Compensation Partner – EMEA

Trellix; Cork; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement plans

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Paid time off

Community involvement support

Job summary

Trellix, Cork-based hybrid, seeks a Compensation Partner to support and execute compensation programs across the EMEA region. You will deliver market analysis, benchmarking, and pay recommendations, partnering with HR, COEs, People Services, Finance, and leaders to keep programs competitive and compliant, including EU pay transparency.

The role sits in our Cork center of excellence, handling annual programs, data governance in Workday, and global Total Rewards initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Finance, Business, Economics, or Mathematics or related field.
• 5+ years of compensation, Total Rewards, or HR analytics experience.
• Experience supporting compensation programs across EMEA markets.
• Strong analytical skills and advanced spreadsheet proficiency across Google Sheets and Excel (pivot tables, lookups, data analysis).
• Solid written and verbal communication skills across countries/time zones.

Responsibilities

• Conduct market pricing, benchmarking, and salary-structure analyses across EMEA markets.
• Prepare compensation recommendations for hires, promotions, internal moves and other pay actions.
• Support internal and pay equity analyses and identify trends for review.
• Support annual merit, bonus, and equity/LTI cycles with Workday and People Services.
• Maintain compensation data in Workday and build dashboards; ensure governance and EU pay transparency compliance.
• Participate in global compensation projects and advise regional needs.
• Perform other duties to support Total Rewards initiatives.

Skills

Analytical skills

Cross-country collaboration

Advanced Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Finance/Business/ Economics/ Mathematics

Tools

Google Sheets

Excel

Workday

Job description

Compensation Partner - EMEA (Cork based hybrid)

Compensation Partner - EMEA (Cork based hybrid)

About Trellix
Trellix is a global company redefining the future of cybersecurity. The company's comprehensive, open, and native cybersecurity platform helps organizations confronted by today's most advanced threats gain confidence in the protection and resilience of their operations. Trellix, along with an extensive partner ecosystem, accelerates technology innovation through artificial intelligence, automation, and analytics to empower over 50,000 business and government customers with responsibly architected security. More at https://trellix.com (opens in new tab) .

Role Overview:

We're seeking a Compensation Partner to support and execute compensation programs across the EMEA region. As an experienced compensation professional, you'll deliver market analysis, benchmarking, and pay recommendations, and partner with HR Business Partners, COEs, People Services, Finance, and business leaders to keep our programs competitive, equitable, and compliant, including with evolving EU pay transparency requirements. Working with general guidance, you'll manage defined workstreams independently and apply sound judgment to moderately complex compensation questions.

The successful candidate will join our centre of excellence in Cork and the role is hybrid).

About the Role

Compensation Analysis

• Conduct market pricing, benchmarking, and salary-structure analysis across EMEA markets, using external surveys to assess competitiveness.
• Prepare compensation recommendations for new hires, promotions, internal moves, and other pay actions.
• Support internal and pay equity analyses, identifying trends and areas of concern for review.

Annual Programs & Regional Support

• Support execution of annual merit, bonus, and equity/LTI cycles, partnering with Workday Team and People Services to ensure accuracy and timeliness.
• Serve as a compensation point of contact for EMEA markets, accounting for local practices, statutory requirements, and regional nuances.
• Respond to manager and employee compensation inquiries, escalating complex cases as needed.

Data, Systems & Governance

• Maintain accurate compensation data in Workday; build and maintain reports and dashboards.
• Support process improvements through standardization and automation.
• Support compliance with EU Pay Transparency requirements, including pay-range transparency in hiring, gender pay gap reporting, and the use of objective, gender-neutral pay criteria, in partnership with Legal and local HR.
• Follow global compensation policies, governance standards, and local requirements, maintaining appropriate documentation.

Global Projects & Initiatives

• Participate in and support global compensation and Total Rewards projects and initiatives, contributing regional expertise and helping drive consistent, scalable solutions beyond EMEA.

Other

• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned to support evolving business and Total Rewards needs.

About You

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Finance, Business, Economics, Mathematics, or related field.
• 5+ years of compensation, Total Rewards, or HR analytics experience.
• Experience supporting compensation programs across EMEA markets.
• Strong analytical skills and advanced spreadsheet proficiency across Google Sheets and Excel (pivot tables, lookups, data analysis).
• Solid written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work across countries and time zones.

Preferred Experience

• Experience in a global technology, SaaS, cybersecurity, or high-growth organization.
• Proficiency with Google Workspace (Sheets, Docs, Slides) and Workday (or similar HRIS); survey providers such as Aon/Radford.
• Familiarity with the EU Pay Transparency Directive, gender pay gap reporting, and pay equity practices.
• Familiarity with job architecture, salary structures, and incentive programs.
• Knowledge of compensation practices and regulations across multiple EMEA countries.

Company Benefits and Perks:

We believe that the best solutions are developed by teams who embrace each other's unique experiences, skills, and abilities. We work hard to create a dynamic workforce where we encourage everyone to bring their authentic selves to work every day. We offer a variety of social programs, flexible work hours and family-friendly benefits to all of our employees.

Retirement Plans

Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage

Paid Time Off

Support for Community Involvement

We're serious ab out our commitment to a workplace where everyone can thrive and contribute to our industry-leading products and customer support, which is why we prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other legally protected status.

Our Commitment to You:

At Trellix, we are committed to creating a safe and trustworthy experience for our customers, employees, and candidates. Please be aware that fraudulent recruiting activity can occur through fake job postings or impersonated communications.

Trellix conducts interviews through professional channels only and does not use text messages, instant messaging, or group chats for interviews. We will never request sensitive personal information - such as your date of birth, Social Security number, or national ID number during the interview process.

Trellix also does not require candidates to pay fees, purchase products or services, or process payments of any kind as part of the recruiting or hiring process. And Trellix will never keep any original work authorization documents that we may be required to review during the hiring process.