[Hiring] Compensation & Benefits Manager @JustMarkets

Role Description

We are looking for a Compensation & Benefits Manager to manage personnel cost planning and analysis across our group of companies. In this role, you will:

• Plan and forecast payroll costs and headcount.
• Track spending against the budget.
• Analyse cost changes.
• Help the business make informed hiring and compensation decisions.
• Work closely with Finance, HR, and Payroll to keep personnel costs under control and ensure that financial plans reflect the company's needs.

Responsibilities include:

• Prepare and maintain the annual budget and rolling forecasts for payroll costs and headcount across departments and companies.
• Update forecasts based on hiring plans, salary changes, promotions, employee departures, and other workforce changes.
• Compare actual personnel costs with the budget, identify differences, and explain the reasons behind them.
• Calculate bonus pools, estimate bonus costs, and model different payout scenarios. Support long-term incentive (LTI) calculations where needed.
• Track key people-cost metrics, such as cost per hire and total cost per employee, and analyse how they change over time.
• Prepare monthly personnel cost reports and updated forecasts for the Corporate FP&A Lead and Finance Business Partners.
• Compare the costs of different ways of engaging specialists, including direct employees, EOR, and B2B contractors.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Compensation & Benefits, FP&A, People Cost Analyst or a similar role.
• Payroll-cost and headcount (FTE) budgeting and rolling forecasting.
• Plan/actual variance analysis with decomposition by driver (headcount, rate, mix, timing) and clear narrative explanation.
• Bonus/long-term incentive modelling: pools, accruals, vesting, payout scenarios.
• Understanding of the structure of employer personnel costs across employment models — in-house employees, EOR providers, B2B contractors — and of gross-to-net logic.
• People-cost metrics: cost per hire, fully-loaded cost per FTE, attrition and ramp-up impact.
• Advanced Excel / Google Sheets skills.
• Basic management accounting: how personnel costs are recognised and allocated in the management P&L.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to turn data into clear conclusions and recommendations.
• Good communication skills and the ability to work with Finance, HR, Payroll, and business teams.

Requirements

• Experience in fintech / brokerage or another fast-scaling international group (Nice to Have).
• Experience planning personnel costs across multiple jurisdictions and with EOR providers (Nice to Have).

Benefits

• 20 paid vacation days per year.
• 10 paid sick leave days per year.
• Public holidays as per the company’s approved Public holiday list.
• Medical insurance.
• Opportunity to work remotely.
• Professional education budget.
• Language learning budget.
• Wellness budget (gym membership, sports gear and related expenses).