Remuneration & Benefits Manager

Remuneration & Benefits Manager

Full-Time 134190 - 164010 $ / year (est.) Hybrid
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At a Glance

  • Tasks: Lead remuneration strategies and provide expert advice in a complex workforce environment.
  • Company: Join a highly regarded organisation with a diverse workforce and a purpose-driven culture.
  • Benefits: Attractive salary packaging, flexible hybrid work, and genuine career growth opportunities.
  • Other info: Dynamic role with broad stakeholder exposure and significant impact on workforce strategy.
  • Why this job: Shape a specialised Reward portfolio and influence remuneration strategies for 10,000+ employees.
  • Qualifications: Experience in Remuneration or Compensation & Benefits with strong analytical skills.

The predicted salary is between 134190 - 164010 $ per year.

Our client is a highly regarded organisation with a large and diverse workforce operating across multiple locations. With continued workforce growth and an increasing focus on reward and workforce strategy, this is an exciting opportunity to join a People & Culture team that is driving meaningful change.

The Opportunity

Reporting to an experienced People & Culture leader, this role sits within a specialist advisory function. It offers a rare opportunity to combine remuneration, benefits, benchmarking, job evaluation and industrial remuneration support in a highly complex environment. This is a standalone position responsible for providing expert advice across a large workforce spanning award, enterprise agreement and non-award populations. You'll partner closely with People & Culture, senior leaders and executives while balancing both strategic initiatives and operational delivery.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Providing remuneration advice across a complex workforce environment
  • Leading role evaluation and job sizing activities using Mercer methodologies
  • Conducting market benchmarking and remuneration analysis
  • Supporting remuneration frameworks, salary structures and governance processes
  • Partnering with stakeholders on pay positioning, internal equity and workforce planning initiatives
  • Providing insights across award, enterprise agreement and non-award remuneration matters
  • Supporting annual remuneration review activities and broader reward projects
  • Reviewing and enhancing employee benefits offerings and market competitiveness
  • Delivering workforce analytics and reporting through Dayforce and other systems
  • Contributing to ongoing transformation and process improvement initiatives

About You

You are an experienced Reward, Remuneration or Compensation & Benefits professional who enjoys partnering with senior stakeholders and providing expert advice across complex workforce and industrial environments. You will ideally bring:

  • Experience within Remuneration, Reward or Compensation & Benefits
  • Strong remuneration benchmarking and job evaluation experience
  • Exposure to Mercer job evaluation methodologies
  • Experience supporting award and/or enterprise agreement environments
  • Strong analytical capability and confidence working with remuneration data
  • The ability to influence and advise senior stakeholders
  • Experience navigating large, complex and highly regulated organisations
  • A hands-on approach combined with strategic thinking

Experience within Healthcare, Community Services, NFP, Government or other complex workforce environments will be highly regarded.

What's on Offer?

  • Rare opportunity to own and shape a specialised Reward portfolio
  • Exposure to a highly complex workforce of 10,000+ employees
  • Significant scope to influence remuneration strategy and frameworks
  • Broad stakeholder exposure, including executive leadership
  • Diverse mix of strategic projects and operational reward work
  • Attractive salary packaging benefits
  • Flexible hybrid working model (3 office days, 2 days from home)
  • Purpose-driven culture with genuine career growth opportunities
  • Stable permanent opportunity with strong long-term prospects

Tandem Partners is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Remuneration & Benefits Manager employer: Tandem Partners

Join a dynamic organisation that prioritises its people and fosters a collaborative, high-performing culture. As a Manager in People Operations, you'll have the chance to lead a talented team while influencing key business strategies in a complex environment. With a strong focus on employee growth and development, this role offers unique opportunities to drive meaningful change and contribute to the ongoing evolution of the workplace.

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Contact Details:

Tandem Partners Recruitment Team

We think you need these skills to ace Remuneration & Benefits Manager

Remuneration Benchmarking
Job Evaluation
Mercer Methodologies
Analytical Capability
Stakeholder Engagement
Compensation & Benefits Expertise
Market Analysis