Global Compensation Specialist - Human Resources

Weatherford; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Weatherford in Houston seeks a Global Compensation Specialist to design, implement, and administer compensation programs across multiple countries, ensuring regulatory compliance and data integrity.

The role focuses on advanced analytics, salary structures, and collaboration with HR partners to guide pay decisions while handling confidential information with discretion.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of related experience.
• Strong understanding of compensation principles and market benchmarking.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Highly analytical with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Assist with development, implementation and administration of global compensation programs.
• Conduct ad hoc compensation data analysis and interpret results.
• Participate in compensation surveys and analyze market trends across countries.
• Maintain salary structures, grades, ranges and compensation frameworks globally.
• Design reports and dashboards to enable data-driven pay decisions.
• Ensure compliance with compensation regulations across jurisdictions.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, HR, Finance, Accounting or related discipline

Tools

Oracle HCM

Job description

Job Summary

The Global Compensation Specialist is an integral member of the Human Resources team and is responsible for supporting the design, development, implementation and administration of global compensation programs across multiple countries and regions in compliance with regulatory requirements. The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong attention to detail combined with excellent analytical skills, as well as a sense of urgency and ability to work under tight deadlines and prioritizing multiple activities. This individual will be highly collaborative with a proven ability to support and enable others while handling extremely sensitive and confidential information.

This position operates at an advanced individual contributor level and serves as a key resource for complex compensation analysis, program support, and stakeholder consultation, without formal people management responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the development, implementation, management and administration of global compensation programs, including the annual merit process.
• Conduct ad hoc compensation data analysis, including interpret results; to review and recommend salary offers, identify trends and raise issues
• Participate in compensation surveys and analyze external data market trends across multiple countries.
• Maintain and enhance the company’s Job architecture.
• Maintain salary structures, grades, ranges and compensation frameworks globally
• Design effective, efficient and easy to understand custom reports and dashboards to enable the organization to make fact-based compensation decisions.
• Ensure compliance with applicable compensation-related regulations and transparency requirements across jurisdictions.
• Maintain accurate compensation documentation and audit-ready records.
• Partner with payroll across a large number of countries when needed to ensure pay-related payments.
• Analyze internal and external market data to address compensation-related needs, including preparing and presenting analysis and recommendations.
• Partner with HR Business Partners and leaders to provide compensation guidance and support for employee-related decisions in compliance with country-specific laws and regulations
• Maintain positive relationships with compensation vendors and third-party administrators
• Collaborate with the HCM teams to ensure all compensation related resources are properly updated and maintained in Oracle HCM.
• Participate in HR technology implementations and enhancement projects related to compensation
• Identify opportunities to automate compensation workflows, reporting, market pricing, and compensation modeling through AI-enabled solutions.
• Collaborate with HRIS, Payroll, Finance, and Legal teams to ensure effective program delivery.
• Participate in the development and maintenance of compensation tools, models, and standard operating procedures.

Skills/Education Required

• 6+ years of related experience
• Experience supporting compensation programs across multiple countries or regions.
• Strong understanding of compensation principles, salary surveys, pay structures, and market benchmarking.
• Experience with annual compensation planning processes.
• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Business Administration, HR, Finance, Accounting or related discipline
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Strong attention to detail with excellent analytical skills
• Strong sense of urgency with demonstrated ability to work under tight deadlines and prioritize multiple activities
• Strong interpersonal, communication, organizational and administrative skills
• Highly collaborative with a strong desire to support and enable others
• High integrity with proven ability to handle extremely sensitive and confidential information
• Demonstrated track record of being a self-starter with the initiative and perseverance to deliver results
• Advanced analytical skills and complex problem-solving capabilities with the ability to draw conclusions from data, ensure quality and accurate data
• Curious, growth-oriented, proactive, and passionate about driving results
• Strong business and financial acumen
• Knowledge of compensation principles, salary surveys, job evaluation methodologies, and market pricing.

Skills/Education Preferred

• Familiarity with enterprise HR data systems, preferably ORACLE
• Experience in the Oil and Gas Industry

About Us:

Weatherford is a leading global energy services company. Our world-class experts partner with customers to optimize their resources and realize the full potential of their assets. Across our operating locations, including manufacturing, research and development, service, and training facilities, operators choose us for strategic solutions that add efficiency, flexibility, and responsibility to any energy operation.

When you join Weatherford, you instantly feel connected to something bigger - a community that is grounded by our core values and driven to create innovative solutions for our customers. We celebrate each other’s successes, grow together, and learn from each other constantly. Individually, we are impressive. Together, we are unstoppable. We are One Weatherford.

Weatherford is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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