Total Rewards Specialist

Location: Pune

Overview

The Total Rewards Specialist is a strategic and operational partner responsible for executing Compensation and Benefits and Data and Analytics that drive a high-accountability culture within TVH’s APAC Region based in TVH’s Global Capability Centre in India.

Operating in a highly collaborative matrix environment, this role serves as the critical bridge between global strategy and local execution, partnering directly with the Global Rewards and Data Director and reporting to the HR Director APAC to adopt, localize, and embed global processes, while working hand-in-hand with local leadership and the local HR Business Partnering (HRBP) team to address regional business-specific needs.

The incumbent will bridge regional total rewards strategies with local market execution across our key APAC region while simultaneously driving strategic global people analytics initiatives. The Total Rewards Specialist will ensure that our compensation structures and benefits remain competitive and compliant, while leveraging advanced data analytics and predictive modeling to optimize global HR workflows. This role is best suited to an Individual Contributor that proactively takes ownership, drives digitalization, and blends deep functional Comp & Ben domain expertise with advanced people analytics skills.

This position plays a foundational role in minimizing organizational risk, closing critical reward and remuneration gaps, and elevating overall business performance.

Your Responsibilities

Regional Compensation (APAC)

Benchmark regional compensation and benefits packages against market data across our APAC country portfolio (Australia, China, India, South Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand) to maintain a strong competitive advantage.

Standardize job profiles and align compensation packages with regional market benchmarks across APAC. This includes establishing base pay and total compensation structures, defining job-specific salary ranges centered around market medians.

Proactively and within budget lead the transformation to achieve our total reward philosophy for the region.

Monitor statistical and market data to identify and fix compensation disparities.

Drive, manage and administer the annual salary/merit reviews, short-term incentive plans (STI), and bonus allocations across regional entities, in close collaboration with local HR Business partners.

Lead job evaluation and grading using standardized (Hay) methodologies to ensure regional pay equity, clear job architectures, and market competitiveness.

Monitor vendor performance (benefits providers, insurers, payroll suppliers) across local markets to ensure strict adherence to SLA requirements, local legislation, and statutory requirements.

Where required undertake the payroll processing in line with the relevant payroll cycle.

Managed end-to-end global and regional mobility programs, partnering with HRBPs and business leaders to align talent transfers with corporate needs. Expertly oversaw international package design, COLA adjustments, relocation logistics, cross-border tax equalization, immigration compliance, and repatriation strategies.

Translate complex compensation and rewards, answer worker questions and support leaders with transparent and simple guidance.

Regional Benefits (APAC)

• Oversee benefits identification and administration including but not limited to Health insurances, retirement and pension plans, life and disability coverage and leave policies.
• Where required to partner with global vendors and or local vendors to negotiate contracts, select third-party benefit providers and manage annual renewals.
• APAC and local benefits including Employee Assistance Program, wellness initiatives, car leasing, and a range of flexible benefits options.

Global People Analytics & Data Projects

• Design and build dynamic People dashboards to track market positioning, pay equity gaps, turnover impact, flight risks, and core people metrics.
• Manage global variable pay calculations, bonus plan modeling, and short-term incentive allocation models.
• Clean, structure, and maintain large datasets across the people function, ensuring high data integrity for analytical analysis.
• Lead high-impact people analytics projects, translating raw People data into strategic insights to influence executive decision-making on workforce planning and talent retention.
• Digitalization, Process Automation & Practical AI Adoption
• Act as an entrepreneurial driver in digitalizing and streamlining Comp & Ben workflows, proactively identifying opportunities to automate manual data transfers and validation routines.
• Apply an AI-minded approach (including setting up AI agents, generative AI, and automation tools) to support day-to-day efficiency—such as automating market data matching, contract reviews, and report generation.
• Utilize AI-driven job evaluation and market-matching tools to increase precision and speed in job grading, market pricing, and predictive retention insights.

Governance, Stakeholder Advisory & Hands-on Ownership

Track and interpret changing labor laws, statutory benefit updates, tax regulations, and data privacy compliance across assigned APAC operating markets while auditing internal equity and policy adherence.

Ensure all pay structures and benefits plans follow local labor laws, minimum wage rules, overtime and tax regulations.

Forecast total rewards expenditure and operate within financial budgets.

Develop, refine, and maintain Total Rewards policies and frameworks across regional business units while incorporating necessary local statutory adaptations.

Partner with local HR Business Partners (HRBPs), Leadership, and Talent Acquisition teams as a trusted advisor to resolve complex offer packages and deliver clear, data-informed rewards communications.

Candidate profile - Experience, Qualifications & Skills

Domain & Regional APAC Expertise: Proven operational experience in Compensation & Benefits / Total Rewards within a multinational corporate environment, with specific experience or strong understanding of key APAC markets (Australia, China, India, Singapore).

Entrepreneurial Mindset & Drive: As a self-starter who thrives in a dynamic environment, you will shape new processes, support digital transformation and take a collaborative approach and ownership in developing and deploying our employee value proposition with a high-impact, results-driven focus.

Advanced Communication Skills: Ability to translate highly complex compensation frameworks, incentive plans, and benefits structures into clear, simple, and easily understood concepts for non-HR audiences. Possesses the confidence to present compelling business cases, strategy proposals, and total rewards metrics to stakeholders at all levels of the company, including executive leadership.

Deep Analytical & Systems Skillset: Advanced proficiency in Excel/Google Sheets, statistical/financial modeling, and hands-on experience with HR analytical/BI tools (Power BI, Tableau) and enterprise HRIS platforms (Workday preferred).

AI-Minded & Pragmatic Automator: Open-minded toward new technology with a practical drive to adopt AI tools, automate routine tasks, and set up simple AI agents to support and amplify your core functional expertise.

Regional Governance & Senior Advisory: Deep understanding of statutory benefits, labor laws, and pay equity frameworks across the respective region combined with excellent English communication skills to advise senior leadership persuasively.

Advanced People Analytics & Quantitative Modeling: Demonstrated proficiency in advanced workforce metrics, statistical analysis, data storytelling, and executing end-to-end people analytics projects to solve complex business problems.