A Brief Introduction to RMA

Reward Management Associates (RMA) is a specialist Compensation and Benefits consulting firm set up in Dubai in October 1997. RMA provides clients with acceptable people and reward solutions that reflect international best practice.

RMA covers Reward in its broadest term-from organization structuring to planning of development solutions and hence offers reward solutions that are totally integrated into your people policies. RMA will work very closely with you to ensure that solutions reflect your culture and values. Solutions will be client-focused and tailored for easy and practical implementation.

The companys particular emphasis is on the conduct of Compensation Surveys, Job Design & Evaluation, Compensation and Benefit Policy Design, International Mobility, International Remuneration and Expatriate Pay Systems. A.B. decided to set up RMA in order to try and meet what he saw as a gap in the market to address these issues and also provide a service in these areas to overseas companies moving into this Region. Being based in Dubai provides RMA with the opportunity to undertake assignments globally and for clients based in other countries in addition to local assignments. RMA primarily is focused on undertaking assignments in the Middle East, Indian sub-continent, Africa & the Far East.

While RMA specializes in Reward and Compensation and Benefits issues they are also able to provide clients with a total HR solution as they work through a number of associates both locally and overseas. These associates provide services in the areas of Compensation & Benefits, Training, Customer Service, Service Quality, Transformation and Change Management and Resourcing. This enables RMA to create a business partnership with clients and helps organizations achieve their business strategies and objectives. Further, RMA also works with other Compensation consultants who do not have a local presence and undertake assignments for them in this region.

At the outset, RMA recognizes that people are your basic competitive advantage. We will work with you to ensure that solutions are in place to attract, motivate, develop and retain this competitive edge into the longer term. Such solutions will focus on your business strategies and be based on an understanding of your values, culture and operating environment.

RMA offers solutions in the following areas:

Organization Structures

We will work with you to identify the most suitable structure to help meet your business strategy, plans and objectives. We will use advanced project management techniques to help you mange organization transformation and change and create communication plans and processes to assist institutionalizing change.

Job Design and Evaluation

We can design and evaluate jobs that support the organization structure that you have established. We will assist in evaluating such jobs and set up organization hierarchies which suit your organization. We can also help in the development of job competencies that ensure that the right skills exist within the organization.

Assessment and Development

We can assist you in the development of an assessment system to measure employee performance against pre-set goals and ensure that staff are trained in the use of the system. We will also assist in the development of systems to identify development needs of staff. We can also assist in identifying suppliers and plan methods to bridge identified skill gaps.

Compensation and Benefits

We can advise on the design of total compensation systems and practices that can be cost effective to your organization. We will assist in the development of a comprehensive compensation philosophy and policy for you and help in developing a communication plan to embed these principles and systems. We will also undertake comprehensive compensation surveys for your organization with reports being tailor-made to help in your decision making in this area.

International Mobility and Expatriate Pay

We can assist you in the creation of the principles and processes for undertaking cross border moves. We design process models and implementation plans to facilitate such moves. We can advise you in the design and delivery of expatriate pay systems which are market matched and combine the best of local and international practice.

Evaluation

All solutions must have a direct and tangible impact on business performance. We will design systems which help you track the success of new people initiatives ensuring that such solutions have a long-term role in your business strategy.

Your Consultant

A.B.Subiah, who runs RMA, is a professional Human Resources practitioner who has specialist Compensation and Benefits diplomas awarded by the American Compensation Association, Scottsdale, AZ, USA. He also has a Masters in Human Resource Management from the Xavier Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur, India.

A.B. has over 18 years experience in the HR field covering a broad spectrum of industry and financial institutions. He has worked for the Forbes Group of Companies, the Lalbhai Group, Citibank, National Bank of Oman and Standard Chartered Bank. His most recent assignment was as Regional Head of Human Resources, Middle East and South Asia for Standard Chartered Bank. In these roles, A.B. has obtained broad exposure in all areas of Human Resources with a particular emphasis in the design, development and implementation of local and international pay systems and practices.

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