Compensation & Benefits Lead

Ant International; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ant International is seeking an experienced Compensation & Benefits expert to lead our EMEA C&B strategy from London. This is our first dedicated C&B hire in the region, reporting to the Global Head and collaborating with HR and business leaders to shape policy and programs across multiple countries.

You will design and govern regional and global compensation programs, oversee annual reviews and incentive schemes, benchmark against market data, and ensure competitive, compliant solutions that

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in developing regional/global compensation programs and processes in a high-growth tech/fintech environment.
• Strong knowledge of market practices, trends and benchmark data across multiple countries.
• Experience partnering with HR business partners and leaders on compensation & benefits issues.

Responsibilities

• Participate in strategic projects and initiatives.
• Contribute to the design and improvement of C&B policies.
• Co-design and develop short-term and long-term incentive schemes.
• Lead the annual compensation review cycle and benefits programs.
• Ensure market-competitive benefit designs aligned with company culture and C&B philosophy.
• Analyze compensation and benefits data and recommend improvements.
• Benchmark and analyze market data for country-level decisions.
• Partner with HRBPs and business leaders to provide solutions on compensation & benefits.

Skills

Regional C&B strategy

Policy design & governance

Market benchmarking

Stakeholder partnering

Job description

Ant International powers the future of global commerce with digital innovation for everyone and every business to thrive. In close collaboration with partners, we support merchants of all sizes worldwide to realize their growth aspirations through a comprehensive range of tech-driven digital payment and financial services solutions.

Ant International strives to become the most trusted digital services connector to achieve sustainable growth of global commerce.

With a focus on Travel, Trade, Technology, and Talent, Ant International is committed to enhancing the digital mindset and capacities of businesses worldwide. Through fostering collaborative efforts with partners, we are driving responsible innovation and increase market accessibility for global SMEs.

We do so across our 4 key businesses: Alipay+, Antom, WorldFirst and ANEXT Bank.

The role:

We are on the lookout for an experienced and credible Compensation & Benefits (C&B) expert. This is really exciting for us as it’s our first hire that will be based in London in the team with quite a broad remit, full of interesting challenges.

You will be leading our EMEA C&B strategy & execution for our EMEA & Americas regions, reporting into our Global Head. We need someone who is very in the detail and keen to join a fast moving Fintech leader.

What you will be doing:

• Participating in the strategic projects and initiatives.
• Contributing to the designs and improvements of C&B policies.
• Co-designing and develops different schemes of the short-term and long-term incentives.
• Driving and coordinating C&B processes like the annual compensation review cycle, benefits introduction and implementation, etc.
• Contributing to the benefit design programs to maintain market competitiveness while in line with the company culture and C&B philosophies.
• Conducting analysis and recommends improvements to compensation and benefit practices to stakeholders to maintain competitiveness as well as enhance employee engagement in each country.
• Partnering closely with HR Business Partners and business leaders to provide advice and recommend solutions on compensation & benefits related issues.
• Participating in C&B related surveys, conducts market benchmarking and trend analysis.

What we are looking for someone who has:

• Extensive experience in developing and managing regional/global Compensation programs and processes, preferably in a high-growth, scaling, technology environment.
• Experience in the FinTech or Financial Services industry is a plus.
• Robust understanding of market conditions across numerous countries and regions especially in the EMEA & US markets.
• Strong understanding of market best practices, trends and benchmark data.
• Language skill particularly advantageous (Mandarin Chinese, Arabic, European languages where we have entities).