Principal Compensation Analyst India & APJ

Cloud Software Group; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloud Software Group is seeking a Principal Compensation Analyst for India & APJ to design and execute data-driven compensation strategies across a global footprint. You will blend analytical rigor with consulting acumen to ensure our rewards programs remain competitive, equitable, and compliant.

This role requires deep expertise in regional compensation structures, labor law, and executive-ready reporting for leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related quantitative field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in corporate compensation, with a proven track record in global environments.
• Advanced proficiency in Workday HCM and advanced Excel (data modeling, macros, complex formulas).
• Experience with data visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI) is highly preferred.
• Deep understanding of statutory benefits and labor regulations.

Responsibilities

• Act as a high-impact internal consultant to People Business Partners and business leaders, providing data-backed recommendations on complex compensation challenges, offer formulations, and retention strategies.
• Drive the evolution of job family structures, career paths, and job leveling frameworks to support organizational scale, clarity, and internal equity.
• Provide strategic oversight for Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), leading reward integration, role mapping, and total rewards harmonization across newly acquired entities.
• Lead the execution of global annual compensation planning (merit, promotions, bonuses, and Long-Term Incentives/LTI). Direct data validation, process automation, and the creation of executive-ready presentations for leadership approval.
• Architect comprehensive total rewards benchmarking studies using global and salary surveys and internal analytics to continuously design competitive, localized salary structures.
• Serve as the deep expert on local regulatory compliance. Manage statutory pay requirements, including provident fund rules, gratuity structures, and severance pay frameworks.
• Champion data integrity across systems (Workday); conduct routine audits and leverage BI to deliver predictive, executive-level reports on compensation metrics and trends.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Financial modeling

Communication

Stakeholder management

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting/Business Administration

Tools

Workday HCM

Excel

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Role Overview

The Principal Compensation Analyst India & APJ designs, optimizes, and executes data-driven compensation strategy across a diverse global footprint. Joining a commercially savvy team, you will blend analytical rigor with consulting acumen to ensure our rewards programs remain highly competitive, internally equitable, and compliant. This role operates as an expert practitioner who bridges global compensation strategies with regional labor market realities.

This role requires a sophisticated understanding of broad-based compensation, market realities, and the ability to translate complex data into actionable, business-focused insights for executive leadership. It also requires a deep expertise in regional compensation structures and compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Business Consultation: Act as a high-impact internal consultant to People Business Partners and business leaders, providing data-backed recommendations on complex compensation challenges, offer formulations, and retention strategies.

• Job Architecture & Scaling: Drive the evolution of job family structures, career paths, and job leveling frameworks to support organizational scale, clarity, and internal equity.

• M&A Support: Provide strategic oversight for Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), leading reward integration, role mapping, and total rewards harmonization across newly acquired entities.

• Cyclical Reward Leadership: Lead the execution of global annual compensation planning (merit, promotions, bonuses, and Long-Term Incentives/LTI). Direct data validation, process automation, and the creation of executive-ready presentations for leadership approval.

• Market Intelligence & Benchmarking: Architect comprehensive total rewards benchmarking studies using global and salary surveys and internal analytics to continuously design competitive, localized salary structures. Participate in and analyze local/regional salary surveys.

• Regulatory Compliance & Local Governance: Serve as the deep expert on local regulatory compliance. Manage statutory pay requirements, including provident fund rules, gratuity structures, and severance pay frameworks.

• Data Governance: Champion data integrity across systems (Workday); conduct routine audits and leverage business intelligence to deliver predictive, executive-level reports on compensation metrics and trends.

Qualifications

Experience & Education

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related quantitative field.

• Experience: Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in corporate compensation, with a proven track record in global environments.

• Systems & Tools: Advanced proficiency in Workday HCM and advanced Excel (data modeling, macros, complex formulas) is required. Experience with data visualization tools (Tableau, PowerBI) is highly preferred.

• Expertise in Labor Law: Deep understanding of statutory benefits such as Gratuity, Employee Provident Fund, Voluntary Provident Fund (VPF), and National Pension System, pay structures, and labor regulations.

Core Competencies

• Analytical & Financial Acumen: Exceptional critical thinking and financial modeling skills; ability to analyze massive datasets and distill them into highly pragmatic, commercial solutions.

• Communication & Influence: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to articulate complex total rewards frameworks cleanly to stakeholders at all levels, including executives.

• Agility & Discretion: Highly organized with the ability to manage competing, high-volume priorities in a fast-paced, fluid environment while maintaining the highest standard of confidentiality.

Location

Bangalore, India (on-site)

About Us:

Cloud Software Group is one of the world’s largest cloud solution providers, serving more than 100 million users around the globe. When you join Cloud Software Group, you are making a difference for real people, each of whom count on our suite of cloud-based products to get work done — from anywhere. Members of our team will tell you that we value passion for technology and the courage to take risks. Everyone is empowered to learn, dream, and build the future of work. We are on the brink of another Cambrian leap -- a moment of immense evolution and growth. And we need your expertise and experience to do it. Now is the perfect time to move your skills to the cloud.

Cloud Software Group is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, genetic carrier status, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions (including lactation status), marital status, military service, protected veteran status, political activity or affiliation, taking or requesting statutorily protected leave and other protected classifications.

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