Senior Compensation & Benefits Specialist

Job description

Our client is a fast-growing global fintech company operating a leading online trading platform with a strong international footprint. As the company continues expanding into new markets, they are looking for a **Senior Compensation & Benefits Specialist** to own and evolve their global employee benefits portfolio - from day-to-day operations to strategic rollouts in new locations. **Responsibilities:** - Own annual and quarterly benefits budgeting, cost planning, forecasting, and ongoing cost control. - Analyse utilisation trends and vendor reports to identify optimisation opportunities; support Finance with accruals, reconciliations, and financial reporting. - Lead vendor relationships across all benefit programmes, managing renewal cycles, pricing negotiations, RFPs, and provider transitions while ensuring SLA and compliance standards are met. - Lead benefit setup in new countries - research, design, benchmarking, legal compliance, and rollout - partnering with Legal, Finance, and HR throughout. - Conduct ongoing market benchmarking to ensure benefits competitiveness across all operating regions. - Analyse market data, employee feedback, and usage patterns to recommend design improvements and support the evolution of the broader benefits strategy. - Serve as escalation point for complex employee benefit issues and oversee compliance with statutory benefits requirements across markets (e.g., pensions, local reporting). **Requirements:** - 5+ years in Benefits or Total Rewards roles within multinational organisations. - Solid expertise in benefits administration, compliance, and statutory reporting. - Proven experience setting up benefits in new markets and managing vendor transitions. - Background in benefits benchmarking, analytics, and data-driven recommendations. - Strong project management skills with the ability to handle complex, cross-regional topics. - Comfortable operating autonomously in a fast-changing international environment.