1.0 Overview



Compensation reports is part of the HR Data domain and it is composed of 3 reports. Data came from Compensation tools: Success Factor module Compensation Easy Comp.  The aim of theses reports is to make data relating to the Compensation Campaign available to managers and HR. They can follow the progress of the campaign with Progress Status report and look into Merit and Variable pay data. 

Variable compensation is the part of total cash compensation that will vary in amount from year to year considering the performance of the employee individually, the Entity and the Group.

There are multiple types of variable compensation and recognition programs that can be short term (evaluation of achievements and performance less than or one year) or long term (evaluation cycle longer than one year) as well different considering the type of program – is it local or group-wide.

The Compensation Campaign is held every year in March. 

HR - Team Reward & Self Services Support Team

Managers 

*Compensation data is not available for Non-HR scope

Target Users:

HR  - Team Reward & Self Services Support Team and Managers

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04.10.2023

Emma Glasson

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Data Product Type 
  • Dashboard
  • Report
  • Advanced analytics
  • AI 
  • Others <specify which one>
Technologies
  • BW
  • Tableau
  • Qliksense
  • Talend
  • Dataiku
  • Others <specify which one>

Data Sources 

Note: list of all applications and various environment

  • SAP PF1 (Production environment)
  • SAP WP1
  • SAP PI1
  • BW (versions)
  • iCare CRM 
  • CORE CRM
  • Others Success Factor module Compensation EasyComp

2.0 Business Process


1) Annual salary review 

Annual salary review is part of the Compensation campaign (usually in March/April of each year) salaries are being reviewed by the Line managers for alignment with pay for performance, internal pay fairness and external market competitiveness. During Compensation Campaign Line managers recommend salary increases for direct reports within allocated Total Merit Budget that is given by the COMEX each year depending of the group performance. 

2) Variable compensation : 

Non Cadre employee :

Locally Graded Employees (S14 and below) are eligible to participate in the Global Performance Sharing program intended to provide a motivational element that recognizes employees' contributions by involving them in the Group's results at the global level, thereby strengthening their sense of belonging to the Solvay Group.

Besides that, specific Short Term Incentive programs at local (country) or GBU level can be prevalent and are intended to recognize individual or team achievements, similar to the objectives of the Solvay STI plan. 

Cadre employee :

A) Short Term Incentive (STI) plan

All S15 and above graded employees (except employees on Solvay’s Sales Incentive Plan - see below) are eligible to participate in the Solvay STI program, which is designed to reward employees for the results delivered by individuals, by teams, and by the Group as a whole, thus reinforcing our purpose and working as ONE Team.

The STI Bonus Target is determined as a percentage of annual base salary for positions graded at S15 and above and has been set by region and grade. For grades S23 and above, the @Target percentage of annual base salary is set globally and is the same in all countries.

STI Targets for eligible participants as a percent of Annual base salary:


The payout of Solvay STI plan is based on the achievement of predetermined annual Group and Entity specific goals as well as individual objectives. The weight of these elements varies by the grade of the employee. Since 2022 the link between STI payout and our progress towards One Planet objectives is being strengthened by linking 15% of total STI results to One Planet progress and this equally applies to all Employee categories participating in the Plan.



B) Sales Incentive Plan (SIP) - Commercial team ONLY

Solvay is customer obsessed and your role, as part of the Commercial team, is key to bond with our clients, ensuring that we create long-term shared value and top line growth. To support and reward those efforts, the leadership and the significant contributions, a new Solvay Global Sales Incentive Plan (SIP) has been recently implemented for the professional development and  personal motivation of Solvay’s Commercial teams.

C) Long Term Incentive plans

The purpose of the Long Term Incentive plans is to align compensation, decisions and interests of our senior leaders with Solvay's long term strategy and the company’s sustained performance. Currently, these plans are applicable to grades S23 and above.

3) Recognition programs


Recognition programs are periodical or ad-hoc (as needed, "spot") award programs that can be monetary or non-monetary programs to formally recognize an achievement, a performance, a behavior or celebrate the success of a particular initiative, project or individual contribution.   

There is a wide spectrum of recognition programs in Solvay that are usually GBU or country specific, with the exception of the Solvay Special Recognition Award program, which is consistent around the globe in multiple GBUs/Functions.

The Solvay Special Recognition Award program is designed to provide a cash vehicle for recognizing individual employees or small teams for outstanding achievement that clearly demonstrates elements of Solvay Management and People Models.


Business Processes :

Exemple of a compensation campaign timing : 



3.0 Application Feature Overview



ReportsDefinitionPromptsBW Workbook QueryQuery Technical Name

Compensation - MERIT data

Report linked to MERIT data. 

Functional Roles(star)

Calendar Year




n.aBW_QRY_CPHRCOMP01_0001
Compensation - Progress StatusReport to monitor progress of the compensation campaign. n.aBW_QRY_CPHRCOMP01_0003
Compensation - Variable Pay DataReport linked to STI/SIP plan data. n.aBW_QRY_CPHRCOMP01_0002


(star) mandatory field

4.0 Functional Specification


4.1 General Data/Calculations 

Please find bellow general dimension, commun to all BW HR reports:

DimensionDefinition

Company Code

Company code to which an employee belongs on the time period selected in the report

Country of the company

Country of company where the employee has his employment contract

Calendar

Time dimensions available: Day, Month, Year, Year/Month

Division (Entity)

Division (former entity) to which an employee belongs on the time period selected in the report

Employee NR (NS)

Employee PERN

Employee payroll number

Employee status

Active, Active Leave, Inactive Leave

Dormant, reported No Show

Terminated, Inactive

Employment status

Valid for historical data - the period before 1 November 2020. 

Equivalent to the current dimension Employee status

Employee sub-group grouping (Gr)

Identification of employee by:

  • Cadre
  • Employee
  • Blue Collar 
  • Sales Cadre
  • External
  • N.A.

The employee sub-group grouping is a grouping definition of the employment type.

Location Grp (Site)

Employee’s site

Person ID

Unique identifier code for an employee. EC number.  (person name available in the text option for this dimension)

User Name

User account name (to access system/tool)

4.2 Process Detail 

4.2.1.  Report/Process Definition 


DomainHR
ApplicationBW Compensation queries
ProviderCPHRCOMP
Existing Documentation

Variable Compensation



4.2.2. KPI's/Calculations/Indicators 

Compensation - MERIT data: 

Indicatores/KPI's

Definition

Calculation/Extraction of data

Current Salary (EUR)

Current salary in EUR


Current SalaryCurrent salary in local currency 
Current TCT CR %

Merit Gdline Low EUR

Each year the COMEX is given a MERIT guideline for the group and then to each GBU and function following the Year group results. This is a range comprising a lowest and a highest amount.

This field provide the lowest Merit amount that can be received in EUR.


Merit Guidelines LowThis field provide the lowest Merit amount that can be received in local country currency. 
Merit Gdline Hgh EURThis field provide the highest Merit amount that can be received in EUR.
Merit Guideline HighThis field provide the highest Merit amount that can be received in country local currency. 
Merit Proposal (EUR)Proposition done by the manager to the employee for his Merit bonus in EUR.
Merit ProposalProposition done by the manager to the employee for his Merit bonus in country local currency. 
Merit Proposal %Merit proposal in a %. 
Lump Sum (EUR)When the employee ratio is above 120%, the manager can propose a Lump Sum instead of a Merit increased. It's not a salary increase but a one shot payement once during the year link to Merit. 
Lump Sumin Country local currency. 
Lump Sum %% of the current salary propose as a Lump Sum. 
Adjustment (EUR)

Adjustment

Adjustment %

New Salary (EUR)Salary after compensation in EURCurrent Salary (EUR) + Merit Proposal (EUR) + Lump Sum (EUR)
New Salary in LocalSalary after compensation in country local currency
New TCT CR %

Total Increase EUR
Merit Proposal (EUR) + Lump Sum (EUR)
Total Increase

Total Increase %

Prop Inc vs Std Inc%

MERIT Budget Assigned (EUR)

MERIT Budget Used (EUR)

MERIT Budget Remaining (EUR)

Compensation Group B

Comp Group Budget

Compensation Budget

Standard Increase(%)

Mandatory Increase %

Target STI

Current Compa Ratio%

New Compa Ratio %

New Salary in Local

Total Increase %

Total Increase


Compensation - Progress Status

Indicatores/KPI's

Definition

Calculation/Extraction of data

Number of Compensations



Number CompletedNumber of Compensation completed. 
Completed %

Variable Pay Budget Assigned (EUR)

Variable Pay Budget Used (EUR)

Variable Pay Budget Remaining (EUR)

MERIT Budget Assigned (EUR)same as previous report ??
MERIT Budget Used (EUR)same as previous report ??
MERIT Budget Remaining (EUR)same as previous report ??


Compensation - Variable Pay Data

Indicatores/KPI's

Definition

Calculation/Extraction of data

Prorated Target %

What are we looking for ? Why has this KPI been created/developed? What is the goal of monitoring this data ? 

How is the calculation, or if it's a program what are the steps or how the data is extracted if it's by files

STI/SIP Budget

STI/SIP Budget EUR

Current Salary Prorated (EUR)

Current Salary Prorated

Total Pro.Target EUR

Total Prorat. Target

Indiv. Target EUR

Individual Target

Ind Reco Payout Fact

Ind Reco Payout EUR

Ind Reco Payout

Entity Target EUR

Entity Target Amount

Entity Calculated EUR

Entity Calculat. Amount

Pror. Entity Payout EUR

Prorated Entity Payout

Group Target EUR

Group Target Amount

Group Calculated EUR

Group Calculated Amount

Pror. Group Payout EUR

Prorated Group Payout

Tot. Incent. Payout

Tot Incent. Payout

Payout as % of Targe

Payout as % of Base

Customer Sales Factor

Entity Factor

Group Factor

EPP Budget (EUR)

EPP Budget

Variable Pay Budget Assigned (EUR)

Variable Pay Budget Used (EUR)

Variable Pay Budget Remaining (EUR)

5.0 Non-functional Descriptions 


5.1 Usability

as per standards

5.2 Regulatory Compliance

Reports that contain sensitive data: Salary with People names. 

GDPR compliant.

5.3 Security

  • Only authorised Users be able to access data.
  • Data are not yet split between SCO or ECO. The report contains both companies data. 

5.4 Performance

as per standards

5.5 Reliability

as per standards

5.6 Scalability

as per standards

5.7 Compatibility

as per standards

5.8 Availability

as per standards

5.9 Refresh of the Data

Only during Compensation campaign period , 4 times per day, 6am, 12pm, 18pm, 24pm CET.