Senior C&B Manager

Qonto; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Qonto in France is seeking a Senior Compensation & Benefits Manager to influence fair, competitive and scalable pay decisions.

You will partner with Talent Acquisition, People Partners and leaders to benchmark offers, manage salary ranges and lead end-to-end compensation cycles while ensuring governance and data quality across countries.

You'll work in an AI-first, international setting with visibility across the business and a direct impact on hiring, retention and equity.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in Compensation & Benefits, including end-to-end review cycles.
• Experience managing benefits renewal for multiple countries.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Talent Acquisition, People Partners and managers on offers, promotions, retention, and off-cycle reviews.
• Turn compensation questions into clear, data-driven recommendations.
• Own salary policy updates, review cycles and governance.
• Build scalable frameworks for grading, leveling, ranges and transparency.
• Improve data quality and self-service resources with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Compensation & Benefits

Stakeholder management

Business partnering

Ownership mindset

Data-driven decisions

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Tools

Compensation platforms

Benchmarking tools

Job description

Our mission and customers: We are creating the freedom for SMEs to succeed by delivering Europe's leading finance workspace with banking at its core, augmented by financial tools. We are proud to be rated 4.8 on Trustpilot, based on 55,000+ reviews. Our culture puts customer satisfaction at the core of what we do, as proven by our Net Promoter Score of 75 (more about our culture here).

Our journey: Founded in 2017 by Alexandre and Steve, Qonto has grown to 1,600+ Qontoers serving over 600,000+ customers across 8 European countries. We have been profitable since 2023, and we are just getting started.

Our beliefs: We hire for skills and potential. With 80+ nationalities, 45% women, of which 56% of women in our leadership team, diversity isn't a program; It's who we are. We've built a discrimination-free hiring process because the best teams are built on merit.

AI at Qonto: AI is deeply embedded in how we work (here) - Every Qontoer gets unlimited access to the best AI tools. We want people who experiment without waiting for permission, push AI beyond the obvious, know when to trust it, and when to question it.

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As a Senior Compensation & Benefits Partner at Qonto, you will play a key role in making our compensation decisions fair, competitive and scalable.

Your mission will be twofold: act as a trusted partner on sensitive compensation decisions and build the frameworks that will support Qonto's long-term growth.

You will work closely with Jean-Raphaël Demol, your future manager.

As a Senior Compensation & Benefits Manager at Qonto, you will

• Partner with the business by advising Talent Acquisition, People Partners and managers with benchmarks and guidance on hiring offers, promotions, retention cases and off-cycle reviews.
• Turn complex compensation and Benefits questions into clear recommendations, combining business context, internal equity, market data and long-term consistency.
• Own key compensation processes & cycles: policy updates, salary review cycles and compliance monitoring and contribute to projects end-to-end.
• Build scalable frameworks across global grading, leveling, salary ranges and pay transparency.
• Strengthen compensation governance by improving decision rules, data quality and self-service resources in collaboration with People, Finance, Legal and HRIS teams.

What you can expect

• Have a direct impact on hiring, retention, internal equity and the employee experience.
• Combine business partnering with the opportunity to build frameworks that will scale across Qonto.
• Work closely with Jean-Raphaël Demol, with growing exposure to more strategic topics as you build track record.
• Take ownership of complex, highly visible topics rather than operating as a data provider or process administrator.
• Operate within an experienced, international and AI-first environment where strong judgment matters as much as technical expertise.

About You

• Experience: You have a solid experience in Compensation & Benefits and have personally owned several end-to-end compensation review cycles. You managed benefits renewal for European countries.
• Compensation expertise: You are confident working across salary ranges, leveling, off-cycle reviews, promotions, retention and pay-transparency topics.
• Business Partner: You identify the real business problem, use market data with judgment and provide clear recommendations rather than simply sharing benchmarks.
• Stakeholder management: You can challenge senior stakeholders constructively, explain trade-offs and build alignment.
• Ownership: You take initiative and drive complex topics on your own, from identifying the problem to implementing solutions, in a fast‑moving environment.

It would be a plus if you have:

• Worked in tech, fintech or another fast-scaling international environment.
• Contributed to multi-country compensation projects.
• Experience with Comptryx, Radford, Figures, Pave or another modern compensation platform.

At Qonto, we understand that true diversity isn't just about ticking boxes on a hiring checklist. Apply regardless of the boxes you tick — who knows? You may have the missing piece of the puzzle we've been searching for all along.

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On average, our hiring process lasts 20 working days. More information on our candidate journey here

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