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STPD - HR - Head of Cash Compensation and Governance - Executive Director

London, England, GBFull-time£128k–£192k2026-11-01 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead the cash compensation function and own the governance framework for salary and bonus management across SMBC EMEA, translating Total Rewards strategy into effective approaches.

Role type

Executive Director, Head of Cash Compensation and Governance

Builds

Salary and bonus frameworks, governance policies, and annual compensation review processes for ~3,000 employees across multiple legal entities in EMEA.

Domain

Banking / Human Resources / Total Rewards

Required skills

Salary and bonus management, governance framework design, market benchmarking and analysis, budget and funding recommendations, policy development, stakeholder communication, regulatory compliance monitoring, cross-functional alignment, project management.

Preferred skills

Experience with pay transparency legislation, external provider management, operational improvement initiatives.

Technologies

None stated

Responsibilities

Own the framework for salary ranges and bonus targets; lead salary budget and bonus funding recommendations; own the governance framework for salary and bonus changes; monitor pay transparency legislation; lead the end-to-end annual compensation review; create and deliver communications plans for compensation reviews; prepare and oversee governance meeting papers; identify opportunities for operational improvement.

Seniority

Executive Director, strategic leadership with hands-on accountability