Lead – Compensation & Benefits
About Amber
Amber is a leading global student accommodation platform, helping students worldwide find and book long-term housing near their universities. With operations across multiple geographies, Amber is building a high-performance, people-first organization focused on scale, compliance, and employee experience.
Role Overview
We are looking for a detail-oriented and process-driven Lead – Compensation & Benefits to manage and strengthen Amber’s compensation, payroll, benefits, and compliance framework.
This role will play a critical part in ensuring accurate payroll operations, statutory compliance, employee benefits administration, and scalable compensation practices across the organization.
The ideal candidate should have solid expertise in payroll governance, labor law compliance, compensation benchmarking, and employee benefits administration. Exposure to global payroll and compliance processes will be an added advantage.
Key Responsibilities
Compensation & Benefits
Drive compensation benchmarking and salary structure management across teams.




Support annual compensation reviews, increments, promotions, and bonus cycles.
Manage employee benefits programs, including insurance, wellness initiatives, reimbursements, and vendor coordination.
Ensure competitive and compliant compensation practices aligned with market standards.
Payroll Management
Own end-to-end payroll processing with high accuracy and adherence to timelines.
Coordinate with payroll vendors and finance teams for smooth salary processing.
Validate payroll inputs, including incentives, variable pay, reimbursements, full-and-final settlements, and statutory deductions.
Ensure payroll data accuracy, confidentiality, and audit readiness.
Compliance & Governance
Ensure adherence to labor laws and statutory regulations, including PF, ESIC, PT, gratuity, TDS, and other compliance requirements.
Maintain employee records and documentation in line with compliance standards.
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📌 Lead- Compensation (India)
🏢 Amber
📍 India