Reward and Data Specialist

TooMuchWifi is a leading provider of fast, reliable, and affordable internet connectivity to townships in South Africa. We are a fast-growing company with a great culture that encapsulates our values: Accountability, Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork, and Hard Work.  

We care deeply about our dedicated and hardworking team, as well as the communities we serve. Our purpose, mission, and social impact drive and inspire us every day. 

Our working environment is colourful, fun, collaborative, and kind. We are proud of our journey and have lots of amazing stories to share!

A talented and motivated reward and data specialist with proven experience to contribute to our data analytics capabilities within the HR function. This role is primarily focused on building sound data analytics for our Reward and Remuneration processes, Attrition, Retention and Performance analytics. An individual that innovates our people data to provide insights for decision making, responsible for identifying trends, collecting information and interpreting data to obtain a deep understanding of our people data.  

The role sits within the People and Organisation department and forms part of backbone of analytics and reporting for Human Resources related to employee movements, remuneration data, performance, skills development and employment equity information

The successful candidate will build the Reward and Remuneration capability that enables leadership to make decisions on organisational structure and appointments. The incumbent will design a compensation model befitting for our business, establish a robust process on how to match and benchmark our internal remuneration, and guide decisions related to incentives. The incumbent will design and develop analytics the HR processes that guide executive decision making by analysing our people data, develop functional and reporting to inform people related decision making. 

The role reports to the Chief People Officer and has key interfaces with the Exco and Expanded Exco and the People and Organisation teams.  

• Reward Analysis & Benchmarking
• Conduct market benchmarking using salary surveys (e.g. Remchannel, etc.) 
• Analyse internal pay structures to ensure internal equity and external competitiveness
• Support job evaluation processes and grading structures
• Provide data-driven insights on pay positioning, cost implications, and trends
• Ensure sound and effective financial management practices within the remuneration and benefits portfolio
• Salary Review & Incentive Support
• Timeous execution of the annual remuneration and benefits calendar (bonus, increases, REMCO, grading, ad-hoc requests, etc.)
• Support annual salary review and bonus processes (modelling, simulations, and validation)
• Prepare reward costing scenarios and affordability analysis in conjunction with Finance
• Assist with short-term incentive (STI) and long-term incentive (LTI) process
• Ensure accurate application of reward policies and frameworks
• Input for Payroll Processing
• Ensure accurate and timely payroll inputs in line with the monthly payroll calendar and cut-off dates
• Collaborate with HR and Finance teams to ensure all employee changes (appointments, terminations, transfers, increases) are correctly reflected in payroll
• Identify opportunities to improve payroll processes, controls, and reporting
• Reward Governance & Compliance
• Ensure that the Reward process Remuneration policy is documented.
• Ensure reward practices comply with South African labour and tax legislation (e.g. BCEA, Income Tax Act, PAYE)
• Support pay equity and equal pay for work of equal value analysis
• Maintain reward documentation, structures, and audit trails
• Support regulatory and internal audits relating to reward
• Data, Reporting & Insights:  
• Develop and maintain reward and HR dashboards and reports,  
• Analyse trends in remuneration, benefits, turnover, and cost-to-company, performance related data, update calculators timeously and/or as requested, provide insights to HRBPs and leadership to inform people decisions, support remuneration committee reporting in the timeous compilation of the REMCO pack
• Stakeholder Support: subject-matter support to HRBPs and line managers on reward queries, support managers with offer benchmarking and pay recommendations.
• Provides interpretation, education and counsel to Senior HR and business leaders regarding Reward policies, programs and practices.

• Degree in HR, Business, Statistics, or related field
• Post graduate qualification would be an advantage
• SARA registration is advantageous
• 5 years or more of experience in reward, remuneration, or HR analytics
• Exposure to salary surveys and job evaluation systems
• Working knowledge of building compensation models and payscales

Preferred skills and qualifications

• Knowledge of South African reward and tax legislation
• Working knowledge of payroll systems, processes and practice
• Knowledge of designing reports based on analytics of people data 
• Experience building dashboards and automated reporting environments.

Core Competencies

• Strong numerical and analytical literacy.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; 
• Strong ability to influence and drive decision making with insights
• Strong ownership and accountability mindset
• Ability to prioritise and deliver under pressure
• Ability to influence and work with executive leadership