GHD Group

Americas & EMEA Compensation Specialist

GHD Group • $80K — $95K *
Edmonton, AB T5A 0A1In-Person
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in compensation or related field
  • Expertise in market analysis and pay equity principles
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Experience partnering with leadership on compensation matters
  • Familiarity with Korn Ferry Job Architecture preferred
  • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills

Responsibilities

  • Partner with business leaders to assess workforce compensation needs
  • Provide expert guidance on remuneration decisions and internal equity
  • Evaluate options, trade-offs, and risks to recommend compensation solutions
  • Lead the development and maintenance of salary structures across regions
  • Conduct regional pay equity reviews and propose equity improvements
  • Guide annual salary review processes and support reward program initiatives
  • Develop actionable insights from complex compensation analyses

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning
  • Exposure to diverse compensation practices across Americas and EMEA
  • Collaboration with senior leadership and various business units
  • Chance to impact company-wide compensation strategies
  • Work in a dynamic, cross-regional team environment
Full Job Description
Job Description

Who are we looking for?

Role Purpose

Provide expert compensation advice and independent reward solutions across the Americas and EMEA. Apply sound judgement, market insight and deep analysis to guide pay decisions, salary structures, reward investments and workforce outcomes.

Working closely with business leaders, People Teams and Compensation Partners, the role evaluates options, balances competing priorities and delivers practical recommendations that strengthen attraction, retention, equity and business performance

Key Responsibilities

Compensation Advisory & Business Partnering
  • Partner with business leaders and People Teams across Americas and EMEA to understand workforce challenges and compensation needs.
  • Provide expert guidance on remuneration decisions, pay positioning, job offers, retention risks and internal equity considerations.
  • Evaluate options, trade-offs and risks to recommend practical and commercially sound compensation solutions.
  • Support leaders through complex or sensitive remuneration discussions and decisions.


Salary Structures, Market Pricing & Pay Equity
  • Lead the development and maintenance of salary ranges across Americas and EMEA.
  • Apply market data, business context and compensation principles to determine appropriate pay positioning and structures.
  • Lead regional pay equity reviews and identify actions to improve equity outcomes.
  • Ensure survey matching methodologies and market data applications remain accurate and fit for purpose.


Salary Review & Reward Program Leadership
  • Provide compensation leadership for annual salary review activities across the regions.
  • Develop salary budget recommendations in partnership with Benefits and business stakeholders.
  • Guide People Teams and business leaders throughout salary review planning, implementation and decision-making.
  • Support the launch, governance and delivery of reward programs including VRP activities where required.


Strategic Analysis & Reward Solutions
  • Lead complex compensation analyses and assessments independently.
  • Translate market, workforce and reward data into clear recommendations and actionable insights.
  • Evaluate the impact of emerging workforce, labor market and business trends on compensation practices.
  • Develop solutions that balance business needs, employee experience, governance and affordability.
  • Anticipate risks, dependencies and downstream impacts when recommending actions.

Reward Capability, Frameworks & Continuous Improvement
  • Improve compensation frameworks, tools, guidance and decision-making resources.
  • Identify recurring themes, capability gaps and opportunities for simplification.
  • Oversee development of compensation learning and education for People Teams, leaders and employees.
  • Build organizational understanding of reward principles, pay decisions and reward governance.
  • Strengthen consistency, scalability and effectiveness of compensation practices across the regions.


Expectations
  • Develop trusted relationships with BPLs and People Teams and maintain regular engagement to understand emerging business needs.
  • Korn Ferry Job Architecture would be Highly Regarded
  • Deliver independent, evidence-based recommendations on complex compensation matters.
  • Complete at least one significant business-focused compensation project or analysis each quarter.
  • Strengthen compensation capability through improved guidance, tools and learning solutions.
  • Identify opportunities to improve frameworks, decision quality and consistency across the regions.
  • Consider broader business, market and workforce impacts when designing recommendations and solutions.


Interested? Apply online now.

About GHD Group

GHD Group is a global engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting firm that provides services to clients in the water, energy, environment, property and buildings, and transportation sectors. The company was founded in 1928 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. GHD has more than 10,000 employees in over 200 offices worldwide, and it operates in Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, North America, and South America. The company's services include engineering design, project management, asset management, environmental consulting, and digital services. GHD's clients include governments, private companies, and non-profit organizations, and its projects range from small-scale local initiatives to large-scale international infrastructure projects.
Learn more about GHD Group
Size
10,000 employees
Industry
Real Estate & Construction
* Ladders Estimates

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