Senior Compensation Manager (6-month FTC)

Michael Page HR; Bicester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Private Healthcare

Life Assurance x4

Birthday Leave

25 days holiday + BH

Job summary

Michael Page HR is seeking a Senior Compensation Manager for a 6-month FTC to lead EU-wide pay strategies and UK gender pay reporting. Hybrid working in the UK with a Bicester office footprint.

You will drive end-of-year compensation planning, job levelling, and pay-range management, while coordinating with Employment Tax, Payroll and People Ops to ensure data governance and compliance.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Reward with compensation focus.
• Deep expertise in Compensation management across multiple European countries.
• Ability to operate at Senior Manager level and influence stakeholders.
• Experience with job evaluation, pay structures and benchmarking.
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency with reward data.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-of-year compensation planning cycles.
• Manage job levelling and pay-range governance.
• Oversee EU Pay Transparency across 6 EU countries.
• Align compensation strategy with 2027 benefit changes.
• Support UK Gender Pay Gap reporting and data governance.

Skills

Reward

Compensation management

Job evaluation

Pay structures

Benchmarking

Excel

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Finance

Tools

Excel

WTW benchmarking

Job description

Great opportunity to lead on major Compensation projects - job levelling and pay range management / EU Pay Transparency management across 6 EU countries / aligning of compensation strategy with key benefit changes - as well as key Compensation planning cycles.

The successful candidate will bring advanced compensation experience, ideally within an EU or International setting, and be available at short notice. Offers hybrid working.

Client Details

An international business; a key player in their specialist field.

Description

A 6-month fixed term contract opportunity as Senior Compensation Manager (6-month FTC).

The key focus areas for the 6 months include:

• End of Year compensation planning cycles - (Oct-Dec and Jan-Mar).
• Job Levelling and pay range management.
• EU Pay Transparency management across 6 EU countries.
• Aligning of compensation strategy with key benefit changes planned for 2027 and supporting on broader comms.
• Supporting on changes related to UK Gender Pay Gap reporting.
• Working with Employment Tax, Payroll and People Ops to ensure data governance and compliance.

This role offers great hybrid working opportunities - you can expect to be in the office in Bicester 1-2 days per week on average.

Profile

To apply for this Senior Compensation Manager (6-month FTC) role, your profile will closely match the following:

• Significant experience in Reward, with specialist exposure to Compensation.
• Deep expertise in Compensation management, ideally across multiple European countries.
• Proven capability to operate at Senior Manager level, influencing senior stakeholders and working autonomously in complex environments.
• Experience with compensation topics such as job evaluation, pay structures, WTW levelling and benchmarking, and annual review processes.
• Strong commercial acumen and experience managing external partners (brokers, vendors, survey providers).
• Excellent analytical skills, with strong Excel capability and confidence handling complex reward data.
• Strong communicator, able to translate complex reward concepts into clear, pragmatic guidance.
• Trusted, discreet and confident judgement-holder on sensitive reward matters.
• Curious, forward-thinking and motivated to expand scope and impact over time.
• Available at short notice and able to commit to a duration of size months.
• Must be able to work from the Bicester office 1-2 days per week on average.

Job Offer

This Senior Compensation Manager (6-month FTC) role offers the following:

• Salary between £70,000 and £80,000, dependent on the level of experience.
• Generous car allowance.
• 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays plus Birthday Leave.
• Private Healthcare.
• Life Assurance x4.
• Comprehensive benefits package overall.
• Fixed-term contract with the opportunity to make a tangible impact.