{"id":2209,"date":"2026-08-13T05:59:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T05:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.civitastalent.com\/?p=2209"},"modified":"2026-08-13T05:59:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T05:59:54","slug":"appointment-of-reward-manager-asx-listed-retail-organisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.civitastalent.com\/case-study\/appointment-of-reward-manager-asx-listed-retail-organisation\/","title":{"rendered":"Appointment of Reward Manager, ASX-Listed Retail Organisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>At a Glance<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sector &#8211; Retail<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Location &#8211; Melbourne, VIC<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Workforce &#8211; 3,500 employees<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Service &#8211; HR Executive Search<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Engagement &#8211; Permanent Search<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>The Challenge<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An ASX-listed retail organisation with <\/span><b>3,500 employees<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> had been managing remuneration through a generalist HR Manager with no dedicated Reward specialist, a gap that became untenable once Australia&#8217;s gender pay gap reporting obligations required rigorous job architecture and market benchmarking the organisation didn&#8217;t have.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Our Approach<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Civitas assessed candidates on direct technical fluency with job evaluation methodologies and market data tools, given the board-level visibility of pay gap reporting outcomes and the technical precision the role required.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>The Solution<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The appointed Reward Manager brought <\/span><b>prior experience leading gender pay gap remediation at another ASX-listed employer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, arriving with a tested methodology rather than building one from scratch.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Measured Impact<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Formal job architecture and levelling framework implemented ahead of the next reporting cycle<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Gender pay gap identified and a remediation plan presented to the board within 6 months<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Incentive plan design standardised across previously inconsistent business units<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Reduced reliance on external remuneration consultants for routine benchmarking<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Client Reflection<\/b><\/h2>\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gender pay gap reporting turned Reward from a nice-to-have into a board priority overnight, we needed someone who&#8217;d actually done this before.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><b>Why This Matters<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pay transparency and reporting obligations have moved Reward from a quiet specialist function to one with genuine board exposure, this appointment reflects how quickly that shift has raised the bar for what a Reward Manager hire actually needs to deliver.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Related Civitas Service<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.civitastalent.com\/clients\/hr-recruitment\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HR Executive Search<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a Glance Sector &#8211; 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