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Company Description

Vattenfall is a leading European energy company driving the transition to a sustainable energy system. We have been electrifying industries, powering homes and transforming life through innovation for more than 100 years and now have a mission of working for fossil freedom. We employ around 21,000 people in Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, France, and the UK.

About the Role

Do you want to be part of our journey towards fossil freedom? Are you passionate about developing excellent compensation and benefits programs and strategies? Then we might have the right position for you!

Vattenfall is looking for a Compensation & Benefits Specialist to support the Nordic countries. The position reports to the Compensation & Benefits Manager in Sweden and is part of a global Compensation & Benefits team that collaborates with the wider People and Culture staff function department across all Vattenfall locations. The main responsibility of our Compensation & Benefits team is to drive and support the Compensation & Benefit (C&B) agenda for Vattenfall in the Nordic countries.

In this role, you will provide guidance and expertise on key compensation and benefits matters to ensure our company remains competitive for talent attraction, engagement, and retention. You will collaborate with HR and Business leaders to ensure the administration and management of compensation and benefits programs mainly in Sweden, but also supporting other Nordic countries, ensuring that they are consistent with the global C&B strategy and key business needs.

As a member of the Compensation & Benefits team, you will also participate in various projects with our colleagues in Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK, and contribute to the development of the group-wide Compensation & Benefits area. Together with the People Service organization, you will contribute to creating smooth and efficient processes to improve our “ways of working”.

Main tasks and responsibilities

• Drive the development and implementation of policies within the C&B area in the Nordic countries
• Analysis of different data sets to draw conclusions on the effectiveness of existing and new reward elements including the provision of reporting information in cooperation with People Analytics
• As a subject matter expert, you will consult and give input to other internal/external experts on reward topics including legal and regulatory requirements related
• Regular cooperation with the other members of the group-wide C&B team to support the total reward strategy by contributing to group standards and translating global policies into local regulations while considering the guidelines for Swedish state-owned companies
• Keeping yourself up to date with current regulations and monitoring changes in the C&B area in the EU and Sweden, to later translate them into concrete actions (e.g. EU Pay Transparency Directive)
• Collaborate with HRBPs and other internal stakeholders to understand their business demands
• Prepare C&B trainings for HRBPs and other target groups in Vattenfall, as well as communications on reward policies and processes to ensure its proper execution
• Delivery of C&B input to Industrial Relations for negotiations with unions and work councils

Requirements

• Academic degree in a relevant field such as human resources, business administration, or law
• At least 5 years of C&B experience in an international company or consultancy
• Knowledge of various types of reward schemes & processes
• You are fluent in both Swedish and English
• You possess good written and spoken communication skills
• You are skilled with the Excel program and have experience presenting complex data in an understandable way
• It is beneficial if you are familiar with SAP and are accustomed to learning and working with new systems

We believe you will excel in this position if you are able to work independently and have a hands-on mentality. You possess excellent analytical skills and a keen eye for detail, as well as a high sense of responsibility, integrity, and confidentiality. You are pragmatic in how you plan and prioritize your work to consistently deliver solutions and work effectively with others. You voluntarily share information across departments to empower others and are an effective communicator who can present complex and sometimes difficult-to-understand issues in a comprehensible and simplified manner. Finally, we are looking for someone who is passionate about Vattenfall’s overall impact on society and who embodies our principles (Open, Active, Positive & Safety).

Additional Information

Location: Solna

We welcome your application no later than 3rd February. Interviews will take place after the last application date has passed. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website.

For more information about the position you are welcome to contact hiring manager Pierre Ottebratt, 0709995678. For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact Catalina Roa Rodriguez, 0700026802.

Our trade union representatives in Sweden are: Rolf Ohlson (Akademikerna), Inger Strandberg (Unionen), Christer Gustafsson (Ledarna), Lennart Bengtsson (SEKO). To get in contact with any of the representatives, please call Vattenfall´s switchboard +46 8 739 50 00.

At Vattenfall, we are convinced that diversity contributes to building a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be a good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation. Click here for further information.

Since Vattenfall is part of the Swedish critical infrastructure, many of our positions are security classed. If this position is security classed, the final candidates may be subject to a security vetting process, according to Swedish legislation.

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