Total Reward & Hr Budget Specialist

Job Purpose

The Total Reward & HR Budget SR Specialist is responsible for managing and optimizing the organization’s remuneration and benefits programmes to attract, retain, and motivate employees. This role involves analysing market trends, ensuring internal equity, designing remuneration strategies that align with business objectives and employee needs, and ensuring compliance with legal requirements and company policies. It also includes calculating fixed, variable, and recurring labour costs and HR assumptions in line with management and Total Reward strategies, and analysing monthly and annual variance analysis from actual personnel costs to the budget.

• Develop and implement competitive compensation structures and salary ranges based on market analysis and internal equity.
• Oversee the design and administration of employee benefits programs, including health insurance, retirement plans, wellness programs, and other perks.
• Conduct market research to assess compensation trends, benefits offerings, and competitive intelligence to ensure the organization remains competitive in attracting top talent.
• Coordinate job evaluations and salary surveys to ensure that roles are appropriately classified and compensated.
• Ensure all compensation and benefits programs comply with relevant labor laws, tax regulations, and company policies.
• Provide clear and transparent communication to employees regarding compensation, benefits, and total reward programs.
• Provide regular reporting and analysis of compensation and benefits data to leadership, including trends, costs, and ROI of reward programs.
• Prepare the annual HR budget (Payroll), collaborating with HRBP, Finance and various company departments.
• Manage periodic forecasts (monthly, quarterly or rolling forecasts) relating to personnel costs, FTEs and staffing levels, and analyse discrepancies between budgets, forecasts and actual figures.
• Monitor direct personnel costs continuously, develop HR KPIs and cost indicators, and support cost optimisation plans.

• Hands‑on experience in industrial operations management.
• Exposure to diverse teams and business environments across continents.
• Work closely with experienced professionals on critical projects that impact overall business performance and strategy execution within a global context.

• Opportunity for remote work whenever possible, with necessary technical equipment provided.
• Flexible working hours for work‑life balance.
• Participation in volunteering activities.

We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, parental status, or social origin. At Epta, your unique perspective is what keeps us innovative and cool.

Location: Verona, Veneto, ITALY