Sr Compensation Specialist

About the role

Grade Level (for internal use): 09 The Team: In this role, you will be a key member of the Global Total Rewards team, providing year‑round support for broad‑based compensation programs, processes, and initiatives in partnership with colleagues across regions. You will work closely with Compensation Leads and Total Rewards colleagues, with growing exposure to HR partners and business stakeholders as experience develops. Based in India, this role supports a global compensation model and is well suited for someone looking to build a strong technical compensation foundation, starting with execution and progressing toward more independent analysis and advisory support. The role reports to the Compensation Lead. Responsibilities and Impact: Partner with the Total Rewards team to deliver broad-based compensation support for the business, assisting senior team members with defined deliverables and timelines. Conduct or support moderate benchmarking, analysis, and calculations, including participation in external compensation surveys and job matching activities as needed. Prepare standard and ad-hoc reports, spreadsheets, charts, and presentations to enable compensation decision-making and routine program administration. Support the annual compensation review process, ensuring accurate inputs, validation, and smooth execution. Apply working knowledge of compensation fundamentals to complete assignments and respond to routine inquiries, escalating more complex items appropriately. Resolve a range compensation program issues using established policies and procedures, ensuring compliance and maintaining high-quality documentation. Collaborate with people partner, finance and business leaders and related teams to obtain, validate, and share compensation-related information as required. The responsibilities outlined above are indicative and may evolve in line with business needs and the scope of the role.

Requirements

• Basic Required Qualifications:
• 4+ years of experience in broad-based compensation, total rewards, HR, or rewards consulting.
• Working knowledge of core compensation fundamentals, including salary structures, market pricing, compa-ratios, merit processes, and basic job matching.
• Strong Excel skills, including analysis of large datasets and validation of compensation data (e.g., PivotTables, lookups, conditional logic).
• High attention to detail, with strong standards for accuracy, confidentiality, and quality of documentation.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines during peak compensation cycles, communicate clearly, and work collaboratively with a global team, demonstrating ownership and follow-through.
• Role supports global stakeholders; occasional flexibility to join calls outside standard IST hours is expected, especially during annual cycles and key deliverables
• Additional Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience supporting annual compensation cycles and/or compensation survey participation; exposure to reporting or visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau is a plus, but not required.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and integrity, work effectively through ambiguity and shifting priorities, and demonstrate a proactive, continuous‑improvement mindset.
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