Executive Compensation Manager W/M

The Group Total Rewards team is responsible for designing, managing, and administering global compensation and benefit programs that attract, motivate, and retain top talent.

This high-impact role focuses specifically on Executive Compensation for the Group’s Top Management. This position ensures governance, competitive positioning, and strict regulatory compliance globally.

 

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

 

Reporting to the VP Group Total Rewards & International Mobility, you will be in charge of :

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION & PERFORMANCE REWARDS (PRP)

• Manage the annual Bonus Plan cycle for Executives: issue and population of individual scorecards, change-of-role adjustments, assessment of attainment percentage, coordination of payout management.

• Preparation of the annual WTW Executives France compensation survey and review of market benchmarks to support annual salary review and change-of-role proposals for Executives.

• Oversee the administration of Top France Executives pension plans, including eligibility, contribution calculation, and payment coordination with payroll and SwissLife.

OVERNANCE, COMPLIANCE, AND REPORTING

• Manage the governance process, including presenting the LTI campaign for the Remuneration Committee and securing Board of Directors approval (September).

• Redact and fill in data for the Universal Registration Document (URD) (December−March) on LTI grants and vesting in particular.

• Contribute to CSRD reporting requirements, specifically focusing on adequate/living wage analysis from a Total Rewards viewpoint.

• Prepare specific one-pager notes for the President to support the annual General Meeting preparations.

 

Are you a MATCH?

 

Required Education & Experience

• You have a Master’s degree in Finance, Human Resources, or a related field.

• Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in Global Total Rewards, with extensive exposure to Executive Compensation.

• A first experience in an Operational or Financial role is highly valued.

Necessary Skills

• Expert mastery of financial modeling and data analysis related to compensation and equity programs.

• Fluent French and English (written and oral) is mandatory for global coordination.

• Mastery of Google suite or Microsoft Office (Sheets/Excel) for complex modeling.

• familiarity with HRIS systems for plan administration is essential.

• Strong Digital mindset and appetite for process optimization and system integration.

Key Behavioral Skills

• Exceptional Attention to Detail and organizational skills, critical for accurate governance and compliance.

• Absolute Discretion and Integrity in handling highly sensitive and confidential Executive compensation data.

• Strong Executive Communication skills (written and oral), with the ability to interact at all levels of the organization.

• Highly Autonomous and capable of independently driving complex, annual processes.

• Data-oriented and comfortable with metrics and financial concepts.

• Solution-oriented mindset, focused on resolving challenges efficiently in a complex regulatory environment.

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Our Differences make our Performance

At Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.