Mark Oldfield
Buxton,Derbyshire
Summary
HR professional specialising in Reward and HR data analytics. Key areas of expertise include annual salary reviews, market pricing & pay modelling, job evaluation & architecture, gender pay reporting, reward governance & compliance, stakeholder management. People insights & analytics expert – headcount reporting, turnover & attrition, workforce planning, employee engagement, diversity & inclusion, KPI dashboards, HR systems optimisation. Continuous improvement mindset - turning data into insights that drive business decision making.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work history
Executive Compensation Specialist
Syngenta
2025.11 - 2026.02
- Support end-to-end compensation processes for senior management population across all regions including job evaluation, package design, board reporting, compensation governance
- Support & lead on group wide cyclical reward processes - annual salary review, annual budget preparation, gender pay and pay transparency reporting, compliance auditing
- Own and develop analytics for group wide compensation projects; end to end reporting and query resolution in partnership with wider HR teams e.g. Business Partners, Senior Leaders, Shared Services
HR Analytics Specialist
Syngenta
2020.03 - 2025.11
- Provide data-driven insights to support business decision making across Syngenta - understand the problem, analyse & interpret key findings, presentation to senior leaders
- Support & lead various people data initiatives e.g headcount & cost reporting, attrition & turnover, diversity & inclusion, workforce & succession planning, employee engagement, KPI dashboards and reward processes e.g.annual salary review, budget preparation
- Optimise reporting capability of HR system (Workday) to support data fluency across the company; enabling self-service and driving HRBP and line manager education.
Regional Reward Analyst
AstraZeneca
2015.03 - 2019.03
- Support development and implementation of global reward policies across three areas (Europe & Middle East Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin America). Drive engagement, education and stakeholder management ensuring a consistent approach to reward
- Lead role in cyclical process (annual budget and salary review) across 3 regions. Manage, coordinate and execute – cleansing & validation of employee data, cost & scenario modelling, presentation & delivery of final outputs/recommendations
- Support and lead on ad hoc group projects e.g. gender pay report, reward policy compliance, salary benchmarking, implementation of new Market Data system (Willis Towers Watson).
Global Compensation Analyst
AstraZeneca
2013.04 - 2015.03
- Compensation support to newly established Global Compensation Team, development & integration of global reward policies (Standard Operating Procedures).
- Own and manage job architecture framework including job evaluation & methodology; salary benchmarking, communication & education of line managers & HR Business Partners
- Support cyclical annual salary review & budgeting process; ownership of data management, analysis and delivery of key findings, total cost reporting
- Drive implementation of new HR system solution (Workday). Country configuration of reward & employee data, plan design and setup (bonus, LTI, Salary), analytics & modules e.g. Advanced Compensation
Reward Adviser
AstraZeneca
2011.01 - 2013.04
- Designated compensation support to UK Ops function (manufacturing), engaging with relevant business stakeholder to design & deliver compensation solutions
- Annual salary review, annual benefit enrolment, benchmarking, company legislative responses (e.g. Agency Worker Regulations), equal pay audits
- Support design & review of UK Ops variable pay structure – scenario & cost modelling, impact analysis, present findings & options, initiate roll out
- Manage end to end job evaluation process for unionised staff and data modelling for actual negotiation process
Reward Analyst
AstraZeneca
2003.10 - 2011.01
- Oversee and manage UK salary review process and production of benchmark data points, UK budget proposals and remuneration committee sign off.
- Coordinate salary survey submissions & vendor management, drive overall company approach to market data and education, communication of market data principles to senior managers
- Analytical support to core compensation projects e.g. acquisitions and mergers, wider business initiatives such as site closures, benefits changes e.g. pensions, pay modelling, variable pay design
Education
BA (Hons) - Business Studies
Staffordshire University
A Levels - undefined
Lady Manners School
Bakewell, DerbyshireGCSE’s - undefined
Lady Manners School
Bakewell, DerbyshireSkills
- Passion for data and analytical skills - attention to detail, problem solving, presentation & ‘story telling’
- Stakeholder management and engagement, ability to influence at all levels
- Cyclical reward processes eg annual salary review, annual budget proposals, equal pay & gender pay reporting
- Global & regional compensation experience – EMEA, APAC, LATAM
- Design & review of reward policies, job framework design, execution of policies and future governance
- Salary surveys, market benchmarking, job evaluation (fluent with Mercer, Willis Towers Watson, Radford and other leading vendors)
- HR systems & process specialist eg 10 years’ Workday (also familiar with SuccessFactors, Peoplesoft, SAP, NGA Eureka), implementation of compensation modules
- HR analytics and people insights specialist – attrition & turnover, employee engagement, KPI dashboards, diversity & inclusion, employee engagement, talent acquisition data, systems optimisation
- Proficient in MS Excel and other advanced analytical software eg Power BI
Referee’s
available upon request
Timeline
Executive Compensation Specialist
Syngenta
2025.11 - 2026.02
HR Analytics Specialist
Syngenta
2020.03 - 2025.11
Regional Reward Analyst
AstraZeneca
2015.03 - 2019.03
Global Compensation Analyst
AstraZeneca
2013.04 - 2015.03
Reward Adviser
AstraZeneca
2011.01 - 2013.04
Reward Analyst
AstraZeneca
2003.10 - 2011.01
A Levels - undefined
Lady Manners School
GCSE’s - undefined
Lady Manners School
BA (Hons) - Business Studies
Staffordshire University