Low Carbon

Compensation & Benefits Manager

Low Carbon

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: London • United Kingdom

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About the role

  • Lead the execution of all compensation activities
  • Develop our Global compensation provision across multiple geographies and jurisdictions including the UK, Germany and Poland
  • Own compensation philosophy, frameworks, pay-band architecture and design salary review methodology
  • Internal audit, risk management, EU pay transparency and compensation controls
  • Manage bonus schemes; govern management incentive plans and compliance
  • Manage benefit programs, including design, administration, and vendor relationships, ensuring offerings are competitive and compliant
  • Manage end-to-end payroll processes across the UK, international jurisdictions, and Employer of Record arrangements, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely delivery
  • Oversee payroll governance; own reward systems and data integrity
  • Own the compensation forecasting process, including working with finance on reconciliation of forecast versions and detailed variance analysis versus actuals
  • Define market-aligned base pay frameworks; partner with Finance to model cost impacts and forecast reward budgets
  • Key liaison with finance, legal and tax teams
  • Responsibility for ensuring pay equity and supporting DEI objectives in reward frameworks
  • Respond to regular ad hoc data requests from Finance, the leadership team and the Board
  • Communication strategy for Reward

Requirements

  • Significant experience with Total Rewards/Compensation & Benefits, including ownership and administration of bonus and long-term incentive plans
  • Excellent stakeholder management and ability to present complex data clearly to senior leadership and the Board
  • Financial acumen
  • Experience managing payroll process, including working with third party providers
  • Governance interface with RemCo and board-level stakeholders
  • Understanding of Reward frameworks including Management Incentives Plans, performance-based bonuses and LTIPs
  • Ability to interpret market trends and provide strategic recommendations
  • Experience in building compensation models for growth-stage businesses
  • Highly numerate, able to create and analyse reward and people data
  • Process driven, meticulous about data and very high attention to detail
  • International compensation knowledge (Germany & Poland) desirable
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
Total RewardsCompensation & Benefitsbonus planslong-term incentive planspayroll processescompensation modelsdata analysispay equitycompensation forecastingmarket-aligned pay frameworks
Soft Skills
stakeholder managementpresentation skillsfinancial acumenstrategic recommendationsattention to detailprocess drivencommunication strategynumeracydata integrityrisk management