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Compensation Specialist
Samuels Donegan
Melbourne, QAT
Full Time
Mid
Onsite
4 weeks ago
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About the Role
Samuels Donegan seeks a hands-on Compensation Specialist to own the annual remuneration cycle, administer job architecture, and lead reward projects. The role requires strong experience in total rewards, advanced Excel, and the ability to partner with senior stakeholders in a lean, growing function.
Key Skills for This Role
RemunerationJob ArchitectureMercer BenchmarkingExcelWorkdayIncentive Plan Design
Responsibilities
- Own and run the annual remuneration cycle, including planning, forecasting and delivery
- Administer and evolve the job architecture framework, including evaluation, grading and Mercer benchmarking
- Lead and coordinate remuneration and benefits projects, including incentive redesigns and broader transformation work
- Manage multiple STI programs across different cohorts
- Partner with the business to improve alignment between incentives, performance and experience
- Oversee benefit programs and work with vendors and internal teams
- Build Excel based models and scenarios that leaders can understand and act on
- Analyse market and internal data to ensure reward decisions are competitive, equitable and commercially sound
- Deliver cyclical reporting including gender pay equity and regulatory requirements
- Turn data into a clear story, not just a spreadsheet
- Partner closely with finance, operations leaders, tech and senior stakeholders
- Work with GMs and senior leaders (and occasionally C suite) to support decision making
Requirements
- Strong experience in remuneration or total rewards within a complex environment (ideally retail)
- Advanced Excel capability and confidence building models and scenarios
- Experience working with incentive plans across multiple cohorts
- Exposure to large scale or transformational reward projects is a strong plus
- Comfort working in systems such as Workday and Mercer benchmarking tools
- Commercial judgement and the ability to balance rigour with reality
- Clear, confident communication and the ability to educate leaders
- Strong organising and prioritisation skills in a lean team
- A collaborative, grounded leadership style with ambition to grow
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What's the brief?
- This is a hands on remuneration role sitting in a small but growing reward function that’s still very much in build and refine mode.
- They've laid strong foundations across frameworks, processes, policies and job architecture. Now it’s about maturity, consistency and running cycles well, while continuing to lift capability across the business.
- You’ll be working closely with a leader who is invested, motivated and genuinely keen to set you up for success.
Is this your perfect match?
- This role has visibility, trust and influence, and will suit someone who enjoys ownership rather than waiting for perfect resourcing.
- If you're half analytical superstar, and half genuine relationship builder, this one is for you!
What you'll be doing
- Owning and running the annual remuneration cycle, including planning, forecasting and delivery
- Administering and evolving the job architecture framework, including evaluation, grading and Mercer benchmarking
- Leading and coordinating remuneration and benefits projects, including incentive redesigns and broader transformation work
- Managing multiple STI programs across different cohorts
- Partnering with the business to improve alignment between incentives, performance and experience
- Overseeing benefit programs and working with vendors and internal teams
- Building Excel based models and scenarios that leaders can actually understand and act on
- Analysing market and internal data to ensure reward decisions are competitive, equitable and commercially sound
- Delivering cyclical reporting including gender pay equity and regulatory requirements
- Turning data into a clear story, not just a spreadsheet
- Partnering closely with finance, operations leaders, tech and senior stakeholders
- Working with GMs and senior leaders (and occasionally C suite) to support decision making
What you'll bring
- Strong experience in remuneration or total rewards within a complex environment (ideally retail)
- Advanced Excel capability and confidence building models and scenarios
- Experience working with incentive plans across multiple cohorts
- Exposure to large scale or transformational reward projects is a strong plus
- Comfort working in systems such as Workday and Mercer benchmarking tools
- Commercial judgement and the ability to balance rigour with reality
- Clear, confident communication and the ability to educate leaders
- Strong organising and prioritisation skills in a lean team
- A collaborative, grounded leadership style with ambition to grow
Compensation
- $140,000 $150,000 + super
- Permanent full time
Location
- Inner South East Melbourne
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