Senior Manager, Compensation & Benefits (EMEA)

Sr Compensation and Benefits Manager (EMEA)

Amsterdam. Netherlands

Human Resources - Human Resources /Full-Time /Hybrid (2/3 days a week in the office)

Why We’re Here

Our mission is to create a more sustainable future by transforming the way we power our world. We believe in solving problems, building lasting partnerships with our customers, and the importance of the entire power ecosystem in forging a path to making a sustainable future certain.

Energy storage and digitalization is critical to this transformation, yet today the market is fragmented, and customers face the challenge of finding a trusted technology partner amidst conflicting technical claims, inexperienced vendors and installers, and new market entrants with limited power sector knowledge.

Fluence brings proven energy storage products and services, and digital applications for renewables and storage to support the modernization of our energy networks. We are the partner that can deliver at a global scale with the most experienced and knowledgeable team in the world.

Our Origin Story

Fluence is the result of two industry powerhouses and pioneers in energy storage joining together to form a new company dedicated to innovating modern electric infrastructure. In January 2018, Siemens and AES launched Fluence, uniting the scale, experience, breadth, and financial backing of the two most experienced icons in energy storage.

The Fluence team encompasses more than 16 years of experience deploying and operating energy storage. Fluence is driving change by opening new markets to storage around the world, and has the largest deployed fleet of energy storage projects of any company.

Experience Matters

In today’s fragmented energy storage market, choosing the right partner is critical to your success. Relying on inexperienced packagers, developers, or integrators can lead to project delays, budget overruns, performance issues, accelerated battery degradation, equipment damage or failure, and even unsupported warranties and bankruptcies. The Fluence team brings over 16 years of experience designing, deploying, and operating complete energy storage solutions. Our energy storage systems are built for the most demanding gird scale and industrial applications and have stood the test of time. Since listing as a public company on the NASDAQ in 2021 Fluence has retained the backing and shareholder support of founding companies industry giants Siemens, AES and the Quatar Investment Authority (QIA) to deliver the scale and staying power our customers can rely on. The Fluence team brings a deep understanding of the complexities of modern power markets, customer needs, and local market challenges. We are here to collaborate with customers and stakeholders to solve energy challenges and help them navigate the rapidly changing landscape.

Operating from a foundation of integrity, quality, personal ownership, and responsibility, we are focused on our customers’ success and accelerating the advancement of the energy sector. Find certainty in your journey. Partner with Fluence.

Breadth and Depth

The entire spectrum of the power industry is in our DNA. Fluence has the power, breadth and footprint to deliver creative, commercial energy storage and digital offerings at scale that enable sustainable energy networks. We offer proven energy storage products designed for the full spectrum of applications in the market, with delivery and integration. Our comprehensive service offerings address the complete customer journey, including advisory, financing support, and project lifecycle services. Our digital platform maximizes the value of renewables and storage assets for our customers.

We see our mission of transforming the way you power your world as fundamental. It’s why we exist, who we are and how we deliver results for our teams, our customers, our company, and ultimately for the world.

The role

As the Sr Manager of Compensation and Benefits for EMEA, you will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and managing our compensation, benefits and mobility strategies to attract, motivate, and retain top talent. You will collaborate closely with HR, finance, and other key stakeholders to ensure our compensation and benefits programs are competitive, equitable, and aligned with our business objectives. This role requires a keen eye for detail, strong analytical skills, market data, governance and compliance, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

 In this regional role, you will have the following key responsibilities for the company's base compensation, short-term incentives, long-term incentives, health and welfare, pension, wellness, mobility, relocation, perquisites, recognition, and other total rewards programs for our EMEA countries.

The main responsibilities of this role include:

- Evaluating, modifying, developing and implementing new and existing compensation and benefits programs, policies, and procedures.

- Conducting regular benchmarking and market analysis to stay up to date with industry trends and ensure our programs and practices remain competitive.

- Ensuring all programs, policies, and procedures comply with current legislation.

- Managing and complying with SOX audits of the Long-term Incentive Plan

- Managing the governance, compliance and reporting of compensation and benefits programs to ensure administration is aligned with regulatory requirements and plan document language.

- Communicating with third-party services to negotiate benefit plans and resolve benefit-related issues.

- Managing other external vendors who advise and/or administer compensation and benefit programs.

- Providing guidance to HR professionals regarding compensation and benefits activities.

- Partner with the Business to educate them and their managers on the mobility process, procedure, tools & company guidelines.

- Drive continuous improvements to mobility strategy, processes, and training, based on experience, process metrics and feedback from process users and other stakeholders to drive further efficiencies in the organization.

Requirements:

Degree in human resources, business administration, finance, math, or related field.

- Minimum of 7 years of experience in compensation and/or benefit program management; strength in employee benefits preferred.

- In-depth knowledge of compensation and benefits regulations and compliance requirements in the countries we are operating in.

- Experienced knowledge of Global Mobility practices and programming

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze complex data and make data-driven compensation and benefits recommendations.

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate compensation-related information to HR, management, and employees.

- High level of integrity and ability to handle sensitive and confidential information.

- Proficiency in Microsoft products required, working knowledge of Workday or HRIS desired.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on our organization's total rewards strategies and contribute to our overall success in attracting and retaining top talent.

Culture Fit

We are seeking people who can join in our mission, live our shared values and practice our leadership Competencies:

Values

Leading

 We are growth-oriented and purpose-driven. We believe in serving as a trusted advisor to our customers and industry stakeholders to help them navigate the rapidly evolving energy landscape and find certainty amidst disruption. As pioneers in energy storage, we are focused on driving change to accelerate the modernization of our energy networks.

Agile

As we transform the way we power our world, we strive to be adaptive and learn continuously from the market, our customers and each other. We form collaborative partnerships with our customers and we prioritize the most critical efforts that will drive the greatest impact.

Responsible

Safety is paramount in everything we do and we conduct ourselves accordingly. We believe in delivering the best possible quality, both in our technology and service offerings and in our interpersonal relationships with our customers and each other. We are honest, forthcoming, and fair in our communications and we take personal ownership in what we deliver. Integrity is key to our business and how we develop trust in relationships with coworkers, customers, and stakeholders.

Fun

Working on transforming a fundamental part of our society is exciting and fulfilling. It requires creativity, diversity of ideas and backgrounds, and building trust to effect change and move with speed. We respect our coworkers and customers. We listen to what others have to say, and we are inclusive.

Leadership Competencies

Leading Change

We create a vision for change and engage others to implement the change process.

Strategic Talent

We attract, hire, engage and develop talented people to build the capabilities required for the organization to perform at high levels.

Planning and Priority Setting

We identify the priorities, processes, and practical actions that are necessary to achieve an objective or idea.

Fluence IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER and fully subscribes to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity to ensure that all applicants and employees are considered for hire, promotion, and job status without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital or familial status.