Compensation Manager

Conde Nast; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Bupa Private Healthcare

Season ticket loans

Eye tests

Remote work options (10 remote days)

Dog-friendly office

Magazine subscriptions

Learning Hub & training

Job summary

Condé Nast is seeking a Compensation Manager to lead UK and European salary structures, pay equity initiatives, and global compensation collaboration. The role partners with People Business Partners and Talent Acquisition to benchmark offers and ensure policy compliance.

You'll manage base salary, short-term incentives, and job architecture projects, while handling Workday transactions with discretion and accuracy. Hybrid London-based role with a focus on governance and data-driven insights.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical, research, problem-solving and project management skills.
• Advanced MS Office skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Experience in Workday and compensation plans including base salary and incentives.

Responsibilities

• Creating and maintaining salary structures for the UK & Europe markets for the People Business Partner and TA teams.
• Partner with People Business Partners and TA on offers and benchmarking.
• Lead on pay equity studies and UK gender pay gap reporting.
• Collaborate with global compensation team on projects (job architecture, base salary, incentives).
• Approve Workday compensation transactions (promotions, transfers, changes).

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Workday

Job description

• Creating and maintaining salary structures for the UK & Europe markets for the People Business Partner and TA teams to use for recruitment and promotion
• Partner with People Business Partners and TA on offers and bespoke benchmarking in exceptional cases and where new roles are added to the structure
• Working with Legal and local market People teams, ensuring ongoing compliance with the EU Pay Transparency Directive
• Owning the UK Gender Pay Gap reporting and action planning, and leading on pay equity studies across our European markets
• Partner with the rest of the global compensation team on various compensation projects from planning and implementation to execution. Projects include, but are not limited to, job architecture, compensation analysis (both base salary and annual short-term incentive), survey participation, creation of salary structure, job title harmonisation and reorganisations.
• Partner with the rest of the global compensation team on execution of core processes (merit, promotions, benchmarking and pay equity) to support the UK and European markets in ensuring alignment and consistency.
• Work collaboratively with the People Business Partners, Global Compensation, People Operations teams on adhoc compensation requests to support the business
• Approve Workday compensation transaction items (promotions, transfers, compensation changes and employee data edits, where appropriate). Strong, proven experience in compensation and/or human resources
• Professionalism and maturity a must, ability to deal with confidential data
• Advanced skills in MS Office applications (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint) or Google Suite
• Experience in Workday and working with traditional and non-traditional short/long term incentive plans
• Ability to produce detailed, accurate reports and insights that support sound decision-making
• Curious and enthusiastic about building AI readiness into People processes
• Strong analytical, research, problem-solving and project management skills
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills a must
• Detail oriented, while keeping the big picture in mind
• Ability to operate independently, thrive in a fast-paced global environment across time zones and be comfortable in the \"gray zone\"
• Ability to manage competing priorities
• Positive, \"can do\" attitude, team player and effective collaborator Condé Nast is one of the world's most renowned media publishing companies, creating and distributing every type of media today, spanning print and digital publishing in all formats. With a portfolio of some of today's most influential brands, the company continues to grow its audience through a global operational and content infrastructure across its 12 owned and operated markets. Headquartered in New York City, the company's owned and operated markets include China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico & Latin America, Spain, Taiwan, UAE/Dubai, the U.K., and the U.S., with additional local license partners in over twenty additional markets across the globe. Lead brands include Vogue, The New Yorker, GQ, Architectural Digest, Condé Nast Traveler, Vanity Fair, Wired, Allure, Ars Technica, Bon Appétit, House & Garden, Pitchfork, Tatler, and Vogue Business., Condé Nast is a global media company, home to iconic brands including Vogue, GQ, Glamour, CN Traveller, Vanity Fair, Wired, The World of Interiors, House & Garden and Tatler, among many others.
• We are headquartered in New York and London and operate in 32 markets worldwide, with a footprint of more than 1 billion consumers across print, digital, video and social platforms. Condé Nast thrives on collaboration, and our teams come together in the office four days a week (Monday - Thursday). We value diversity of background, views and cultures. We celebrate people for their personal qualities, skills and contributions, recognising the power our brands have to influence and shape culture. Reporting to the Vice President, Compensation, the Compensation Manager will lead on all compensation related matters including job architecture, base salary, short term incentives, pay programs and related projects for the UK and European markets (France, Germany, Spain, Italy).
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) and extra days of annual leave if you move house or want to volunteer.
• You'll have access to a competitive pension scheme, Bupa Private Healthcare, Season ticket loans and eye tests.
• We offer a range of tools to support your wellbeing, including core hours, 10 remote days (from home or a country with a Condé Nast office location), access to our Employee Assistance Programme, corporate gym membership and cycle to work scheme.
• We're a dog-friendly office, plus you'll enjoy discounts and magazine subscriptions, keeping you up to date with all things Condé Nast.
• We encourage personal and professional growth through the Condé Nast Learning Hub, where you'll find an extensive portfolio of learning courses and training available in local languages.
• Our Employee Resource Groups provide a platform for employees to identify shared objectives, exchange ideas, and work on community priorities for our global workforce.