Total Rewards Specialist

Jobtailor; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks a seasoned Compensation & Benefits specialist to design and maintain bands across Finland, Germany, and India, while leading market benchmarking and annual reviews. You will manage equity grants, vesting, and refresh cycles, ensuring pay equity and regulatory compliance and partnering with HR and Talent Acquisition.

The role supports workforce planning in a scaling tech environment across multiple countries, aligning with EU directives and internal guidelines.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in compensation and benefits, total rewards, or a related specialist HR function.
• Experience designing job architecture and compensation bands, ideally across multiple countries
• Hands-on experience with equity administration, grants, vesting, and refresh cycles
• Familiarity with market benchmarking tools and methodologies, such as tech and/or aerospace compensation surveys
• Working knowledge of pay equity and transparency regulations relevant to the EU
• Experience in a scaling tech, engineering, or deep tech organization preferred
• High attention to detail and comfort with ambiguity in a fast-growing, multi-country environment
• Strong stakeholder management skills, partnering effectively with HRBP, HR Operations, and Talent Acquisition

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain career levels and compensation bands for individual contributor and management tracks across Finland, Germany, and India
• Maintain market data across technology and aerospace compensation surveys and refresh compensation bands at least annually
• Own the annual compensation review process, including budget allocation support, manager calibration, and communication of outcomes
• Partner with Talent Acquisition to benchmark offers against approved compensation bands
• Manage the full equity lifecycle, including grant calculations, vesting tracking, and refresh cycles
• Communicate equity information to employees at key moments, including departure or exercise windows
• Design market-appropriate benefits packages by country in partnership with HR Operations
• Conduct regular pay equity reviews and help resolve identified gaps
• Ensure compensation practices and salary range disclosure meet applicable regulatory requirements, including the EU Pay Transparency Directive
• Serve as the primary contact for compensation-related questions from HRBP, HR Operations, and Country HR leads
• Provide compensation and equity reporting to leadership, including board-level equity pool reporting
• Support informed workforce planning and investment decisions

Skills

Attention To Detail

Comfort With Ambiguity

Effective Communication

Partnership Skills

Compensation Band Design

Job Architecture

Equity Lifecycle Management

Grant Calculations

Vesting Tracking

Compensation Review Process

Budget Allocation Support

Pay Equity Reviews

Compensation Reporting

Regulatory Compliance

Tools

Market Benchmarking Tools

Compensation Surveys

Job description

• Design and maintain career levels and compensation bands for individual contributor and management tracks across Finland, Germany, and India
• Maintain market data across technology and aerospace compensation surveys and refresh compensation bands at least annually
• Own the annual compensation review process, including budget allocation support, manager calibration, and communication of outcomes
• Partner with Talent Acquisition to benchmark offers against approved compensation bands
• Manage the full equity lifecycle, including grant calculations, vesting tracking, and refresh cycles
• Communicate equity information to employees at key moments, including departure or exercise windows
• Design market-appropriate benefits packages by country in partnership with HR Operations
• Conduct regular pay equity reviews and help resolve identified gaps
• Ensure compensation practices and salary range disclosure meet applicable regulatory requirements, including the EU Pay Transparency Directive
• Serve as the primary contact for compensation-related questions from HRBP, HR Operations, and Country HR leads
• Provide compensation and equity reporting to leadership, including board-level equity pool reporting
• Support informed workforce planning and investment decisions

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in compensation and benefits, total rewards, or a related specialist HR function
• Experience designing job architecture and compensation bands, ideally across multiple countries
• Hands-on experience with equity administration, grants, vesting, and refresh cycles
• Familiarity with market benchmarking tools and methodologies, such as tech and/or aerospace compensation surveys
• Working knowledge of pay equity and transparency regulations relevant to the EU
• Experience in a scaling tech, engineering, or deep tech organization preferred
• High attention to detail and comfort with ambiguity in a fast-growing, multi-country environment
• Strong stakeholder management skills, partnering effectively with HRBP, HR Operations, and Talent Acquisition

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in designing and maintaining compensation structures and benefits packages across multiple countries, with a strong focus on equity administration and compliance with EU regulations. Proven ability to manage stakeholder relationships and conduct market benchmarking to support informed compensation decisions.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Compensation And Benefits Management
• Equity Administration
• Market Benchmarking
• Pay Equity Regulations
• Stakeholder Management

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Compensation Band Design
• Job Architecture
• Equity Lifecycle Management
• Grant Calculations
• Vesting Tracking
• Compensation Review Process
• Budget Allocation Support
• Pay Equity Reviews
• Compensation Reporting
• Regulatory Compliance

Soft Skills

• Attention To Detail
• Comfort With Ambiguity
• Effective Communication
• Partnership Skills

Industry Keywords

• Total Rewards
• HR Operations
• Talent Acquisition
• EU Pay Transparency Directive
• Scaling Tech Organizations

Tools & Technologies

• Market Benchmarking Tools
• Compensation Surveys