Old Mutual was established in Cape Town in 1845 as South Africa's first mutual life assurance society. Our purpose is to help our customers thrive by enabling them to achieve their lifetime financial goals, while investing their funds in ways that will create a positive future for them, their families, their communities and broader society.
The purpose of this role is to support the organisation’s remuneration governance and reporting requirements by managing key annual deliverables, including the Remuneration Report, remuneration committee workplans, and related project activities.
The role will be responsible for drafting and reviewing remuneration documentation and committee papers, coordinating cross-functional inputs (including Finance and HR), and ensuring timely and accurate delivery of remuneration processes.
In addition, the role will lead the execution of the annual share grant cycle, including timelines, communications, and Workday administration, ensuring effective governance and high-quality stakeholder engagement throughout.
Manage the delivery of the annual Remuneration Report, including developing and reviewing sections as well as working with the finance team to finalise specific results portions of the report.
Manage the execution of our remuneration committee workplan. This will include drafting papers for the committee covering certain aspects (e.g. Executive Remuneration and Governance).
Project managing the deliveries required for both the Management Remuneration Committee and the OM Remuneration Committee.
Manage the delivery of the main share grant (covering various grant types), including timelines, communications and Workday processes.
Requirements:
Relevant tertiary qualification in Human Resources, Business, Industrial Psychology, or related field
Reward or Remuneration certification advantageous (e.g. WorldatWork)
Strong understanding of remuneration governance principles
Understanding of remuneration governance, executive remuneration, and policy frameworks
Knowledge of listed company remuneration requirements (advantageous)
Familiarity with Workday or similar HRIS systems
Strong Excel capability for reward analysis and reporting
Ability to draft clear, professional committee papers and governance documents
Strong project management capability, including timelines, tracking and delivery
Excellent written communication skills
Ability to interpret reward principles and apply them in business context
Stakeholder engagement skills, including working with Finance, HR and senior leadership
Detail-oriented and meticulous in documentation
Comfortable working independently in a contractor capacity
Highly organised with the ability to work to fixed reporting timelines
Professional judgement and confidentiality
Skills
Adaptive Thinking, Change Management, Computer Literacy, Cultural Awareness, Data Compilation, Employee Compensation and Benefits, Executing Plans, Human Capital Management Systems, Knowledge Management, Organizational Design, Performance Management Design, Policies & Procedures, Policy Development, Regulatory Compliance Management, Servant Leadership
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