Job Details
Are you
- Looking for a great career opportunity with growth opportunities within a global organization and multiple locations?
- Goal-oriented and do you feel energized by a high-growth manufacturing company in the building industry?
Our client, YKK-AP, a global leading company in the building and construction industry, is seeking a Total Rewards Manager to join the company s HR Team at their North-American headquarters in downtown Atlanta. (this is an onsite position!)
The company is known for high-profile projects such as its work on the 9/11 memorial site in New York City, as well as its products for the commercial and residential building market.
As the Total Rewards Manager you will lead the Benefits, Compensation & Payroll functions to support the US and Canadian business units. This role directly supervises day-to-day benefit and payroll administration.
Responsibilities
- Manage a team of 2 reports.
- Create, implement, and oversee adaptable and scalable compensation and benefits policies/programs.
- Contribute to creating and implementing a differentiated employee experience strategy that touches all points of the employee lifecycle in collaboration with the full HR function and leadership.
- Help establish quantitative and qualitative metrics, guidelines, and standards to measure efficiency and effectiveness that can be evaluated; identify opportunities for improvement.
- Create a compensation strategy that includes accurate job titles, job descriptions, job families, job grades, salary ranges (updated annually), external benchmarks, etc. and aligns on expectations and compensation/benefit packages.
- Create and maintain appropriate salary ranges for all US & Canada positions; ensure set up and maintenance salary structure.
- Create and educate leaders on base compensation structure, include pay grades, bands, scales, and mixes of all salaried structures.
- Investigates and recommends resolution on classification questions and Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA) exemptions.
- Administer our compensation programs. Market price roles and audit pay practices to ensure alignment with internal protocols as well as Federal, State and Local laws.
- Partner with other areas of the business when they need Total Reward s input or assist them in their support of the organization.
- Oversee and administer YKK AP s benefit and compensation programs including, but not limited to, medical, dental, disability, pre-tax accounts, 401(k), variable pay compensation. Plans may be self-funded and/or fully-insured.
- Collaborate with 3rd party vendors, to study and provide strategic directions to employee retirement plans and various benefits programs
- Recommend new and/or improved employee benefit plans and cost-savings measures.
- Manage annual benefits renewal and open enrollment activities including creating communications, educational tools and leading meetings.
- Manage HRIS set up for benefits and compensation related processes and offerings, including conducting periodic audits.
- Oversees FMLA and disability administration; play a key role with local HR partners in the education and coordination of leaves.
- Maintain compliance with company, federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and recommended best practices; periodically review policies and practices to maintain compliance. This includes distributing required notices as needed.
- Oversee the annual creation and processing of ACA compliance items such as the 1095c forms at year-end
- Provides excellent service by accurately responding to employee and management inquiries in a timely and professional manner.
- Demonstrate continuous efforts to improve operations, streamline work processes and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality team member support.
- Support the broader HR team.
- Complete ongoing reporting requests as needed.
What We Expect from You
Your experience & education
- Bachelor s degree
- Preferred certifications: SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP, Certified Payroll Professional (CPP), Certified Compensation Professional (CCP), CP, Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS), Compensation Management Specialist (CMS) certifications.
- 10+ years of progressive compensation and benefits design with full scope benefits administration including health, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, life, and disability plans.
- 5+ years of payroll processing/oversight experience, required.
- Experience in a manufacturing company at the corporate level with knowledge of production plants.
- Strong working knowledge of benefit laws and government regulations including, ERISA, HIPAA, FMLA, COBRA and ACA.
- Experience in self-insured and fully insured benefits plans.
- Experience working with 401(k) and deferred compensation plans.
- Exceptional knowledge of Excel and working knowledge of other MS office platforms.
Skills, Traits & Style
- Proficient computer skills with Microsoft Office suite and knowledge of HRIS system (UKG/SuccessFactors), required.
- Excellent verbal and written communication, interpersonal and conflict resolution abilities, and time management skills; ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
- Comfortable working in an international work environment.
- A hands-on, open-minded, versatile, enthusiastic can-do attitude while embracing continuous learning.
What We Offer Is More Than Just a Job
- Competitive compensation and benefits package.
- The opportunity to join a high-growth and very successful industry-leading company with a global footprint.
About YKK-AP
As the North American arm of the global YKK AP group of companies, YKK AP America is a technology-oriented manufacturer of commercial facade systems and residential doors and windows. With every finished good, we push the boundaries in next-generation manufacturing. With every architectural application, we create new value. Combined with our close customer connections, this forward-thinking approach enables us to offer the latest in comfort and energy conservation for a more sustainable society. Our subsidiary brand, Erie Architectural Products, partners with glazing contractors to design, test, and engineer building envelope solutions for large-scale projects using its ENVIRO|FACADES curtain wall systems.