Reward Specialist

Reward Analyst

Human Resources Europe

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Are you looking for a unique opportunity to grow your career in Human Resources?

Sony Europe is seeking a highly motivated individual to join our Reward team in Barcelona. As a Reward Specialist, you will play a crucial role in delivering Reward services across Sony Europe's 28 countries. This is your chance to contribute to the success of a globally recognized brand while working in a collaborative and inclusive environment.

If you are structured in your way of working, flexible to changes, and resilient in handling deadlines you will enjoy this role. You show personal commitment and take action to continuously improve yourself and help others to achieve results!

You will:

Regular Activities:

Review job descriptions and conduct job evaluations to determine the appropriate grade of roles, ensuring effective communication with the business.

Gather market information based on job data, analyze data, and perform market pricing for recruitment processes, promotions, and salary increases.

Extract, analyze, and provide relevant internal and external data to the Reward, Recognition, and Mobility team to support decision-making.

Maintain the Global Grade Structure and ensure adherence to the governance model.

Support the mobility process by assisting with determining mobility assignment packages and modeling assignment package costs.

Monitor the Reward queue in the case management system and take necessary steps to ensure timely resolution.

Annual Activities:

Prepare for the Annual Salary Review, including obtaining economic indicators, identifying salary gaps, and addressing special cases.

Support the bonus cycle by consolidating bonus amounts and ensuring correct treatment of special cases.

Conduct bonus forecasts and respond to forecast requests.

Refresh yearly salary ranges by compiling data from external surveys and internal calibration.

Prepare and submit compensation data for third-party market data surveys.

Identify areas for improvement in processes and bring them to the Team to find the best action

Administer the Executive Stock Option scheme in collaboration with Sony Corporation of America and Merrill Lynch.

HR Projects:

Prepare and execute ad hoc mass job evaluation and job pricing requests resulting from organizational changes.

Prepare ad hoc compensation analysis requests and provide guidance on reward decision-making.

Manage and serve as the main contact for yearly cycles such as the Annual Salary Review, Bonus Calculation, and Stock options administration.

You will bring

Proven experience in reward in a complex corporate environment

Good organization skills and ability to work on several assignments simultaneously

Experience working within a multi-cultural organization

Fluency in English and Spanish

Knowledge of Job Evaluation and administration of annual salary review

Proficiency in MS Office tools such Excel

Familiarity with short-term and long-term Incentives administration will be valuable

Familiarity with HR systems is a plus

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Your new office in Barcelona

In our Barcelona office, you can enjoy a modern and open working environment with unbeatable views of the city. Located in Avenida Diagonal, in an energy efficient building, it is very convenient to reach the office by public transport. You can enjoy your lunch or coffee in our office kitchen, on the terrace next to the lobby, or you can walk to one of the many restaurants and shopping centers nearby.

Life at Sony

We ensure competitive salaries and benefits by using established benchmarking. We encourage healthy work-life balance supported by hybrid and flexible working policies. We are a positive community that dreams big together, respect each other, and enjoys a collaborative culture.

We like to celebrate our colleagues who make a real difference using our recognition platform. We also provide access to numerous services and platforms for all aspects of wellbeing. We listen to our people through conversations and surveys, respect their suggestions, then act on them. We also provide allowances for volunteering days so that our staff can support the causes they are most passionate about.

You can build your career around you with our fantastic range of learning & personal development programs to enhance your skills. We also encourage our staff to try exciting new roles, in a wide range of countries, with a supportive mobility team to support you if you take that leap!

Bring your uniqueness to Sony

We are passionate about creating a culture that promotes equity and cultivates inclusion, diversity, and belonging. We want employees with diverse backgrounds and perspectives that will stimulate innovation and have a direct impact on our creation of social value to fulfil Sony’s purpose – ‘to fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology’. We want you to bring your unique self to work and help shape our culture.

We are Sony Europe.

Our people collaborate in an environment of respect, integrity, and open-mindedness. Diverse teams from all over Europe are the driving force for our business, and we embrace the differences that make each of us original and unique.

With offices in 28 European countries, Sony Europe caters to consumer, professional, semiconductor and healthcare markets with innovative electronics products and solutions. Our European laboratories research and develop new technologies and capabilities that contributes to the Sony Group and important issues on a planetary scale.

Bring your passion, creativity and ambitions to Sony Europe. Apply now, and let’s create the future together.

Equal Opportunity

Sony Europe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, medical condition, or any other protected characteristics.

Disability Accommodation for Applicants to Sony Europe

Sony Europe will provide reasonable accommodation for any qualified individuals with disabilities in the application process. For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact us by email at or by mail to: Sony Europe B.V, Human Resources Department, the Heights, Brooklands, Surrey, KT13 0XW, UK. When contacting us please indicate the position you are applying for, and the accommodation required.

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