Senior Manager

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

**ABOUT THE VISUAL ARTS CLUSTER**

The Visual Arts Cluster (VAC) consists of National Gallery Singapore (Gallery), Singapore Art Museum (SAM) and Singapore Tyler Print Institute (STPI). The VAC pursues excellence by harnessing synergies across the three art institutions.

***NATIONAL GALLERY SINGAPORE**

**SINGAPORE ART MUSEUM**

**OUR PEOPLE**

At the Gallery and SAM, we develop cultural leaders who make the world better. Our people are united by a shared belief in the power and necessity of art, and work together to create meaningful experiences for our visitors.

DESIGNATION : Senior Manager (Human Resource) - Compensation and Benefits

RESPONSIBILITIES

REPORTS TO: Chief People Officer

The incumbent serves as the leader of the Compensation and Benefits (C&B) team for National Gallery Singapore and Singapore Art Museum (SAM) within the Visual Arts Cluster (VAC).

The C&B team strives to maintain a comprehensive and competitive total compensation plan in the VAC.** **They are responsible for providing leadership to the C&B policies and framework, and will be developing C&B policies and framework, handling C&B operations, and supporting related policies & framework for the C&B function in the VAC.

**JOB RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Provides C&B leadership to management and HR colleagues in the VAC.
- Serves as the “Compensation Specialist” for the VAC and oversee payroll and the day-to-day running of pay and performance related functions.
- Partners with internal clients (HR and business leaders) to design and implement compensation, benefits and recognition programs that drive the achievement of business objectives and results.
- Sets up, implements and maintains the Human Resource Management System, and management of external HRIS service vendors to ensure their service delivered on time and at a qualified standard.
- Drives the annual process for performance management, salary review, promotions and performance bonus, with the rest of the HR core team.
- Monitors and evaluates the company’s benefits programs including staff insurance renewals & claims, time off and vacation policies.
- Assists in managing the manpower budget and preparation and management of the audit exercise.
- Performs job evaluations, salary benchmarking and ensure consistency within job families and across job functions in the VAC.
- Reviews, identifies and assesses current and future staff C&B/welfare trends and needs, through market surveys and analysis, employee engagements, and recommends benefits programme to ensure market competitiveness.
- Conducts research on emerging trends and best practices on performance management policies, framework and processes, as well as best practices to understand current job market.
- Drives programme implementation in coordination with other HR colleagues.
- Ensures policies compliance to various employment and other legislations in Singapore.
- Be the guardian of the VAC’s C&B principles and promotes sound practices and decision-making.

QUALIFICATIONS
- At least 8 years of relevant experience in Compensation and Benefits
- A deep understanding of how a complex business environment operates
- High level of analytical skills and details-oriented
- Excellent MS Office skills (MS Excel, MS PowerPoint)
- Ability to translate expertise language into clear and concise non-expert business language
- Ability to anticipate the consequences of decisions on other HR processes and the organisation
- Strong working knowledge of Singapore Employment Act and/or other employment law issues
- Knowledge of payroll software and experience in maintaining employee database
- People-oriented, emotionally intelligent team player with good written and verbal skills
- Positive, resourceful, and driven to succeed