Global Mobility and C&B Manager, APAC

Position Purpose

Part of the APAC Compensation & Benefits Centre of Excellence, the role will provide advice and support to HR stakeholders on the successful delivery of compensation and global mobility related activities. 

This role will also have supervisory responsibilities, managing a small team that oversees the Global Mobility activities in APAC. 

The role will support businesses and stakeholders operating across the Asia Pacific region.   The Asia Pacific region comprises of 13 locations - Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Key Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

Compensation Review Process (CRP)

• Provide support in all aspects of the CRP cycle as part of the APAC C&B team to local HR stakeholders
• In particular, during CRP this role will have specific business and/or function line coverage, which the role will work closely with the dedicated regional HRBP for their business/function line coverage. This includes supporting during the 
• Bonus calibration process
• Hierarchy building process
• Preparing analysis before and during the salary/bonus proposal phase (e.g. bonus forecasting, market benchmark trends and analysis)
• Support the HRBP to prepare for and attend the compensation committee meetings, as required
• Prepare for Announcement Day, and post-Announcement Day activities

Monitoring and Controls 

• Regularly monitors that operational control initiatives are sufficiently in place (e.g. CRP cycle activities; buy-outs; guaranteed bonuses; off-cycle compensation-related activities; sign-on awards; Leaver-type status records; general data accuracy and integrity)
• Monitor the delivery of CRP with a mindfulness to ensure both the region and local HR teams are operating within the control plan relating to CRP controls

Global Mobility

• Be the primary contact to coordinate, communicate and liaise with local HR and C&B teams on Global Mobility related topics
• Oversee the delivery, and implementation of BNPP’s Global Mobility programs in APAC, and ensuring the polices executed in-line with the relevant policies and procedures. 
• Provide technical advice and support to APAC HR community relating to relevant policies and procedures, tax-related matters, social security and pension-related matters.
• Review and provide feedback on expat proposals, Local-to-Local proposals, and Short-Term Assignment proposals, as required
• Prepare package calculation requests and exceptional approval request to GHR-GASC, and expat package requests, as required
• Supervise 1 staff that focuses on the delivery of Expat administration and management of Inbound/Outbound of staff and associated benefit-in-kind administrative activities

Other Activities

• Review and evaluate compensation and global mobility policies and practice 
• Handle ad hoc compensation and global mobility initiatives
• Serve as a regional support for technical compensation and benefits queries to ensure alignment to global/regional processes and procedures, taking into consideration local requirements as necessary.
• Work collaboratively with local, regional and global teams on compensation and global mobility projects as required

Contributing Responsibilities

Contribute to the development of tools, policies and procedures, and reference materials to enable a consistent approach taken within APAC, and to BNPP Group’s policies and practices

Collaborate with local HR, and HR from head office to ensure alignment in process, and general sharing of information; ensuring that process controls are met and maintained at both local and regional levels

Provide support on transversal projects that may require regional expertise or contributing skillset (e.g. analytics/metrics, special projects, cross-functional/inter-departmental working groups, etc.)

Leverage experiences obtained from regional scope to contribute and share knowledge across HR community – at regional level, and globally

Competencies (Technical / Behavioral)

• Demonstrates ability to manage carefully, and be trusted with highly sensitive and confidential information
• Analytical Ability and Data Management Skills: Able to handle large data sets and translate the information into relevant analysis, and present in a manner that supports decision-making, or to identify various conclusions. Demonstrates ability to manage sensitive and confidential information
• Project Management skills, including being well-organized, and able to prioritize activities in order to adapt to fast-paced, and a deadline-oriented environment 
• Client-focused – demonstrates personal commitment to delivering on requests; provides recommendations and suggests alternatives when appropriate to support the request 
• Possesses a natural innate ability to be curious and is open to change; able to share ideas and ask questions to enable innovation with a purpose; leverages on feedback received to improve and exceed expectations on delivery of results
• Demonstrates collaborative and collegial behavior; spends time developing positive relationships with others; working with colleagues to build on team success 
• Ability to work independently, and able to take ownership of issues and concerns to engage relevant stakeholders to resolve
• Proven ability in understanding and hand-on experience operating in a complex business, and/or matrix environment whilst dealing with country specific issues and requirements

Experience and qualifications required

• Preference towards bachelor’s degree, or higher with a focus in Human Resources, Business, Finance/Accounting
• A minimum of 8 years of relevant experience, with experience in compensation management, global mobility operations or plan design, and tax will be an advantage
• Experience working in a regional or global scope is strongly preferred
• Technical knowledge of international tax topics and social security topics; familiarity with immigration matters particularly with obtaining valid work credentials
• Demonstrates ability to successfully lead and manage a small team
• Advanced Excel skills, Word, and PowerPoint will be a key asset in the role
• Proficiency in spoken and written English

About BNP PARIBAS

As the leading European Union bank, and one of the world’s largest financial institutions with an uninterrupted presence in the region since 1860, BNP Paribas offers a wide range of financial services for corporate, institutional and private investors spanning corporate and institutional banking, wealth management, asset management and insurance. 

We passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued and encourage applicants of all backgrounds, including diversity of origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion applicants who may be living with a disability. We have a number of internal employee networks in place to empower our staff to act and challenge the status quo.

• BNP Paribas PRIDE is highly active in favour of the LGBTQIA+ community

• BNP Paribas MixCity which fosters better representation of women at all levels of the organization

• Ability, the mutual aid network for employees with a disability or a disabling or chronic illness

• BNP Paribas CulturAll which celebrates diverse backgrounds

BNP is committed to financing a carbon-neutral economy by 2050. The Group is a founding member of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance and has set up its own Low Carbon Transition Group to support its clients through their energy transitions.

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