Assistant Manager, APAC Rewards

Company description:

About Us

Headquartered in Singapore, SATS Ltd. is one of the world's largest providers of air cargo handling services and Asia's leading airline caterer. SATS Gateway Services provides airfreight and ground handling services including passenger services, ramp and baggage handling, aviation security services, aircraft cleaning and aviation laundry. SATS Food Solutions serves airlines and institutions, and operates central kitchens with large-scale food production and distribution capabilities for a wide range of cuisines.

SATS is present in the Asia-Pacific, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, powering an interconnected world of trade, travel and taste. Following the acquisition of Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in 2023, the combined SATS and WFS network operates over 215 stations in 27 countries. These cover trade routes responsible for more than 50% of global air cargo volume. SATS has been listed on the Singapore Exchange since May 2000. For more information, please visit

Why Join Us

At SATS, people are our greatest asset and we build our success on the knowledge, expertise and performance of every contributor, by embracing diversity and uniqueness. As part of our holistic approach and commitment to embracing FAM (Fulfilling, Appreciated, Meaningful) in the workplace, we offer the runway to develop Fulfilling careers that foster your career growth, recognising and Appreciating the strength of talent and capabilities that we continue to build internally; and inspiring and encouraging each other to make Meaningful contributions in the work we do at SATS.

Job description:

About Us

Headquartered in Singapore, SATS Ltd. is one of the world's largest providers of air cargo handling services and Asia's leading airline caterer. SATS Gateway Services provides airfreight and ground handling services including passenger services, ramp and baggage handling, aviation security services, aircraft cleaning and aviation laundry. SATS Food Solutions serves airlines and institutions, and operates central kitchens with large-scale food production and distribution capabilities for a wide range of cuisines.

SATS is present in the Asia-Pacific, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, powering an interconnected world of trade, travel and taste. Following the acquisition of Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in 2023, the combined SATS and WFS network operates over 215 stations in 27 countries. These cover trade routes responsible for more than 50% of global air cargo volume. SATS has been listed on the Singapore Exchange since May 2000. For more information, please visit

Why Join Us

At SATS, people are our greatest asset and we build our success on the knowledge, expertise and performance of every contributor, by embracing diversity and uniqueness. As part of our holistic approach and commitment to embracing FAM (Fulfilling, Appreciated, Meaningful) in the workplace, we offer the runway to develop Fulfilling careers that foster your career growth, recognising and Appreciating the strength of talent and capabilities that we continue to build internally; and inspiring and encouraging each other to make Meaningful contributions in the work we do at SATS.

Key Responsibilities

Rewards Operations

• Develop and maintain a single "source-of-truth" compensation database to facilitate rewards activities within the regional and global rewards team.
• Support APAC regional rewards team during cyclical and ad-hoc rewards activities such as performance management, salary increment, performance bonus, pay pressure reviews, etc.
• Liaise with external payroll vendor to ensure accurate and timely payments of compensation components to a small, selected group of employees and senior executives.

Shares Plan Administration

• Work with global, regional Rewards team and external vendors to manage employee shares plan such as granting and vesting of ESOPs.
  
  Generate and provide data / reports to Rewards team as necessary.

Rewards Compensation Management

• Stay informed of Singapore legislative changes, employment and job trends, and rewards best practices to ensure our rewards components are market competitive and in compliance with internal company policies and regulatory requirements.
• Prepare data and implement rewards changes as a result of Singapore government legislation changes such as Progressive Wage Models, etc.

System Admin for SAP SuccessFactors

• Manage compensation-related data within SuccessFactors to ensure relevant data is accurate for implementation of rewards activities.
• Partner with Human Capital Business Partners to prepare onboarding documents and initiate system data updates in SuccessFactors for a small, selected group of employees and senior executives.

Support functions such as

• Partner with Global Rewards team to adopt global frameworks and best practices to ensure a fair and consistent approach across the Group.
• Support adhoc Human Capital related projects and work as needed (e.g. providing data for compensation and employee shares plan sections of the annual financial report, annual external audits, etc.).

Key Requirements

• Minimum 4 to 6 years of relevant rewards experience, having a track record of maintaining and implementing rewards programs.
• Highly meticulous with the ability to solve problems through a data-driven approach and developing various recommendations balancing business, market and employee priorities.
• Ability to manage multiple rewards programs and processes during peak period of the financial year-end; achieving goals and deadlines through collaboration with various stakeholders.
• Knowledge and experience in managing and implementing employee shares plan. Knowledge and experience in benchmarking and managing executive compensation is a plus.
• Proficiency in data analysis, rewards financial modelling, HRIS (Success Factors) compensation module. Advanced excel skills is a must. PowerBI is a plus.
• Excellent communications and presentation skills; ability to effectively summarize problems, synthesize data results and communicate solution proposals for management decision making.
• Embodies our People Values of Safety, Customer Focus, Respect, Excellence and Teamwork.