Global Compensation Director — Strategy & M&A

Grant Thornton; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Hybrid; USD 188,000 - 313,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

In-person 3 days/week

Job summary

Grant Thornton seeks a Director of Global Compensation to lead strategy, design, and governance of compensation across our global footprint. You will harmonize pay practices, own the global compensation philosophy, and drive a scalable job framework while ensuring local market compliance.

The role includes guiding senior leaders on pay decisions, benchmarking, and overseeing annual cycles across geographies; strong analytics and cross-functional collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in HR, Business, Finance or related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive compensation experience, including 3+ years leading global compensation strategy, design, and governance.
• Demonstrated expertise in global job architecture, leveling, and pay structure design.
• Direct experience supporting M&A compensation integration and harmonization.
• Familiarity with global regulatory environments, including EU Pay Transparency and pay equity.
• Strong command of compensation systems and tools (Oracle HCM, Payfactors, Syndio) and advanced Excel/analytics.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; ability to influence and build consensus across geographies.
• Professional certification (e.g., CCP, GRP) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the global compensation strategy and pay philosophy, ensuring alignment to business goals and competitive market positioning.
• Design and maintain scalable, market-based pay structures that flex across geographies while preserving global consistency.
• Advise senior leaders on pay decisions, market positioning, and total cash competitiveness.
• Lead development and governance of the global job architecture — levels, progression, and career paths anchored in a competency-based taxonomy.
• Oversee job mapping, leveling, and validation as roles align to the global framework and migrate into HRIS; define path to base, bonus, equity.
• Assess integration-driven role changes and recommend base pay and bonus actions with change-management discipline.
• Lead benchmarking and market positioning; manage survey providers and market-pricing tools.
• Interpret market data to inform structure design, salary ranges, and bonus tables.
• Administer salary structures across geographies.
• Ensure compliance with local and global regulatory requirements including pay transparency and equity reporting.
• Lead pay equity analysis and remediation planning; manage compensation-related risk.
• Own end-to-end administration of annual compensation cycles; drive process improvements across tools and HRIS.
• Contribute executive materials with data-driven insights and coach compensation professionals.

Skills

global compensation

pay philosophy

job architecture

M&A integration

Oracle HCM

Payfactors

Syndio

Excel/analytics

communication

CCP/GRP

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR/Business/Finance

MBA or advanced degree

Tools

Oracle HCM

Payfactors

Syndio

Job description

Grant Thornton seeks a Director of Global Compensation to lead strategy, design, and governance of compensation across our global footprint. You will harmonize pay practices, own the global compensation philosophy, and drive a scalable job framework while ensuring local market compliance.

The role includes guiding senior leaders on pay decisions, benchmarking, and overseeing annual cycles across geographies; strong analytics and cross-functional collaboration are essential.