corus's compensation program, policies and structures; provide needed guidance and thought partnership.

• Manage US employee benefit programs including health, life, AD&D, long & short term disability (LTD/STD), workers compensation, retirement plans: 403(b) and 457(b), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), transit benefits, COBRA, and other ancillary benefits to include international benefits for expats and third country nationals, ensuring compliance with legal requirements and industry standards; assists employees with enrollments, changes, and other benefits-related needs.
• Manage and track all forms of employee extended leaves of absence usage, to include FMLA, STD, LTD, and DCPFL; serve as primary point of contact for staff needing to take a leave of absence; work with staff to inform them of leave benefits and ensure all forms are submitted, reviewed, and approved in a timely manner.
• Serve as the primary liaison with insurance carriers, benefits brokers and vendors; stays abreast of benefits trends; and recommends process improvements and/or plan design changes to enhance current benefits.
• Reconcile monthly invoices, verify calculations, and ensure prompt accurate payment to vendors to include resolving administrative problems.
• Partner with payroll to ensure accurate benefits and retirement deductions; conducts regular quality control checks to ensure alignment.
• Lead annual 5500 audits for health and wellness and retirement plans, performing needed plan testing and making needed adjustments throughout the year.
• Ensure plan documents are accurate and filed/communicated appropriately throughout the year.
• Lead the internal retirement plan committee in coordination with the retirement plan advisor.
• Manage the annual Open Enrollment (OE) process including HRIS self-service design and testing, OE communication, training, and audit of OE data; updates benefits plan summary guides and SharePoint site to reflect changes to benefits offered.
• Review and maintain benefits materials and conduct new employee benefits orientation.
• Assist in the exit process of employees to include calculating final benefits and timely termination of benefits.
• Draft appropriate benefits-related correspondence.
• Advise country offices on global benefit offerings as needed.

• Partner with Senior Director, Payroll and IT to ensure that human capital management (HCM) systems are effectively meeting the needs of HR and organization; identify and recommend areas for system improvements and changes; provide quality control of benefits data, payroll change notices, system audits, etc.
• Update salary and benefits changes via the HCM.
• Use HCM to produce accurate HR data, reports & metrics to include assessing the effectiveness of total rewards programs; prepare presentations, dashboards and…