Freelance (Global) Compensation & Benefits Specialist (ZZP)

For one of our clients in Amsterdam we are currently looking for a (Global) Compensation & Benefits Specialist.

You will manage employee benefits programs & projects, reporting to the Global Benefits Manager. You will collaborate with the regional C&B Managers across EMEA, APAC and America. You will take care of ensuring smoot operation and rollouts of local and global benefits, inclyding pension (NL specific), insured and non-insured benefits, leaves, and health & wellbeing benefits. You will support global and local benefits design, policy development, communication to stakeholders and employees, and benefits implementation in systems like Workday.

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to): 

• Support the global and regional benefits team in managing employee benefit programs and projects across 70+ countries and four regions.

• Take ownership of global benefit and wellbeing programs and processes and drive improvement and employee engagement

• Ensure local and global benefits programs remain compliant with local legislation, competitive with local and global job markets and aligned with total rewards strategy.

• Manage existing benefit providers and brokers and support in global or local benefit renewal processes and negotiations across multiple locations

• Lead or support global and regional rollouts of new benefits programs and ensure effective implementation and communication

• Support implementation of new benefits and improvement of existing benefits in Workday Partner closely with EMEA and APAC C&B manager to support benefits related programs and projects in the region

• Support the global benefits team on other activities such as planning and budgeting, reporting, governance and stakeholder management

• Regular benchmarking and monitoring of market-competitiveness of programs.

• Work closely with business leaders and teams across and beyond HR to effectively manage the global benefits portfolio.

Profile: 

• Minimum of 5 years experience in global employee benefits management in an international organization;

• Strong understanding of global benefits practices & regulations (especially EMEA & APAC);

• Experience in designing and rolling out global benefit policies;

• Excellent knowledge of pension system in the Netherlands

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills while working closely with regional and global teams;

• Excellent project and stakeholder management skills, able to drive projects with minimal supervision across complex organizational, systems, and regulatory landscape;

• Experience in managing benefits and absences in Workday (pré)

Does this sound like you and are you available on short notice? Please let me know as soon as possible by applying with your most recent CV. Please note that this role is only applicable for candidates based in the Netherlands.