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Asst. Vice President - Compensation Benefits and HR Operations

TotalEnergies·Posted 4 weeks ago

Location

All India

Experience

15–20 years

Required Skills

Incentive ProgramsStakeholder ManagementPeople LeadershipComp Strategy DesignBenchmarking Market DataMerit BudgetingPayroll OperationsEmployee Lifecycle E2EHRIS DataInfluence Executive CommunicationDecision Quality JudgmentProgramChange ManagementCustomer OrientationAnalytical RigorIntegrity ConfidentialityResilience Prioritization

About the Role

Role Overview:
You will be the Assistant Vice President of Compensation & Benefits and HR Operations, responsible for leading and governing the end-to-end Total Rewards, Payroll, and HR Operations ecosystem. Your role will involve ensuring seamless, compliant, and scalable people processes aligned with the business strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

  • • Define compensation philosophy, salary structures, merit cycles, incentives, and benchmarking across 11 entities with 570+ employees and expats.

  • • Oversee accurate and compliant payroll for 570+ employees, manage payroll budget, controls, audits, expat payroll, and Finance alignment.

  • • Design and optimize insurance, retirement, gratuity, and welfare programs; lead vendor negotiations and claims governance.

  • • Own end-to-end employee lifecycle, HRIS integrity, SOPs, controls, and process digitization.

  • • Ensure statutory compliance across 8+ states and 15+ labor statutes; manage filings, audits, inspections, and documentation.

  • • Deliver people cost analytics, dashboards, manpower forecasting, and execute annual capital increases.

  • • Drive automation, system integration, and continuous improvement across C&B, payroll, and HR operations.

  • • Act as a central liaison with leadership, Finance, Audit, Legal, regional/global teams, and external partners.

  • • Lead and develop C&B, Payroll, and HR Operations teams; build capability, governance discipline, and service excellence.
  • Qualification / Experience required:

  • • Qualification level required: Masters or equivalent level.

  • • Technical skills required: Comp Strategy & Design, Incentive Programs, Benchmarking & Market Data, Merit & Budgeting, Payroll Operations, Employee Lifecycle, HRIS & Data.

  • • Behavioral competencies required: Stakeholder Management, Influence & Executive Communication, People Leadership, Decision Quality & Judgment, Program/Change Management, Customer Orientation, Analytical Rigor, Integrity & Confidentiality, Resilience & Prioritization.

  • • Language skills required: Proficient English- Written and Spoken.

  • • Certification required: Compensation: WorldatWork (GRP), Aon/Mercer C&B programs. Optional - Payroll/Compliance: Indian Payroll Analytics/BI: Power BI & Advanced Excel.

  • • Specific knowledge required: Executive & Expat Comp, Legal/Policy Literacy, Data Privacy & Security, Contracting, Statutory & Compliance (India, multi-state).

  • • Level of experience required: MBA in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, or related field; MBA HR preferred. 15-20 years of experience in Compensation & Benefits; payroll/accounting exposure is an added advantage. Role Overview:

  • You will be the Assistant Vice President of Compensation & Benefits and HR Operations, responsible for leading and governing the end-to-end Total Rewards, Payroll, and HR Operations ecosystem. Your role will involve ensuring seamless, compliant, and scalable people processes aligned with the business strategy.

    Key Responsibilities:

  • • Define compensation philosophy, salary structures, merit cycles, incentives, and benchmarking across 11 entities with 570+ employees and expats.

  • • Oversee accurate and compliant payroll for 570+ employees, manage payroll budget, controls, audits, expat payroll, and Finance alignment.

  • • Design and optimize insurance, retirement, gratuity, and welfare programs; lead vendor negotiations and claims governance.

  • • Own end-to-end employee lifecycle, HRIS integrity, SOPs, controls, and process digitization.

  • • Ensure statutory compliance across 8+ states and 15+ labor statutes; manage filings, audits, inspections, and documentation.

  • • Deliver people cost analytics, dashboards, manpower forecasting, and execute annual capital increases.

  • • Drive automation, system integration, and continuous improvement across C&B, payroll, and HR operations.

  • • Act as a central liaison with leadership, Finance, Audit, Legal, regional/global teams, and external partners.

  • • Lead and develop C&B, Payroll, and HR Operations teams; build capability, governance discipline, and service excellence.
  • Qualification / Experience required:

  • • Qualification level required: Masters or equivalent level.

  • • Technical skills required: Comp Strategy & Design, Incentive Programs, Benchmarking & Market Data, Merit & Budgeting, Payroll Operations, Employee Lifecycle, HRIS & Data.

  • • Behavioral competencies required: Stakeholder Management, Influence & Executive Communication, People Leadership, Decision Quality & Judgment, Program/Change Management, Customer Orientation, Analytical Rigor, Integrity & Confidentiality, Resilience & Prioritization.

  • • Language skills required: Proficient English- Written and Spoken.

  • • Certification required: Compensation: WorldatWork (GRP), Aon/Mercer C&B programs. Optional - Payroll/Compliance: Indian Payroll Analytics/BI: Power BI & Advanced Excel.

  • • Specific knowledge required: Executive & Expat Comp, Legal/Policy Literacy, Data Privacy & Security, Contracting, Statutory & Compliance (India, multi-state).

  • • Level of experien
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