Job Description

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Condé Nast is a global media company, home to iconic brands including Vogue, GQ, Glamour, AD, Vanity Fair and Wired, among many others. Our award-winning content reaches 84 million consumers in print, 367 million in digital and 379 million across social platforms, and generates more than 1 billion video views each month.

We are headquartered in London and New York, and operate in 31 markets worldwide, including China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico & Latin America, Spain, Taiwan, the U.K. and the U.S., with local licence partners across the globe.

The Role

The Compensation manager will support on all compensation related matters including job architecture, base salary, short term incentives, pay programs and related projects for the Western European markets (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and UK) outside the US. 

The Team

You'll be part of global team and report into our Compensation Director, Western Europe.

What will you be doing?

• Manage the annual short-term incentive plan process for 950 + employees (non-sales including International and PubWorx).  This includes all aspects of the process-design of plans, communicating the plan, ensuring employees are assigned to correct plans, partnering with finance, People Partners, and payroll, and managing payouts.

• Manage the long-term incentive plan.  This includes creation, distribution, modelling, and communication of long-term awards. Manage the long-term pool and the accrual (with Finance) and ensure accurate payouts.

• Partner with the Director, Compensation Western Europe on various compensation projects from planning and implementation to execution. Projects include, but are not limited to, job architecture, compensation analysis (both base salary and annual short-term incentive), survey participation, creation of salary structure, job title harmonisation and reorganisations.

• Partner with Director Compensation Western Europe and global compensation team on execution of core processes (merit, promotions, benchmarking and pay equity) to support the markets in the Western Europe ensuring alignment and consistency.

• Work collaborative with the People Business Partners, Global Compensation, People Operations on adhoc compensation request to support the business

• Approve Workday compensation  transaction items (promotions, transfers, compensation changes and employee data edits, where appropriate). 

Who you are:

• Strong, proven experience in compensation and/or human resources or finance

• Professionalism and maturity a must, ability to deal with confidential data

• Advanced skills in MS Office applications (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint) or Google Suite

• Experience in Workday and working with traditional and non-traditional short/long term incentive plans

• Ability to produce detailed, accurate reports and insights that support sound decision-making

• Strong analytical, research, problem-solving and project management skills

• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills a must

• Detail oriented, while keeping the big picture in mind

• Ability to operate independently, thrive in a fast-paced global environment across time zones and be comfortable in the “gray zone”

• Ability to manage competing priorities

• Positive, “can do” attitude, team player and effective collaborator

• Educated to degree level or equivalent

Where will you be? 

This is a hybrid role with 3 days a week in our beautiful Adelphi office, with breathtaking views over the Thames, and next to the hustle and bustle of The Strand. 
 

What benefits do we offer? 

• Condé Nast Learning Hub where you’ll find you’ll find all Condé Nast-developed learning courses and trainings, and over 16,000+ courses in seven local languages 

• 25 days holiday and extra days of annual leave life events like moving house or wanting to volunteer with a charity 

• Hybrid working and core hours 

• Competitive pension scheme 

• Bupa Private Healthcare 

• Season ticket loans 

• Cycle to work 

• Employee Assistance programme 

• Bring your dog to work 

• A wide variety of wellness benefits including gym discounts 

• Discounts and Magazine Subscriptions

• Employee Resource Groups to provide a platform for employees to identify shared objectives, exchange ideas, and work on community priorities for our global workforce

What happens next?

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply below, and we will review your application as soon as possible. You can update your resume or upload a cover letter at any time by accessing your candidate profile.

Condé Nast is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status and other legally protected characteristics.