Senior Total Rewards & Compensation Leader

Shine Event Staffing; Madrid; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Shine, a European fintech unicorn and part of Cegid, seeks a Senior Compensation & Benefits Lead to own the rewards program across multiple European locations. You will shape the pay philosophy, conduct benchmarking, manage equity and incentives, and ensure transparency in compensation.

You will collaborate with the Chief People Officer, Finance and business leaders to align pay with market data and company goals, while driving simple, fair, and measurable rewards across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Min. 6 years of experience in compensation and benefits.
• Experience designing salary bands and job levels.
• Ability to explain pay decisions to a CEO.
• Familiarity with EU pay transparency regulations.
• Discrete, credible partner for leaders.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve compensation philosophy, salary bands, and pay structures.
• Own market benchmarking across locations including Europe.
• Design and run annual compensation reviews and bonus cycles end to end.
• Advise on offers, promotions and internal moves.
• Lead pay equity analysis and pay transparency preparations.
• Create clear reward communication for employees and managers.
• Use people data to inform decisions and provide leadership with insights.
• Collaborate with Payroll, HRIS and Finance to keep processes accurate.
• Leverage AI to speed up rewards work while preserving human oversight.

Skills

Compensation

Data analysis

Salary benchmarking

Pay equity

Communication

English fluency

Tools

Google Sheets

Job description

Shine, a European fintech unicorn and part of Cegid, seeks a Senior Compensation & Benefits Lead to own the rewards program across multiple European locations. You will shape the pay philosophy, conduct benchmarking, manage equity and incentives, and ensure transparency in compensation.

You will collaborate with the Chief People Officer, Finance and business leaders to align pay with market data and company goals, while driving simple, fair, and measurable rewards across the organisation.