A compensation and benefits manager is in charge of ensuring that employee remuneration is complete and unbiased, covering regular wages, incentives, share options, retirement, and any other forms of benefits. This may be a full department in larger businesses, in whose instance the C&B manager oversees all compensation management initiatives, or it could be one of the tasks of an HR Generalist in smaller businesses. The compensation and benefits manager collaborates with recruiting executives, consultants, and other HR professionals to guarantee that work opportunities are both market-rate and internally equitable. Each investment must be evaluated by C&B management to establish the appropriate market price. They frequently accomplish this by conducting pay surveys and statistical analyses to establish what each job's market worth is.

Eligibility Criteria

• I. Must possess at least 50% aggregate from a recognized institution in 12th, from any board PUC/CBSE/ICSE/ISC, etc. However, the cut-off margin varies with the selection process of different colleges.
• II. Should procure a valid score in entrance exams such as CAT, MAT, CMAT, etc. Different colleges offer their entrance exams if you don’t have a satisfactory score in CAT or other competitive exams – colleges like NMIMS, Symbiosis International University, XUB, Andhra University, LPU, etc. Every state offers its entrance exam as well.
• III. One must earn a degree in B.A/B.Com/BBA or a Diploma to become a Compensation & Benefits Manager. This is a basic qualification you must require to enroll in this line of work.
• IV. An M.Sc/MBA/MA in Human Resource Management can also prove to be helpful while looking for a higher degree and better learning.

Tasks to perform

• Create a comprehensive pay strategy by analysing remuneration policy, government rules, and current salary rates.
• Oversee the creation and delivery of textual and spoken documentation to workers in order to inform them of benefits, remuneration, and personnel policies.
• Keep track of personnel-related information such as hiring, transfers, performance reviews, and absence rates and create statistical reports.
• Intervene between benefit administrators and workers, for example, by aiding employees with benefit-related issues or accepting recommendations.
• Establish and suggest organizational improvements to enhance recruitment strategies, procedures, and practises.

Knowledge required

• Administration and Conduct — Knowledge of the market and management concepts used in strategic planning, capital distribution, human resource modelling, technical leadership, manufacturing processes, personnel and asset implementation.
• Client and Legitimate Service — Implementation of standards and procedures for the provision of customer and services rendered. This involves identifying customer expectations, meeting product quality requirements and assessing customer loyalty.
• Arithmetic Prowess — Being able to evaluate and interpret various mathematical equations and use them to address complex problems in arithmetic, geometry, calculus, and other areas.
• English Grammar — Familiarity in English Grammar, the form, and substance of the English language, along with the context and pronunciation of words, principles of grammar, and language.
• Finance and Management – Understanding of corporate governance concepts and procedures, as well as capital industry, finance, and business information monitoring and interpretation.

Skills required

• Rational interpretation — Use of rationality and inference to distinguish the positives and disadvantages of creative improvements, assumptions, or responses to situations.
• Strategic Thinking — Evaluating the possible expenses and advantages of various decisions in order to recognise the best one.
• Time Management — Interacting and switching between different tasks and activities without consuming excess time to provide results.
• Processes Assessment — Entails identifying metrics or indices of service quality as well as the steps required to enhance or change effectiveness in relation to the system's objectives.
• Critical Analysis — Learning and identifying the strengths and weaknesses along with providing solutions and countermeasures to reduce the impact of potential problems.

Job roles offered

Once you procure the required qualifications for becoming a Compensation & Benefits Manager, a myriad of options is open to you. There are multiple projects you can undertake throughout this line of work, and there are many other fields you can branch out to as well.

• Compensation Director: Remuneration and advantages executives interact primarily with senior executives and directors, although they also participate in and are an important element of the HR department. Along with executing a company's rewards and benefits policy, guaranteeing that such initiatives promote the company's goals and adhere to all regulatory obligations is an important aspect of the job. One of the most important aspects of this job is to evaluate a company's effective remuneration programs regularly, encompassing total remuneration, performance bonuses, safety and welfare advantages, and pension payments. Directors of compensation and benefits will be required to handle expenditures and possess a thorough grasp of the organization's success and performance.
• Human Resource Directors: HR Managers and Directors may have distinct duties or obligations dependent on the magnitude and kind of organization, or they may be quite similar. In larger firms, an HR director may be hired to supervise the operations of pretty much the entire HR department as well as the many employees who work there, such as HR professionals, general practitioners, and marketers. HR managers must be able to detect a company's ability and promise immediately so that appropriate training may be provided to assist them to enhance their abilities. Staff seem better involved and driven to achieve since their skills are acknowledged and appreciated, and the firm can specify their particular demands and teach individuals in particular ways they'd want to apply.
• Office Manager: One of the few persons in the office who communicates with pretty much the entire organization is the business manager. Being a fantastic and effective office manager necessitates a unique personality. An office manager is in charge of overseeing an industry's workplace and maintaining it operating productively. This role necessitates the presence of a unique individual. Not everyone is cut out for the job of office manager. The responsibilities of this position are frequently as varied as the organization itself. While most divisions like to stay to themselves and have no need to communicate with one another, the office manager must engage with all divisions and be completely aware of what is happening in each.
• Human Resource Coordinator: The Human Resources Coordinator is responsible for resolving concerns presented by current workers and new hires, as well as managing different HR departmental operations. We'll take a deeper glance at this position in this post. All essential HR operations and programs are facilitated by a Human Resources Coordinator. This covers concerns relating to employment, salary and benefits, labor agreements, and employee engagement, as well as issues presented by existing and potential workers. HR coordinators often report to the HR director, and their responsibilities include enhancing HR policies, procedures, and practices, as well as making recommendations to HR management.
• Human Resource Manager: Human resources managers are in charge of planning, directing, and coordinating an institution's administration tasks. They are in charge of recruitment, evaluating, and employing new workers, as well as consulting with company leadership on strategy development and acting as a liaison amongst administration and workers. Every company wants to hire, inspire, and retain skilled workers by matching them to roles that are a good fit for them. Human resources managers achieve this goal through coordinating people management organizations' administrative work. Employee engagement, regulatory requirements, and employee-related services such as payment, education, and insurance are all part of their responsibilities. They oversee the experts and support personnel in the business and ensure that assignments are done properly and on schedule.

Career opportunities

Compensation & Benefits Managers can opt for various fields of work in the companies listed below:

• Genpact
• Blitz Jobs
• Bikayi
• ReSource Pro
• Lam Research
• ICE
• Accenture
• Atlas Copco
• VMware
• TeamLease Services Limited

Colleges offering courses

• Indian Institute of Management, Indore
• Vinod Gupta School of Management, Kharagpur
• Chandigarh University, Chandigarh
• Xlri - Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur
• Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
• Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay, Mumbai
• N. L. Dalmia Institute of Management Studies And Research, Mumbai
• Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
• Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Pune
• Management Development Institute, Gurgaon
• Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras, Chennai