Strategic Rewards Specialist driving global compensation, benchmarking, and cost‑efficient total rewards solutions
Overview
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Certification
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Rewards Senior Speaclist
British Petroleum
Pune, Maharashtra
10.2024 - Current
Analysed market data to develop annual base pay ranges aligned with industry standards.
Develop annual pay budgets and assess market movement through salary surveys, sharing insights with stakeholders for informed decisions.
Designed Power BI dashboards on pay ranges and annual market movement to deliver actionable insights around compensation trends across organisation for the senior management.
Participated in salary surveys conducted by leading firms such as WTW, Mercer, and Aon to analyse compensation data and enable accurate benchmarking across various roles.
Coordinated with multiple survey vendors and successfully negotiated market data purchases, reducing annual spend by 5% and delivering significant cost savings for the business.
Conducted market analysis of performance bonus benchmarks across top 10 headcount countries (US, UK, India, etc.) to deliver country, business, and industry‑specific proposals; additionally led the setup of bonus structures in a newly established market.
Collaborated with regional reward managers on total rewards reviews, performing total cost of employment analysis and developing cost-effective proposals for leadership.
Coordinated with global payroll teams to prepare remuneration statements for internal directors, supporting audit processes and finance team to calculate the Cost-of-Living Allowance (COLA) for expatriates.
Developed annual graduate compensation rates by leveraging relevant salary surveys to align hiring practices with market benchmarks.
Oversaw global job architecture and mapping cleanup, ensuring consistency and accuracy across organizational structures.
Supported Reward M&A team to ensure seamless knowledge transfer and process continuity during mergers and acquisitions.
Performed detailed data validation in Workday to secure reliable reporting within reward systems and strengthen data governance.
Senior Analyst
Ernst & Young LLP
Gurugram, Haryana
06.2022 - 10.2024
Led client engagements to assess and optimise their compensation and benefits programmes, including base pay structures, variable pay plans, and employee recognition programs.
Conducted 10+ compensation analysis assignments, providing insights to optimise client pay structures and benefit offerings.
Total Rewards Philosophy - Designed the total rewards philosophy for various clients in different sectors such as manufacturing, real estate, media & entertainment etc. This included understanding the client’s current organisation structure, future growth strategy, current employee practices etc., and recommending a rewards philosophy catering to the client’s requirements.
Incentive Plan Design – Designing variable pay plans for clients. The scope of work includes - understanding the current incentive structure of the organization, recommending on the pay-mix, designing the incentive structure, demonstrating it with illustrations and running overall financial simulation for the client to have a better picture of the proposed deliverable.
Sales Incentive Design – Successfully designed 5+ sales incentive plans for clients to help them streamline their incentive payout process and decrease their wage cost by 15%.
Evaluated existing benefits programmes for clients and recommended improvements aligned with industry best practices, delivering 8+ benchmarking reports across sectors.
Scorecard Design – KRA/KPI’s – Curated 70+ role specific KRAs & KPIs across departments/functions to ensure implementation of a simple and effective goal setting and performance-management process.
Job Architecture: Proficiency in constructing job architectures and skill frameworks, intricately connected to downstream HR functions such as performance management, talent acquisition, and career development.
Drafted 100+ job descriptions for a real estate organisation, incorporating stakeholder input and market research to ensure alignment with function-specific requirements.
Awarded with the 'Collaboration Extraordinaire' Award at Ernst & Young for forming reliable partnerships and collaborating with the team to deliver reports to clients.
Sales & Marketing Intern
IFortis Worldwide
Remote
05.2021 - 07.2021
Developed a comprehensive marketing and sales strategy to enhance business growth.
Analysed various steps in sales funnel and contributed to its implementation.
Explored various aspects of consumer behaviour to inform marketing strategies.
Established connections and designed key visuals and presentations to support marketing efforts.
Business Development Associate
The Tarzan Way
Remote
08.2020 - 11.2020
Supported sales team in lead generation, prospecting, and outreach, facilitating increased engagement with potential clients.
Conducted market research identifying partnership opportunities and market trends, enhancing strategic decision-making in the travel industry.
Assisted in developing marketing materials and sales collateral, contributing to effective business development efforts.
Participated in client meetings and presentations, gaining exposure to the sales process and customer relationship management.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams to streamline internal processes and improve operational efficiency.
Education
B.COM Hons -
Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, University of Delhi
New Delhi
01-2022
High School - ISC Board
Ann Mary School
Dehradun
Secondary School - ICSE Board
Ann Mary School
Dehradun
Skills
Compensation analysis
Market benchmarking
Job architecture design
Data validation
Power BI
Qualtrics
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office
Microsoft PowerPoint
Stakeholder collaboration
Certification
The Fundamentals of Digital Marketing, Google Digital Garage, Online, 2021-06-01, 2021-07-01
Financial Modeling and Valuation, Internshala Trainings, Online, 2021-05-01, 2021-06-01
Completed a 16‑hour Agile Fundamentals workshop and earned certification from the ICAI Institute
Accomplishments
Awarded with the “Collaboration Extraordinaire” Award at Ernst & Young for forming reliable partnerships and collaborating with the team to deliver reports to clients.
Awarded Silver “Play to Win” at bp for successfully creating and benchmarking global base pay ranges.
Awarded Gold “Play to Win” at bp for leading the total rewards review of Egypt and conducting comprehensive market benchmarking.
Timeline
Rewards Senior Speaclist
British Petroleum
10.2024 - Current
Senior Analyst
Ernst & Young LLP
06.2022 - 10.2024
Sales & Marketing Intern
IFortis Worldwide
05.2021 - 07.2021
Business Development Associate
The Tarzan Way
08.2020 - 11.2020
B.COM Hons -
Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, University of Delhi