Senior Global Compensation Architect

Boldr; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Boldr is seeking a Senior Compensation Analyst to own the day-to-day execution of global compensation programmes and serve as the primary backup for the Senior Manager, Total Rewards. You will be the team’s deepest technical expert on job evaluation, market benchmarking, job architecture, and salary banding, and the first contact for compensation matters when the Senior Manager is unavailable.

You will help maintain compensation structures, conduct job evaluations and benchmarking to keep

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, Finance, or related field.
• 5+ years in compensation analysis or total rewards (global/multi-country).
• Expertise in job evaluation, market benchmarking, job description creation, and salary bands.
• Project management experience, leading compensation projects end-to-end.
• Experience with compensation systems and survey platforms (PayScale, Mercer, Radford).
• Understanding of global compensation, pay equity and compliance.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to advise leaders on pay decisions.
• Interest in applying AI tools to compensation workflows.
• Experience with HRIS and CRM systems.
• CCP or GRP certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Shape global compensation strategy with the Senior Manager.
• Own job leveling frameworks and salary structures; lead benchmarking.
• Turn data into inputs for planning and audits; flag changes.
• Define leveling guides, career ladders, and job description standards.
• Partner with stakeholders on new roles for consistent leveling.
• Conduct job evaluations, analysis, benchmarking, and scoping.
• Co-lead annual compensation review; manage end-to-end projects.
• Design dashboards and maintain data integrity across HRIS.
• Pilot AI-enabled workflows to improve speed and consistency.
• Design internal audits and training materials for leaders.
• Serve as backup contact for compensation matters.
• Prepare findings and recommendations to leadership.
• Mentor total rewards team on methodology.

Skills

Technical & analytical thinking

Strategic advisory

Team collaboration

Stakeholder management

Mentoring

AI in compensation workflows

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, Finance, or related field

Tools

PayScale

Payfactors

Mercer & Radford

HRIS

Job description

Boldr is seeking a Senior Compensation Analyst to own the day-to-day execution of global compensation programmes and serve as the primary backup for the Senior Manager, Total Rewards. You will be the team’s deepest technical expert on job evaluation, market benchmarking, job architecture, and salary banding, and the first contact for compensation matters when the Senior Manager is unavailable.

You will help maintain compensation structures, conduct job evaluations and benchmarking to keep