Compensation & Benefits Specialist
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Compensation & Benefits Specialist
The Compensation & Benefits Specialist supports the effective delivery of DAZN’s Reward agenda by independently carrying out defined Reward activities and providing trusted, framework-based guidance to People Partners. The role coordinates day-to-day delivery across job evaluation, pay, benefits, and reward governance, identifies practical process improvements, and escalates complex or non-standard decisions to the Total Rewards Manager.
Responsibilities
- Manage the day-to-day delivery of job evaluation and salary-range activity, conducting evaluations and making framework-based grade and pay-positioning recommendations. Provide practical guidance to People Partners on routine cases and escalate non-standard or higher-risk cases to the Total Rewards Manager.
- Execute assigned activities within Reward projects and initiatives, tracking actions, dependencies, and timelines, and supporting implementation of agreed enhancements to Reward processes, governance, and data quality.
- Coordinate the day-to-day delivery of assigned cyclical Reward activities, ensuring accurate inputs, clear stakeholder communications, timely completion, and appropriate issue escalation.
- Build benefits engagement globally, developing and delivering communications in partnership with the Comms team, and coordinating with People Partners across markets to increase employee awareness and uptake of DAZN's benefits programs.
- Maintain day-to-day benefits governance, partnering with providers and internal stakeholders to keep documentation up to date, coordinate annual renewal activity across multiple countries, and ensure benefits information is accurate and accessible.
- Gather, analyze, and share external market intelligence, benchmarking data, and reward trends, and prepare reward analysis and insights for review by the Total Rewards Manager to support the ongoing competitiveness of DAZN's reward proposition.
- Identify practical opportunities to improve Reward processes, reporting, data quality, and employee communications, including appropriate use of AI tools; support testing and implementation of agreed changes.
- Act as an escalation point for Reward queries referred by the Reward Administrator, applying judgment to interpret Reward policies and practices, providing guidance to colleagues and People Partners, and escalating material exceptions to the Total Rewards Manager.
- Support on benefits administration
- Ability to travel internationally to the UK a minimum of two times annually to support collaboration, business priorities, and in-person team engagement.
Requirements
- 5 - 7 years' experience in a Reward role
- Demonstrable experience independently conducting job evaluations using a recognized methodology (WTW Global Grading System, Korn Ferry Hay, Mercer IPE, or equivalent), including making grading recommendations and advising People Partners and leaders on role leveling decisions.
- Experience matching positions to external compensation surveys (WTW preferred), conducting market pricing analyses, and making salary range recommendations.
- Advanced Excel skills (VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, pivot tables, modeling); comfortable with large, multi-country datasets.
- Hands-on experience supporting EU Pay Transparency implementation, pay gap analysis, pay equity reviews, and associated reward governance activities.
- Experience in delivering global benefits renewal and communications, and maintaining SharePoint content and documentation.
- Experience within a dedicated Reward team.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities independently and deliver high-quality outcomes with limited supervision.
We Offer
- Access to DAZN streaming service
- Annual leave increasing by 3 days after 3 years
- Private medical insurance (fully financed by DAZN)
- Life assurance
- Pension scheme (Pracowniczy Program Emerytalny)
- Medicover sport and benefits' platform by NAIS. Choose from sports, fashion, shopping, tourism, pubs, development, and courses benefits with kudos, charity options.
- Vet and Life insurance for pets
- Financially rewarding ‘Refer a Friend’ scheme
- Family-friendly community
- Opportunity for flexible working
- Employee Assistance Program (psychological, managerial, legal, and financial counseling)
- Learning and development resources
- Access to our internal speaker series and events
About the Company
At DAZN, we bring ambition to life. We are innovators, game-changers, and pioneers. So, if you want to push boundaries and make an impact, DAZN is the place to be.
As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere. We're using world-class technology to transform sports and revolutionize the industry, and we're not going to stop.
DAZN VALUES – THE ‘HOW’ IN WHAT WE DO:
- Agility and creativity fuel growth and innovation, to Make It Happen.
- Prioritizing what matters drives progress and positive outcomes, Focusing On Impact.
- Collective ambition builds optimism and success, in order to Win As One.
At DAZN, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values equality and diversity, where everyone can contribute and have their voices heard. This means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities, and abilities.
If you’d like to include a cover letter with your application, please feel free to. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience.
Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible, including providing adjustments for interviews where we can.
We look forward to hearing from you.
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Sports Entertainment
About the Company DAZN is a global company dedicated to transforming the way the world consumes sports entertainment. They focus on bringing fans closer to their passion through the best technologies available. The company operates as a global community where every opinion and idea can make a difference, emphasizing team spirit and collective ambition to achieve what others might consider impossible. Products, Services & Tech Stack Core Solutions Sports Streaming: DAZN provides streaming services for various sports events, bringing them directly to fans. Technologies & Frameworks Platforms: The company utilizes various platforms to deliver its services, although specific platforms are not detailed in the provided information. Project Scope & Target Clients Client Base Global Sports Fans: DAZN serves a wide range of sports fans globally, providing them with access to live sports events. Engineering Scale Global Operations: DAZN operates on a global scale, with teams and projects spanning multiple countries including the United Kingdom, India, Japan, Germany, the United States, Italy, Spain, Israel, and more. The engineering projects vary in scope and complexity, reflecting the company's global presence and diverse operational needs.
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