Patrick Donovan

My activities at Smart DCC are broad due to my position as the primary Reward expert within the business, and thus I:

• Run end to end processes that encompass all things compensation, including our annual salary review and bonus scheme, benchmarking, market and economic analysis, and reports to our board.
• Partner with managers and senior leaders within the business to guide them on compensation decision making for their teams and wider functions.
• Lead compensation activities for business change programmes, which include organisation/functional transformations and workforce planning.
• Work closely across the people team as part of our transition to a new entity, including activities such as the introduction of our own independent benefits platform and payroll system.
• Ensure payroll activities are completed on time each month and manage our HRIS system to be kept up to date.

Working at Smart DCC has challenged and pushed me to take on more responsibility during my time, making me a more resilient and consistent professional.

Working at Clyde & Co. was my introduction to doing compensation at scale, allowing me to gain experience in:

• Managing our payroll and HRIS processes to ensure data was accurate, on time and communicated to the relevant stakeholders.
• Working with my Reward Manager to complete our salary review and complicated bonus/commission schemes.
• Completing gender pay gap reporting for the UK business, working closely with the senior partners and HR director under tight timescales.
• Assisting in the alignment of an acquired business to appropriate Clyde & Co. pay scales.
• Conducting benchmarking and market research in what is a fast moving and highly competitive sector.

A.S. Watson was my first reward role, working with our businesses across the EU. I was involved in:

• Delivering our salary review/bonus scheme process, partnering with local people and reward specialists across the continent.
• The complete end to end management of our junior bonus scheme for the UK business.
• Completing benchmarking and market analysis for countries across the EU to ensure our pay scales were reflective of those markets.
• Assisting and maintaining the new benefits platform created for the UK business.
• The creation of content relating to reward to assist colleagues in the UK business.
• Delivering the payroll for the UK business.

My role at Immediate Media was my first expose to HR, and I was responsible for:

• Assisting in the development of company policies to ensure legal compliance.
• Administing payroll duties for timely and accurate salary disbursement.
• Maintaining the privacy of sensitive information by adhering to data protection regulations diligently.
• Streamlining HR processes by introducing efficient digital solutions.