Senior Compensation & Benefits Analyst

• Key role within a high-performing global Reward team
• Broad exposure across BUs in an international financial services environment

About Our Client

This role offers a unique opportunity to work in a dynamic, fast-moving environment within a small, highly skilled reward team of 3-4 professionals. The team manages centralized and complex compensation programs, including long-term incentive plans, across multiple countries. You will combine hands-on operational delivery with strategic advisory responsibilities, working closely with business leaders, HR teams, and external consultants.

Job Description

• Serve as a trusted advisor on all compensation matters, including annual compensation review processes, share allocations, and budget adherence
• Support global long-term incentive (LTI) programs, ensuring accurate calculations and alignment with seniority and regional regulations
• Prepare and deliver compensation reports, market benchmarking, and analytics to inform business decisions
• Collaborate with regional HR teams and senior leaders to implement salary structures, pay grades, and reward frameworks
• Partner with external consultants and internal stakeholders to maintain robust and market-aligned compensation programs
• Actively participate in annual compensation cycles, which are intensive and time-sensitive, requiring operational rigor and strong attention to detail
• Provide strategic guidance while executing day-to-day compensation processes and ad-hoc business requests
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders across regions, demonstrating excellent communication and influencing skills
• Support the HR team on related reward initiatives, including process improvements and global payroll projects

The Successful Applicant

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Economics, or similar field
• 8-10 years experience in compensation/reward, ideally in financial services or a similar complex sector
• Experience in long-term incentive programs, global compensation models, and compensation analytics
• Ability to balance operational delivery with strategic advisory
• Proven analytical skills and experience with market benchmarking, reporting, and stakeholder negotiation
• Fluency in English, additional languages a plus
• Strong communication skills, able to explain complex compensation topics clearly to business leaders
• Hands-on, proactive, and adaptable, with a rewards mindset
• Comfortable in a small, high-performing team environment with entrepreneurial culture
• Exposure to multi-country compensation and regulatory considerations (Switzerland, UK, Singapore, Luxembourg, and other smaller offices)
• Experience with compensation systems such as SuccessFactors is an advantage

What's on Offer

Are you ready to take ownership of highly complex, high-impact compensation programs where your expertise will directly influence business decisions - combining hands-on operational excellence with strategic, global reward initiatives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment? If so, please apply online!