Compensation Specialist

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, economics, statistics, human resources, finance, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 7 years experience in analytical HR role, investment banking, management consulting (e.g., strategy, compensation) or similar analytical role.
  
• Experience using investigative methods, tools, and concepts to identify, design, recommend and implement solutions, including Google Sheets and other data analysis tools.
  
• Experience with client service and stakeholder management, building relationships and influencing at all levels and cross-functionally.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with communicating across audiences, situations, and contexts in both a written and verbal format.
  
• Ability to use survey methodology to conduct research for various purposes.
  
• Ability to present information regularly, including the ability to influence at the executive leadership level.
  
• Ability to consult with business leaders to develop innovative solutions that address individual department needs while maintaining the integrity of Google’s compensation philosophy and upholding our governance duty.
  
• Excellent project management skills and the ability to manage across multiple priorities.
  

About the job

In this role, you will be responsible for the delivery of Google’s compensation philosophy to attract and retain talent across international markets. You are as comfortable partnering with Staffing and HR Leaders as you are working with business leaders directly in order to deliver our compensation programs. You will need to be able to manage several projects at once, challenging the status quo and helping key decision makers make sound choices by analyzing data and working on critical issues.

Our Googlers are innovative, take big risks and get things done, and our compensation plans are designed to reward them accordingly. On the leading edge of the compensation field, our team runs cyclical cash and equity programs and takes the notion of "Total Rewards" to new heights. We always aim to better recognize outstanding performance, so as a member of this team, you are an unconventional thinker and are willing to make bold bets. You take Googlers' feedback seriously, and collect data regularly to continually improve and enhance our programs through a two-way dialogue. Combining data and feedback from our Googlers with the latest industry research, you make large-scale, data-driven decisions that impact Googlers in a meaningful way.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Compensation Team, Managers, HR Business Partners, and Recruiting teams to solve complex compensation-related business problems.
• Act as a valued Compensation Partner to Europe, Middle East, and Africa region client groups at Google. Own and manage VP and Director level relationships in compensation planning, organization changes, and demystifying compensation with their teams.
  
• Work with large data sets in complex ways. Draw insights from the numbers and convey findings to stakeholders at all levels.
  
• Play a role in the creation and review of compensation policies and processes to ensure legal compliance and fairness. Be a key stakeholder in regionally specific compliance workstreams.
• Participate in the research, development and implementation of compensation programs, monitor program success and work on projects such as market data benchmarking, compensation training for managers, Googlers, and compensation business reviews.