Global Compensation Manager

IFS; Staines-upon-Thames; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

IFS is a global technology company seeking a Global Compensation Manager to drive salary structures, market benchmarking and annual reviews across markets. The role covers bonus planning, job architecture and governance, while ensuring internal equity and compliance with EU pay transparency requirements.

You will engage with brokers, survey providers and stakeholders across HR, Finance and Legal to deliver consistent, data-driven decisions.

Qualifications

• Solid compensation experience in a global organisation.
• Knowledge of market benchmarking, salary structures and compa-ratio.
• Advanced Excel skills and HRIS/analysis tools.
• Ability to translate data into practical recommendations.
• Experience with pay transparency requirements and governance.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of global compensation activities and provide guidance on pay decisions and reward packages.
• Maintain salary structures, pay ranges, market data and country inputs.
• Support annual salary review and bonus planning processes with data prep and communications.
• Assist job architecture by ensuring roles are evaluated and graded consistently.
• Review in-year salary decisions and escalate high-risk cases as needed.
• Contribute to governance, transparency, and reporting workstreams.
• Support EU pay transparency data preparation and disclosure processes.
• Coordinate with brokers or survey providers for benchmarking outputs.
• Provide analysis and recommendations on salary positioning and equity.

Skills

Compensation experience

Market benchmarking

Excel skills

Data analysis

Stakeholder mgmt

Governance

EU pay transparency

Job description

IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 7000+ employees on all continents. Our leading AI technology is the backbone of our award-winning enterprise software solutions, enabling our customers to be their best when it really matters–at the Moment of Service™. Our commitment to internal AI adoption has allowed us to stay at the forefront of technological advancements, ensuring our colleagues can unlock their creativity and productivity, and our solutions are always cutting-edge.

At IFS, we’re flexible, we’re innovative, and we’re focused not only on how we can engage with our customers but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society’s greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust.

We celebrate diversity and understand our responsibility to reflect the diverse world we work in. We are committed to promoting an inclusive workforce that fully represents the many different cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints of our customers, our partners, and our communities. As a truly international company serving people from around the globe, we realize that our success is tantamount to the respect we have for those different points of view.

By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be part of a global, diverse environment; you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world.

We’re looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can #MakeYourMoment so that we can help others make theirs. With the power of our AI-driven solutions, we empower our team to change the status quo and make a real difference.

If you want to change the status quo, we’ll help you make your moment. Join Team Purple. Join IFS.

Job Description

The Global Compensation Manager supports the delivery of compensation activities and the consistent application of compensation frameworks across IFS. Acting as an experienced compensation professional, the role provides practical guidance on salary structures, market benchmarking, annual salary review, bonus, job architecture, broker relationships and compensation governance, applying established global principles to local market needs and internal equity considerations. The role also supports EU pay transparency readiness through data preparation, process support and stakeholder coordination, working within agreed frameworks and escalating complex, high-risk or precedent-setting matters to senior reward leadership.

Key responsibilities:

• Support the delivery of global compensation activities, providing practical guidance on pay decisions, reward packages, compensation processes and reward-related considerations.
• Maintain assigned compensation tools and data, including salary structures, pay ranges, market data, pay positioning, grade alignment and country-level inputs.
• Support the annual salary review and bonus planning processes, including data preparation, budget inputs, planning guidance, stakeholder input, communications and implementation support.
• Support job architecture activity by helping ensure roles are evaluated, matched, graded and maintained consistently in line with established guidance.
• Review and advise on routine in-year salary decisions, including offers, promotions, salary adjustments and exceptions, escalating complex or higher-risk cases where needed.
• Contribute analysis and supporting materials for compensation governance, pay transparency, compliance and reporting workstreams as required.
• Support EU pay transparency activity, including preparing compensation data, maintaining role and pay range inputs, supporting salary range disclosure processes and coordinating input for reporting or information requests.
• Coordinate relationships with brokers or survey providers, supporting data submissions, query resolution, benchmarking outputs and service quality within agreed supplier frameworks.
• Provide analysis and recommendations on salary positioning, internal equity and market competitiveness, using data and established reward principles.

Qualifications

• Solid compensation experience, including supporting compensation processes, frameworks or reward programmes in a complex, global organisation.
• Good working knowledge of market benchmarking, salary structures, compa-ratio, job evaluation, pay equity, annual reward cycles, variable pay, broker or survey provider management, governance and EU pay transparency requirements.
• Strong analytical capability, including salary survey interpretation, compensation data analysis, HRIS and compensation planning tools, with advanced Excel skills.
• Ability to interpret data, identify issues or risks and translate analysis into practical recommendations for HR, Finance, Legal and business stakeholders.
• Good stakeholder management skills, with the ability to provide guidance on sensitive compensation matters within established frameworks.
• Experience preparing analysis, options and supporting materials for review, helping drive consistent outcomes across a matrix organisation.
• Experience supporting compliance-related reward activities, including pay transparency data preparation, documentation, stakeholder coordination and follow-up actions.
• Pragmatic and solutions-focused, with sound judgement and discretion when balancing global principles, local practice, compliance, equity and affordability.

Additional Information

Key competencies:

• Sound judgement: Uses data, market insight and business priorities to support balanced compensation recommendations.
• Governance discipline: Applies established global principles while recognising local market and legislative differences.
• Stakeholder partnership: Builds effective working relationships and supports decisions through evidence and clear trade-offs.
• Risk awareness and integrity: Follows controls, identifies compensation risk and protects confidentiality.
• Clear communication and continuous improvement: Explains reward matters clearly and contributes to simplification and process improvement.

We embrace flexibility and hybrid work opportunities to support diverse needs and lifestyles, while also valuing inclusive workplace experiences. By fostering a sense of community, we drive innovation, strengthen connections, and nurture belonging. Our commitment ensures you can work in a way that suits you best, while also engaging with colleagues to share ideas and build meaningful relationships.