Sr. Manager, Total Rewards

Key Responsibilities

• Support the design, governance, and administration of MCC’s global total rewards strategy focusing on benefits programs, including medical, dental, disability, life, wellness, FSA/HSA, COBRA, and leave programs.
• Serve as the owner of MCC’s retirement programs, including 401(k), pension/retirement plans and global retirement harmonization initiatives.
• Partner with brokers, consultants, and vendors to optimize plan design, cost containment, employee experience, and compliance.
• Lead annual open enrollment strategy, communications, and execution.
• Support global benefits development and wellbeing frameworks, ensuring regional alignment and scalability.
• Drive wellbeing strategy, integrating physical, financial, and mental health initiatives.
• Manage core compensation processes including salary structures, annual merit cycles, promotions, and off-cycle adjustments.
• Conduct job evaluation, market pricing, and benchmarking to ensure internal equity and external competitiveness.
• Manage the Americas benefits and retirements budgets; monitor spend, trends, utilization, and ROI.
• Build dashboards and reporting to assess competitiveness, equity, plan performance, and workforce cost trends.
• Provide data-driven insights to HR, Finance, and business leaders to support strategic decision-making.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations including ERISA, ACA, HIPAA, FLSA, GDPR, pay transparency, and retirement plan governance requirements.
• Oversee audits, nondiscrimination testing, and vendor compliance for benefits and retirement plans.
• Partner with Legal and HR Operations to mitigate risk and maintain strong governance standards.
• Manage relationships with benefits brokers, retirement plan advisors, consultants, and third-party vendors.
• Oversee billing audits, financial reconciliations, and service-level performance.
• Ensure vendors deliver high-quality service and value aligned with MCC’s global standards.
• Lead and develop members of the Total Rewards team, strengthening technical expertise, analytical capability, and service orientation.
• Build scalable processes that support MCC’s HR operating model and shared services environment.
• Partner with Finance, Legal, HR Business Partners, and business leaders to support M&A integration, organizational design, workforce planning, and global transformation initiatives.
• Contribute to global projects related to HR modernization, benefits harmonization, and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, or related field required.
• 7–10 years of progressive experience in benefits, retirement plans, and total rewards, with strong expertise in plan governance and compliance.
• Experience in a global or multi-country environment strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with senior leaders and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience managing vendors and brokers; experience with self-insured plans preferred.