Job Description:

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world’s largest news-gathering operations globally. It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America’s largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron’s, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Investor’s Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, OPIS and Chemical Market Analytics. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Compensation Manager to assist our compensation team in developing, implementing, and administering a comprehensive range of compensation programs across the EMEA region. You will report to the Director of Compensation based in the US. You will be the subject matter expert on the Company’s compensation structure, policies, and procedures specializing in the region. You must have an understanding of the evolving job market and the fluidity of job roles, applicable laws and regulations. Experience working with Compensation data in countries with Workers Councils or Collective Bargaining Agreements will be essential. Additionally, you will play an important role in year-end processes and will have direct interaction with senior-level executives. Data integrity skills are necessary for success in this position.

You Will:

• Responsible for researching, analyzing and developing local, regional and international compensation plans to maintain competitiveness in terms of pay practice.
• Review and provide thoughtful and holistic recommendations in pay for new hires, promotions, and pay adjustments; use best practices in pay and compensation.
• Be the main point of contact and advisor by supporting the local office Leadership Team in London and Barcelona.
• Responsible for remuneration analysis and country-specific pay gap reporting requirements e.g. UK Pay Gap and Spanish Gender Pay and Transparency reporting.
• Handle ongoing job analysis, job evaluation and market pricing of global positions including positions in APAC region.
• Conduct equity analysis of roles in response to changing organizational needs, market values and geographic differentials.
• Ensure all roles follow our job architecture and we’re maintaining the integrity of the structure within the Workday system. Supporting the People team to raise awareness of this across the leadership team.
• Analyze Dow Jones global pay practices and provide summaries on pay including trends on business spend, allocations of higher merit increases and provide metrics on our pay trends globally.
• Support the Global Mobility Lead to refine and improve internal processes for hires, transfers and secondments with clear and consistent working practices.
• Establish internal working relationships and support People team members and COEs (i.e. EMEA Benefits team, Payroll team, HRBP’s, and HR Associates )
• Manage survey requirements.

You Have:

• 7+ years of relevant compensation experience
• Comprehension of the facets of Human Resources including Total Rewards, Talent Acquisition, Business Partners, Training, and Organizational Development. It is important that you are familiar with how these teams operate cohesivelyDemonstrated experience of independently taking ownership of your work and solving problems independentlyFamiliarity with labor legislation and the pay transparency directives across the EU and the UK
• Knowledge of annual salary and bonus processes including corporate bonus structures and sales incentive compensation plans
• Experience evaluating markets and trends affecting compensation.
• Demonstrated experience with the full employee lifecycle (recruiting - termination)
• Familiar with Compensation tools such as MarketPay, Workday or similar
• Experience with reporting/analytical tools, i.e. Excel (can perform complex functions and formulas) , Google Sheets
• Working knowledge of US and international compensation.
• Experience working with Compensation data in countries with Workers Councils or Collective Bargaining Agreements
• Proven experience making recommendations for country-specific challenges and able to mitigate risks to the business
• People Business Partner and/or Recruiting experience is a plus

Benefits

Comprehensive Medical Insurance Plans

Retirement Benefits

Fitness Reimbursement Program

Back Childcare Reimbursement and many more

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Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones, Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at [email protected]. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.

Business Area:

Dow Jones - People

Job Category:

Human Resources

Union Status:

Non-Union role