Total Reward & Hr Budget Specialist

The Total Reward & HR Budget SR Specialist is responsible for managing and optimizing the organisation's remuneration and benefits programmes to attract, retain, and motivate employees. This role involves analysing market trends, ensuring internal equity, designing remuneration strategies in line with business objectives and employee needs, ensuring compliance with legal requirements and company policies; 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. Analyse discrepancies between budgets, forecasts and actual figures and explain the causes.
• Continuously monitor direct personnel costs, develop HR KPIs and cost indicators (average cost per FTE, shift cost, overtime, recruitment cost, etc.), and support the definition of cost optimisation plans and the assessment of the economic impact of organisational initiatives.

• 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, along with necessary technical equipment.
• Flexible working hours to balance work and personal life.
• Participation in volunteering activities to give back to the community.

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: Total Reward & HR Budget Specialist • Trieste, ITALY