Principal, M&A Compensation

Amazon; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global e-commerce company is seeking a results-driven M&A Compensation Consultant in London to create compensation solutions for acquisitions. You will be a key member of the HR M&A Team, collaborating with corporate development and leadership teams. Ideal candidates should hold a degree in a relevant field and possess experience in compensation or consulting, especially proficient in Excel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in relevant field.
• Experience in compensation, consulting or finance.
• Highly proficient in Excel.

Responsibilities

• Provide compensation consultancy to HR and Corporate Development.
• Research local market trends and assess compensation programs.
• Develop and analyze compensation programs for executives.

Skills

Compensation analysis

Consulting

Excel proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in compensation, business, HR, or finance

Job description

Overview

At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on Earth. If you'd like to help us make history, here's your chance to accelerate our growth and ability to serve our customers through Mergers and Acquisitions. We are seeking a results driven, innovative M&A Compensation Consultant to help shape our future growth. This role will be responsible for creating and delivering M&A compensation solutions for Amazon's acquisitions spanning all businesses and geographies. In this role you'll be a critical member of Amazon's HR M&A Team and an important partner to Corporate Development, business sponsors and acquired leadership teams. You will lead, advise and execute our global approach to compensation for acquisitions in close collaboration with central compensation teams. Role can be based in London (preferred), New York or Seattle.

Responsibilities

• Provide compensation consultancy to the Acquisitions HR team, Corporate Development team, and other centers of excellence involved in acquisition activity
• Demonstrate creativity in determining integration approaches which balance Amazon's standard approaches with that of the acquired business
• Conducting appropriate research on local market trends, assessing current compensation programs and practices, legislative requirements and candidate expectations in company acquisitions and for all countries which Amazon is expanding into
• Developing, implementing, and analyzing compensation programs for executives, officers and other top key positions that are in line with our acquisition agreement/market trends, including short- and long-term incentive plans, financial and tax treatment of compensation programs, and proxy disclosure and analysis while ensuring long-term sustainability and global consistency wherever possible
• Ensuring that our clients, both internal and external, are well educated and informed on our overall Compensation philosophy as well as our approach to individual transactions
• Ideating and driving adoption of improvements which advance the overall M&A compensation program

Basic Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree or equivalent post-secondary degree required in compensation, business, HR or finance
• Experience in compensation, consulting or finance
• Highly proficient in Excel

Preferred Qualifications

• Mix of executive and broad based compensation
• Ability to influence business and HR leaders at all levels with anecdotes and data in a compelling and succinct manner while building strong partnerships
• Experience designing/administering compensation and equity programs across companies at start-ups and also publicly traded companies
• Experience of working in, or deep knowledge of compensation practices across multiple geographies/regions
• Prior experience of supporting acquisitions and/or new market expansion

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