393964BR
Mar 18, 2024
Germany
About the Role
Internal Job Title: German Pension and Benefits Lead
Location:
- Munich or Nuremberg
- Hybrid
- #LI-Hybrid
Novartis is unable to offer relocation support for this role: please only apply if this location is accessible for you.
About the Role:
Join our Global HR function - Rewards team as a German Pension and Benefits Lead. We're looking for an individual with extensive experience in benefits management and administration, ideally with specialized knowledge in pensions. This role is critical in managing, administering, and reviewing pension and benefits programs in Germany, in alignment with our organization’s strategic objectives.
This role reports directly into the Head Global Benefits and Recognition and will work hand in hand with the Rewards team.
Key Responsibilities:
Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Manage and oversee local pension provider regarding daily business/employee queries, payroll, and administration of retirees
• Serve as a point of contact to the global Novartis Pension Board in respect of pension and retirement plan provision in Germany
• Review and analyze local benefit programs and recommend changes in design, financing and vendors to ensure efficiency and compliance
• Oversee financial controls and expenses of German benefit provision
• Manage benefit program renewals, vendor changes and new program expansions
• Oversee vendor management of benefits portal provider and remaining administration work carried out by the regional service center in Prague
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert on local benefits and support the country HR departments
• Prepare periodical reports required for legislative bodies, external vendors, payroll etc.
Location:
- Munich or Nuremberg
- Hybrid
- #LI-Hybrid
Novartis is unable to offer relocation support for this role: please only apply if this location is accessible for you.
About the Role:
Join our Global HR function - Rewards team as a German Pension and Benefits Lead. We're looking for an individual with extensive experience in benefits management and administration, ideally with specialized knowledge in pensions. This role is critical in managing, administering, and reviewing pension and benefits programs in Germany, in alignment with our organization’s strategic objectives.
This role reports directly into the Head Global Benefits and Recognition and will work hand in hand with the Rewards team.
Key Responsibilities:
Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Manage and oversee local pension provider regarding daily business/employee queries, payroll, and administration of retirees
• Serve as a point of contact to the global Novartis Pension Board in respect of pension and retirement plan provision in Germany
• Review and analyze local benefit programs and recommend changes in design, financing and vendors to ensure efficiency and compliance
• Oversee financial controls and expenses of German benefit provision
• Manage benefit program renewals, vendor changes and new program expansions
• Oversee vendor management of benefits portal provider and remaining administration work carried out by the regional service center in Prague
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert on local benefits and support the country HR departments
• Prepare periodical reports required for legislative bodies, external vendors, payroll etc.
Diversity & Inclusion / EEO
We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.
Role Requirements
Essential Requirements:
• University degree, preferable in actuarial, economics, mathematics or legal.
• Fluency in German and English, both oral and written.
• Extensive experience in management & administration of benefit plans.
• Specialization in pensions or experience in Employee Benefits consulting.
• Ability to understand, support, design and successfully deliver benefit related processes and projects.
• Fair understanding of business, organizational and regulatory requirements.
• Experience in the benefit area and ability to maximize the effectiveness in HR services delivery.
• Proven networking skills, with the ability to build internal and external networks to provide excellent support to HR requests.
• Ready to work Hybrid (partially remote, flexible)
Why Novartis?
Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here:
https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
You’ll receive:
You can find everything you need to know about our benefits and rewards in the Novartis Life Handbook: https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse team’s representative of the patients and communities we serve.
Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability.
The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you
would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.
Adjustments for Applicants with Disabilities:
The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.
Join our Novartis Network:
If this role is not suitable to your experience or career goals but you wish to stay connected to hear more about Novartis and our career opportunities, join the Novartis Network here:
https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network
• University degree, preferable in actuarial, economics, mathematics or legal.
• Fluency in German and English, both oral and written.
• Extensive experience in management & administration of benefit plans.
• Specialization in pensions or experience in Employee Benefits consulting.
• Ability to understand, support, design and successfully deliver benefit related processes and projects.
• Fair understanding of business, organizational and regulatory requirements.
• Experience in the benefit area and ability to maximize the effectiveness in HR services delivery.
• Proven networking skills, with the ability to build internal and external networks to provide excellent support to HR requests.
• Ready to work Hybrid (partially remote, flexible)
Why Novartis?
Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here:
https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
You’ll receive:
You can find everything you need to know about our benefits and rewards in the Novartis Life Handbook: https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse team’s representative of the patients and communities we serve.
Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability.
The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you
would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.
Adjustments for Applicants with Disabilities:
The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.
Join our Novartis Network:
If this role is not suitable to your experience or career goals but you wish to stay connected to hear more about Novartis and our career opportunities, join the Novartis Network here:
https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network
Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
Join our Novartis Network: Not the right Novartis role for you? Sign up to our talent community to stay connected and learn about suitable career opportunities as soon as they come up: https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network
People & Organization
P&O CoE Total Rewards
Germany
Munich (or) Nuremberg
NBS GmbH
Human Resources
Full Time
Regular
No
