Compensation & Benefits Manager

What You'll Do Build and maintain Excel models for compensation planning, headcount tracking, and quarterly projections. Run market benchmarking and internal equity analyses to keep our pay positioning competitive. Own the annual compensation cycle — merit, promotions, and pay structure updates — end to end. Partner with Finance on compensation accruals, forecasting, and spend reporting. Perform variance analysis and flag trends before they become problems. Build dashboards and reports for leadership on salary costs, headcount, and market trends. Work with HRBPs and business leaders as a go-to resource on compensation questions. Help managers understand our pay frameworks and make better compensation decisions. Over time, expand into benefits program management and payroll governance if that's a direction you want to grow. What You'll Need +5 years of relevant work experience in a compensation role. Strong analytical mindset with ability to work with large datasets. High attention to detail, accuracy, and data integrity. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Preferred Qualifications Good knowledge of compensation principles and practices across US and Europe. Experience working in a global or multi-country HR setup. Good understanding of benefits programs and willingness to build deeper expertise across multiple geographies. Familiarity with compensation surveys, benchmarking methodologies, and vendor management. Exposure to HR systems or compensation tools. Arcesium's Personal Data Privacy Notice for Candidates is linked here . Recruiting Security Emails from genuine Arcesium recruiters who are employees of the company will always come from the @arcesium.com domain. In some cases, you may also be contacted by independent search firms engaged to recruit on our behalf; emails from their employees should always come from their firm's applicable domain. We'll never ask for your banking information or any payment as part of the recruiting process. If something seems off or you're contacted by an unexpected third party, please reach out to us at careers@arcesium.com (US/UK), careers-india@arcesium.com (India) or careers-europe@arcesium.com (Portugal/Sweden) . Arcesium is an equal opportunity employer.