Compensation & Benefits Specialist
HybridMadrid, Madrid, Spain
Job Summary
Lead annual compensation cycles, including salary reviews, bonuses, and incentives, across Spain and Portugal while driving pay equity analysis and supporting gender pay gap readiness. Design and maintain job architecture, grading structures, and salary frameworks, and deliver compensation benchmarking using Mercer methodologies. Oversee benefits administration, optimize the Iberia benefits offering, and develop reward analytics dashboards to support leadership decision-making. Ensure robust governance, compliance, and consistency across all reward processes. This high-impact role contributes to shaping pay fairness and reward transparency within the Iberia HR function, with direct influence on attracting and retaining talent across the region.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in Compensation & Benefits, Reward, HR Operations, HR Controlling, Payroll, or HR Analytics
- Strong analytical capability with advanced Excel and data interpretation skills
- Proven experience in annual compensation processes, benchmarking, and benefits management
- Solid understanding of the Spanish reward market
- Fluent Spanish
- Fluent English
- Exposure to Mercer compensation frameworks
- Familiarity with pay equity tools such as Syndio
Desired Qualifications
- Portugal exposure
- Experience working in multinational or matrix environments with multiple stakeholders
- Ability to translate complex reward data into clear, business-relevant insights
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