Compensation & Benefits Director
Paris
Corporate & Middle Office – People /
Full-time /
Hybrid
Our mission? Creating the freedom for SMEs to succeed in business and beyond, by delivering Europe’s leading finance workspace. We combine business-class tools (seamless invoicing, spend management, and pre-accounting) with unwaveringly attentive 24/7 support, designed to help businesses breeze through all things finance.
Our journey: Founded by Alexandre and Steve in July 2017, Qonto has rapidly gained trust, serving over 600,000 customers. Thanks to our wonderful team of 1,600+ Qontoers, we also made it to the LinkedIn Top Companies French ranking!
Our values:
Customer focus | Prioritize customers in everything you do
Ownership | Own your part, get things done
Teamwork | Make (team)work easy
Mastery | Continuously raise the bar
Integrity | Always do what’s right, and respect people
Our beliefs: At Qonto, we're committed to fostering a welcoming environment where everyone can thrive. We prioritize evaluating applicants based solely on skills and potential, ensuring diversity with 55% international team members, 44% women, and 20% parents. Join us in building a workplace that celebrates diversity and individuality.
- As the Director of Compensation & Benefits at Qonto, you will transform our global rewards strategy into a competitive advantage that attracts and retains top talent while scaling our frameworks to support rapid growth. Reporting to Sarah (Chief People Officer), you will lead a team of 2 (to start with) to harmonize our compensation and benefits approaches across 8 European markets, equipping leadership with data-driven insights for strategic decision-making as we evolve from a payment institution to a bank.
- Develop, implement, and communicate our global reward strategy that balances internal equity, market competitiveness, and compliance requirements across our 8 European markets (FR, DE, IT, ES, BE, NL, AUT, PT)
- Build our Pay Transparency program with data infrastructure, employee education, and clear documentation to meet 2026 EU compliance requirements
- Build data-driven compensation systems and insights, including salary grids, job grading, or market benchmarking, to support strategic decision-making and talent retention
- Lead compensation cycles in partnership with Finance, managing salary and bonus reviews, ensuring fairness and strategic alignment
- Drive systems transformation and team leadership by implementing Workday for C&B processes and managing a growing Total Rewards team while establishing clear communication strategies for all reward programs
- Banking/regulated industry experience: Built and implemented compensation frameworks in financial services companies with governance and compliance/regulatory expertise
- Multi-country: Designed job architecture and pay bands across EU markets with country-specific regulatory requirements
- Executive influence: Track record of educating and influencing C-level leaders on compensation strategy while steering and communicating change
- Transformation at scale: Led company-wide compensation & benefits transformations in fast-growing financial institutions or similar regulated industries
- Data-driven approach: Built analytics-first compensation functions with systematic decision-making and stakeholder management across regulatory bodies and internal executives
The job includes
Expectations include
🎁 Perks
A tailor-made and dynamic career track. An inclusive work environment. And so much more to help you succeed.
- Offices in Paris, Berlin, Milan, Barcelona, and Belgrade;
- Competitive salary package;
- A meal voucher;
- Public transportation reimbursement (part or global);
- A great health insurance (depending on the country);
- Employee well-being initiatives: access to Moka Care to take care of your mental health and great offers for sports and wellness activities;
- A progressive disability and parenthood policy (1 in 6 of Qonto employees is a parent!) and childcare benefits with selected partners;
- Monthly team events.
