Compensation Manager

ittihad medical centre; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

IMC is seeking a Compensation Manager to join our global compensation team and lead regional initiatives across APAC. You will design and implement market-competitive programs, drive job architecture and salary structures, and deliver data-driven insights to inform executive decisions.

Reporting to the Head of Compensation, you will partner with HR, Finance, and cross-functional teams to ensure internal equity and regulatory alignment while coordinating with a global rewards function on

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive experience in compensation or total rewards.
• Strong expertise in job evaluation, job architecture, and salary structure design and management.
• Experience managing compensation across multiple countries with understanding of regional regulations and market practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead core workstreams in the annual compensation cycle (salary review, bonus, promotions).
• Own and maintain job architecture, leveling frameworks, and salary structures.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to HR Business Partners, recruiters and business leaders, translating data into insights.

Skills

Job evaluation

Job architecture

Salary structure design

Advanced Excel

Data visualization

Cross-functional collaboration

Workday (Compensation)

Global environment

Tools

Workday Compensation

PayFactors

Salary.com

Job description

IMC is seeking a Compensation Manager to join our global Compensation team and play a key role in supporting the firm’s continued growth across the APAC region. Reporting to the Head of Compensation, this individual contributor role will have regional responsibility for compensation across APAC and will lead critical initiatives spanning job architecture, pay structures, benchmarking, and annual compensation processes. The role will sit within a global team and will be responsible for global strategic projects and processes.

As a strategic partner, you will collaborate with business leaders, HR, and cross-functional teams to design and deliver compensation programs that are market-competitive, internally equitable, and aligned with IMC’s global rewards philosophy and local regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead core workstreams in the annual compensation cycle (e.g., salary review, bonus, promotions), providing guidance and support to compensation planners across the region
• Own and maintain job architecture, leveling frameworks, and salary structures, ensuring alignment with market data and internal equity
• Serve as a trusted advisor to HR Business Partners, recruiters and business leaders, translating compensation data into clear insights and recommendations to inform decision-making
• Build and deliver data-driven insights, reporting, and dashboards to identify trends, risks, and opportunities across the region
• Partner closely with HR, Finance, and HRIS (Workday) teams to enhance compensation processes, tools, and analytics
• Lead benchmarking analyses and survey participation to ensure competitive market positioning across multiple markets
• Drive communication and change management efforts related to compensation programs, including developing guidance and training materials for HR and business stakeholders
• Identify opportunities to streamline and improve compensation processes, tools, and stakeholder experience

Monitor external market practices to be to then recommend and embed best-practice compensation methodologies, governance, and controls across APAC.

Skills & Experience

• 7+ years of progressive experience in compensation or total rewards
• Strong expertise in job evaluation, job architecture, and salary structure design and management
• Experience managing compensation across multiple countries, with understanding of regional regulations and market practices
• Advanced analytical skills with strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel; experience building dashboards or visualizations
• Ability to interpret complex data and translate it into clear, actionable insights for business leaders
• Experience partnering with HR, Finance, and cross-functional stakeholders in a global environment
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to influence and educate stakeholders at multiple levels
• Proven ability to lead change, improve processes, and enhance how compensation programs are delivered and understood
• Experience with Workday Compensation and/or other compensation tools (e.g., PayFactors, Salary.com)

About Us

IMC is a research-driven trading firm where quantitative modeling, machine learning, and engineering shape how modern markets are traded. A stabilizing force in markets since 1989, we provide liquidity across trading venues, delivering the best outcome in value and risk management to investors. Using our own technology and capital, we build proprietary systems and algorithms that operate across global markets. Our researchers, traders, and engineers work as a collective, combining rapid experimentation, advanced infrastructure, and real-time feedback to turn insight into execution and execution into advantage.