Adam Gardiner-Maya

Lead strategic compensation initiatives across global business units, with a deep focus on analysis, design, and implementation of pay structures and reward cycles. My role blends compensation subject matter expertise with advanced analytics and automation. - Own compensation strategy execution across salary, bonus, long-term incentives, and one-time award planning—particularly during the Year End process. - Design and evolve compensation policies and packages aligned to business needs, organisational growth, and retention goals. - Provide robust support to HR and business leaders in pay-related decision-making, enabling data-driven conversations around motivation, equity, and performance. - Perform market pricing and benchmarking using published surveys; maintain internal equity via job evaluations, salary structure modelling, and compensation analytics. - Build and maintain complex databases for large-scale employee data and competitive comp modelling. - Develop and deliver automated analytics solutions using Excel, Power BI, and Python, with a strong emphasis on ETL pipelines, self-serve dashboards, and scalable tools. - Act as a key point of contact on complex compensation topics across HR and the business. - Champion AI integration using tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and IQVIA’s IQ-Wise to enhance productivity and support innovation. - Completed the Europe Emerging Leader Programme (2024), applying executive development insights to cross-functional leadership and influence.

Role similar to previous Senior Reward Analyst role, but with stronger focus on Compensation specifically rather than Reward generally. Main duties consist of deep analysis of Year End Process; Salary, Bonus, Long Term Incentive, One Time Payment Awards and subsequent strategy and implementation. Other key responsibilities include: • Development and design of compensation packages and policies aligned with the organisation's strategy • Assessment of the employees' needs by means of different elevation methods and techniques • Creation and improvement of salary, benefit and bonus systems (specifically during Year End) • Support managers in their decisions regarding compensation packages and ways to motivate/retain key employees • Diversity and Inclusion analysis (Gender Pay Gap, Ethnicity, Generational, Regional etc.) • Provide advanced analysis and generate complex reports from large databases; create and manipulate complex databases to manage employee data and competitive compensation data. • Conduct market pricing activities by comparing pay to the market using published compensation surveys; analyses total cash compensation practices internally as well as externally; conduct job evaluation activities including job description/coding and maintenance; prepare advanced analytics and modelling in response to requests from leadership for pertinent data. • Acts as point of contact on highly complex compensation/analytical matters for HR partners

• Preparing analytics and producing recommendations and proposals, and managing ad hoc requests for analytics • Generating materials for presentations to senior business leaders • Generating and interpreting complex reports from large databases to manage employee data, and external market information • Supporting Reward projects, inclusive of Plan design, employee benchmarking, pay analysis, performance management and ad hoc business requests • Acting as an expert resource during the year-end process • Consulting with HR Business Partners regarding market data to help them understand the data and application to their business • Supporting the new hire process by providing relevant market data • Conducting ad hoc research on Reward practice and emerging trends

Managing activity within the compensations and benefits area whilst supporting annual processes, reviews and ad hoc projects. Understanding and advising on remuneration issues and external market trends. Co-ordination and facilitation of annual pay reviews across all business areas Development of fair, equitable and competitive total compensation packages that are aligned with Volka Wessels' strategy and business goals. Managing, coordination and procurement of supplier agreements and relationships.

Due to the expected rise in usage during the 2012 Olympics, it was necessary for me to step away from my day to day duties and join a project team. This project team was created to work alongside other banks to ensure accurate forecasting for the entirety of the Olympics. Since successfully achieving this objective, I have since remained in a mostly analytical role supporting a team of forecasters with MI creation, data management, Microsoft Excel support etc. Other duties include; •Daily Excel support and report creation •Familiar with compliance within ATM operations and wider RBS environments: compliance with Bank of England note distribution stipulations for example. •Simultaneous use of many different analytical systems (Gasper, Connex, ICOM, Business Intelligence etc) •Weekly/Monthly analysis of team budgetary requirements •Daily resource and supplier management •Contractual management of customer estates; (ASDA, Morrisons, WHSmith, Nrail etc.) •Use of communication skills to liaise with RBS colleagues, suppliers and customers based in different countries •Management of property access; Security procedures, time windows, points of contact etc. •Direct involvement with ad-hoc projects that regularly surface in order to improve the availability of the NWBRBS ATM estate •The creation of bespoke Excel solutions for ad-hoc problems

In 2011 I secured a promotion to the role of Cash Forecasting Analyst within ATM Operations. My role was to analyse trends in data using Microsoft Excel and custom software to ensure cash availability on RBS's ATM estate. The role included the following: •Daily/Weekly & Monthly analysis of poor performing ATM sites •Ensuring cash availability targets for NatWest, RBS & Ulster Bank (c.7000 ATM's) were achieved •Strict adherence to Bank of England regulations and compliance with RBS data security policy •Reviews of forecasting processes and supplier cash related performance issues •Building & maintaining effective relationships with key internal Business Services stakeholders •The ability to use Statistical forecasting methodologies as well as advanced data analyst techniques

The TL Ops role allowed me to create custom solutions to a variety of problems; I enjoyed this aspect of the role as it allowed me to be creative. The majority of work I received was ad-hoc and required quick thinking and coordination to complete within in the allocated deadline. •The creation and implementation of various Excel based spreadsheets and Databases. •The implementation of new tools designed to increase managerial capacity. •The understanding of MI systems and ability to communicate the findings to managers. •Collaborating with colleagues across 3 collections sites to implement joint projects. •Using and updating pre-existing management tools.

This role was divided into two parts; first as a Customer Adviser, but later as a Debt Collection Officer. Both roles allowed me to develop strong communication skills; I had to answer calls from a wide variety of customers and completing their day to day banking requirements (payments, balance transfers, sales of banking products etc.), . Once I moved over the Debt Collections, this communication skill increased due to the necessity of talking to customers experiencing financial hardship. This differed from the previous telephony role as we were allowed much more freedom to help customers and arrange tailored payment plans that best fit each customer's need at the time.

I am currently studying an Open University degree in my spare time and enjoy the challenge immensely. This experience allows me to widen my knowledge of subjects that have always fascinated me; particularity Politics and Philosophy, but also sharpen existing skills that are useful in the workplace.