Compensation Governance & Pay Transparency Lead — 6 Month Contract

Aztec Group; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Hybrid working

Travel abroad 3 weeks per year

Generous holiday allowance

Pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Travel insurance

Wellbeing programmes

On-site parking

Job summary

Aztec Group is seeking a Compensation Governance & Pay Transparency Lead to steer job architecture, salary banding and market positioning. You will lead benchmarking, design pay methodologies, and ensure gender and equal pay transparency readiness across the organisation.

You will draft remuneration policies, prepare executive materials, and mentor the Reward Analyst while collaborating with Finance and regional teams to support Aztec's growth strategy in a dynamic market.

Qualifications

• Extensive specialist experience in compensation and job architecture across multiple countries.
• Experience using external surveys (WTW and McLagan).
• Familiarity with Workday and remuneration governance processes.

Responsibilities

• Govern job families, bands, levels and role profiles and own salary range design.
• Lead benchmarking and survey matching to inform market positioning.
• Design pay methodology for new-hire positioning and annual pay reviews.
• Deliver gender pay and equal pay transparency readiness and remediation.
• Draft and maintain remuneration policy for approval and board materials.
• Mentor Reward Analyst and collaborate across Aztec on strategic reward initiatives.

Skills

Compensation governance

Pay transparency

Benchmarking

Data-driven decisions

Financial modeling

Stakeholder management

Team coaching

Education

Relevant professional qualification

Tools

Workday

Excel

Job description

At Aztec, we’re committed to building and nurturing a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued, respected, and able to grow. We know that different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences strengthen our business and we welcome applications from all individuals. So, if your experience doesn’t exactly match with every part of the job description, but you are excited about the role, we would still like to hear from you. If you are passionate, curious, innovative and data driven, you could still be a good fit. **About the role:** As Compensation Governance & Pay Transparency Lead, you will be responsible for the leadership of a project(s), driving process improvement, operational excellence and contributing towards broader team strategies. You will achieve this through in-depth knowledge of your own discipline, being open-minded and embracing change whilst valuing diverse perspectives and channelling a 'can-do' attitude. You will support business and people growth, assisting with coaching team members, and collaborating across the business to enable Aztec's future ambitions. **Key Role Responsibilities:*** **Job architecture & pay structures:** govern job families, bands, levels and role profiles, and own salary range design — spreads, control points and market positioning — keeping structures defensible and affordable with Finance* **Benchmarking & market data:** own benchmarking and survey matching (WTW, McLagan), assuring quality and producing market insight* **Pay methodology & total reward:** design pay methodology — new-hire positioning, the annual pay review and band-progression programmes — own modelling and review, and advise on the whole remuneration package, including annual and long-term incentives* **Pay transparency, gender & equal pay:** deliver gender pay, equal pay and transparency readiness to the strategy set by the Head of Reward & Performance, recommending remediation with clear evidence* **Governance & insight:** draft and maintain remuneration policy for approval, prepare materials for local boards and colleague forums, produce executive-quality insight and develop the Reward Analyst**Experience & Qualifications:*** Extensive specialist experience in compensation and job architecture, with expertise recognised across Aztec and working with significant independence* Track record of complex, high-impact problem solving across multiple countries, interpreting external market and regulatory change into clear recommendations* Extensive experience of using external surveys including WTW and McLagan* Relevant professional qualification, with specialised knowledge of own discipline and working knowledge of related disciplines across Aztec* Prior experience and familiarity with Workday**Technical & People Skills*** Deep expertise in compensation, job architecture and reward governance* Balances external trends, best practice and compliance with internal needs across changing markets* Builds financial models and clear explanations for non-technical audiences* Represents Aztec externally with survey providers and advisers, and mentors colleagues with resilience and integrity* Makes commercial, data-driven decisions and adopts new technology to drive efficiency We understand that everyone has different needs, and that’s why our employee package includes a variety of benefits. In addition to a competitive salary, here are some examples of the benefits that we may offer for our permanent roles:* Discretionary bonus scheme* Flexible, hybrid working* Ability to work abroad for up to 3 weeks per annum* Generous holiday allowance* Pension scheme* Private medical insurance, including eye care* Life assurance (death in service and critical illness benefit)* Worldwide travel insurance* Health and wellbeing programmes* On-site parking