Compensation Benefits Specialist

Role overview

HR systems and transformation

• Support implementation, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement of SuccessFactors modules and other HR systems.
• Coordinate with HR, IT, business stakeholders, and external consultants on project execution.
• Contribute to process mapping, requirements gathering, configuration reviews, UAT, documentation, change management, training, and standardization.
• Monitor project progress and follow up on open actions and issues.

Compensation and benefits

• Conduct salary benchmarking and market analysis; analyze pay positioning, salary structures, and compensation competitiveness.
• Support job grades, salary ranges, compensation frameworks, job evaluation, and organizational structure reviews.
• Prepare compensation analyses for hiring, promotions, transfers, and annual salary reviews.
• Benchmark benefits, evaluate offerings, analyze costs and benefits, and recommend enhancements.
• Support benefit vendor reviews, renewals, administration, and employee communications.

Policies, governance, and analytics

• Develop and update HR policies, procedures, guidelines, and supporting documentation; assess gaps against UAE Labour Law and HR best practices.
• Support process standardization, HR governance, audits, and compliance reviews.
• Prepare compensation, benefits, workforce, and organizational reports and dashboards; maintain HR data integrity.
• Support budgeting and workforce planning through data analysis and provide practical recommendations to stakeholders.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• Typically requires 4–6 years of relevant HR experience, with exposure to Compensation & Benefits, HR Operations, HR Analytics, or HR Projects.
• Experience in compensation benchmarking, salary analysis, benefits reviews, HR policy maintenance, and UAE Labour Law or local HR practices.
• Strong analytical, reporting, problem-solving, project coordination, communication, presentation, and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and HR analytics skills.
• Professional HR certification such as CIPD, SHRM, HRCI, GRP, CCP, or equivalent is preferred.
• SuccessFactors knowledge or certification is advantageous; hands-on HRIS or SuccessFactors implementation experience is preferred.