Your Role in VT Markets:
This role sits at the heart of how the company invests in talent. As Compensation & Incentives Specialist, you will shape how pay and performance translate into sustainable business growth — ensuring rewards are competitive, equitable, and financially disciplined across markets. You will work closely with Finance and senior leaders to design compensation and incentive structures that balance talent attraction, performance outcomes, and cost control in a fast-moving, global environment.
Job Requiremen
- t3–7+ years of experience in Compensation, Total Rewards, or related role
- sStrong hands-on experience in incentive design, commission structures, or bonus scheme
- sAdvanced Excel and financial modelling skills; BI tools are a plu
- sStrong commercial acumen and comfort working with numbers and ambiguit
- yExperience supporting multi-country or global populations preferre
- dBackground in FinTech, financial services, tech, or high-growth environments is a plu
s
Compensation Strategy & Framewor
- ksManage and continuously refine job architecture, role levelling, and salary band structures across regio
- nsSupport annual salary review, promotion, and off-cycle compensation processes with strong cost modelling and budget discipli
- neProvide market benchmarking insights and pay positioning recommendations aligned to approved reward budge
- tsAct as a key gatekeeper to ensure compensation decisions are consistent, defensible, and financially sustainab
- leLead compensation reviews, including budgeting, merit increases, and bonus cycl
es
Incentives & Variable Pay (Core Foc
- us)Design, administer, and optimise variable pay progr
- amsBuild simulations to evaluate incentive affordability, ROI, and behavioural imp
- actPartner with Finance and business leaders to ensure incentive plans are sustainable, measurable, and aligned with business outco
mes
Analytics & Decision Sup
- portDeliver clear, data-driven insights to support hiring offers, internal moves, and reward decis
- ionsMonitor internal equity, market competitiveness, and incentive effective
- nessSupport leadership discussions with practical reward scenarios and recommendat
ions
Governance & Continuous Improve
- mentsStrengthen governance, controls, and documentation for compensation and incentive pro
- gramsIdentify opportunities to improve efficiency, clarity, and scalability as the organisation
- growsIdentify and mitigate financial and compliance risks within reward pro
grams
What makes this role ex
- citingDirect exposure to commercial and revenue-driving
- teamsOpportunity to influence how money is earned, not just how it i
- s paidReal ownership over incentive design and modelling — not just administr
- ationsA seat at the table for meaningful, data-backed decision-
making
Benefits from th
is Job:As official partners of Newcastle United F.C., VT Markets aspire to break the ancient boundaries of traditional personal finance. Through a culture of transparent and objective performance management, we are in constant pursuit of excellence, individually and collectively. Here, collaboration and intrapreneurship is incentivized and we aim to empower everyone to understand their contribution to strategic business outcomes through their individualized roles. You can expect personal growth as we aim to lead this fast-growing industry alongside a global team of diverse cultures across over 15 co
untries
Your Journey After
- ApplyingScreening interview with our Talent Acquisition
- PartnerInterview with your Hiring
- ManagerSecond interview with 2nd-Level Manager (HR D
irector)