Senior Associate Director, Compensation

Barings; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Barings is seeking an Associate Director of Compensation to lead complex compensation programs and analyses in support of Total Rewards. You will partner with HR, Finance, Legal, and business leaders to deliver competitive, compliant, and scalable solutions.

You will own key components of annual cycles, develop models and dashboards, and ensure data accuracy across systems while driving governance and process improvements in a global context.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field preferred.
• 4–6 years in compensation or total rewards.
• Advanced knowledge of market pricing, job evaluation, pay equity.
• Experience partnering with HR, Finance, Legal, Talent, and senior stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and Excel skills; Workday experience preferred.
• Ability to manage multiple processes and communicate clearly.

Responsibilities

• Lead market pricing and pay benchmarking across functions and regions.
• Own components of the annual compensation cycle: merit, incentive, promotion, year-end planning.
• Develop compensation models, reports, and dashboards for decision-making.
• Provide guidance on pay decisions with HR Business Partners and leaders.
• Lead or support job evaluation, leveling, and pay structure alignment.
• Identify process improvements and governance enhancements.
• Audit compensation data in Workday for accuracy and readiness.

Skills

Market pricing

Merit & incentive planning

Job evaluation & leveling

Excel advanced

Stakeholder collaboration

Data analysis

Workday skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, Finance, Economics, Analytics

Tools

Workday

Job description

Barings is seeking an Associate Director of Compensation to lead complex compensation programs and analyses in support of Total Rewards. You will partner with HR, Finance, Legal, and business leaders to deliver competitive, compliant, and scalable solutions.

You will own key components of annual cycles, develop models and dashboards, and ensure data accuracy across systems while driving governance and process improvements in a global context.