We’re Hiring | Compensation & Benefits Specialist
📍 Location: Jordan
We are looking for a highly analytical and detail-oriented Compensation & Benefits Specialist to support and enhance the organization's compensation structures, employee benefits, salary benchmarking, job evaluation, and compensation-related policies.
The ideal candidate will have solid hands-on experience in Compensation & Benefits within the manufacturing, contracting, construction, or industrial sectors, with a strong understanding of compensation practices in Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Experience in other GCC markets will also be considered.
This role requires strong analytical capabilities, a solid understanding of compensation principles, and the ability to translate workforce and market data into accurate, competitive, and cost-effective compensation recommendations
Key Responsibilities
1. Compensation & Salary Structure Management
- Support the development, review, and maintenance of salary structures, salary ranges, pay grades, and compensation frameworks.
- Conduct salary benchmarking and market salary surveys to assess the organization's competitiveness across relevant industries and markets.
- Analyze proposed salaries, increments, promotions, and adjustments to ensure internal equity and external competitiveness.
- Review compensation packages and provide recommendations aligned with approved salary structures, budgets, and company policies.
- Maintain accurate compensation data and ensure consistent application of salary administration policies.
2. Job Evaluation & Grading
- Conduct job evaluation and job grading activities to ensure appropriate position classification and internal equity.
- Review job descriptions, responsibilities, reporting lines, and position requirements to support accurate job sizing and grading.
- Assist in maintaining job families, job levels, salary grades, and career structures.
- Analyze new positions and organizational changes to determine appropriate compensation positioning.
3. Benefits & Allowances Administration
- Administer and review employee benefits, allowances, and compensation components in accordance with company policies.
- Evaluate salary packages, including basic salary, housing, transportation, and other applicable allowances and benefits.
- Support the review of medical insurance, annual leave entitlements, travel benefits, and other employee benefits.
- Assist in developing and updating compensation and benefits policies, procedures, and guidelines.
- Benchmark benefits against market practices and recommend improvements where appropriate.
4. Compensation Analytics & Budgeting
- Prepare compensation reports, salary analysis, and periodic dashboards to support management decisions.
- Analyze payroll costs, salary distributions, compensation trends, and workforce cost variances.
- Support annual salary review cycles, increment planning, and compensation budgeting.
- Prepare data-driven reports related to salary adjustments, promotions, employee movements, and benefits costs.
- Monitor compensation expenditure against approved budgets and highlight discrepancies.
5. Payroll Coordination & Compliance
- Coordinate with Payroll and HR Operations to ensure accurate implementation of approved salary changes, allowances, and employee entitlements.
- Validate compensation-related payroll inputs and investigate discrepancies when identified.
- Maintain accurate and confidential employee compensation records within HRIS/ERP systems.
- Support compliance with applicable labor legislation, statutory requirements, and internal compensation policies in the relevant markets.
- Ensure proper documentation and approval of compensation changes in accordance with established procedures.
6. HR Business Partnering & Stakeholder Support
- Coordinate with Talent Acquisition on salary benchmarking, offer evaluations, and compensation recommendations for new hires.
- Support HR Business Partners and department managers with compensation-related inquiries and position evaluations.
- Collaborate with Finance on workforce cost analysis, compensation budgets, and salary forecasts.
- Provide analytical support for organizational restructuring, manpower planning, and compensation reviews.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management, Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
- 5 years of relevant experience in Compensation & Benefits, with strong hands-on exposure to salary administration, benefits management, and compensation analysis.
- Experience in the manufacturing, contracting, construction, or industrial sectors is strongly preferred.
- Knowledge of compensation practices and labor market dynamics in Jordan and Saudi Arabia is highly desirable; GCC experience is an advantage.
- Practical experience in salary benchmarking, job evaluation, salary structures, grading frameworks, and benefits administration.
- Strong understanding of compensation components, including basic salary, housing allowance, transportation allowance, incentives, and other employee benefits.
- Experience supporting annual salary reviews, compensation budgeting, and workforce cost analysis.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and proficiency in HRIS/ERP systems.
- Strong analytical, numerical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- High attention to detail and the ability to handle confidential employee information with professionalism.
- Good communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with HR, Finance, and business stakeholders.
Preferred Certifications
- Relevant Compensation & Benefits, Total Rewards, or Job Evaluation certifications.
- Professional HR certifications are an advantage.
