Key Responsibilities

1. Market Benchmarking & Salary Bands

- Build and maintain compensation benchmarks using publicly available sources, along with other datasets
- Design and implement salary bands (minmidmax) across roles
- Continuously refine benchmarks to avoid market noise and inflation bias

2. Offer Design & Negotiation

- Lead compensation discussions and negotiations with candidates
- Create negotiation frameworks and guardrails for recruiters
- Escalate and justify exceptions with clear data-backed rationale

3. Performance & Appraisal Management

- Run company-wide appraisal cycles and calibration discussions
- Ensure internal parity and prevent compensation drift

4. Budgeting & Cost Governance

- Work closely with Finance to align compensation decisions with overall budgets
- Track compensation spend vs plan (offers, increments, promotions)




- Provide insights on cost optimization without impacting talent quality

What Were Looking For

Experience

- 1–4 years in Compensation & Advantages / Total Rewards / HR Analytics
- Experience in high-growth startups or dynamic environments preferred

Core Skills

- Strong analytical and financial thinking (comfort with numbers is non-negotiable)
- Proven ability to negotiate compensation effectively

Mindset

- High ownership and strong decision-making ability
- Comfortable saying “no” when required
- Structured thinker who can turn ambiguity into systems
- Ability to work closely with leadership and influence decisions

📌 Compensation & Benefits Specialist (Noida)
🏢 Centilytics
📍 Noida