Senior Compensation Consultant in London

About this role: Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Compensation Consultant to join the International Compensation team within Total Rewards. This role plays a key part in delivering competitive, data-driven compensation solutions across EMEA and APAC, supporting business performance, talent attraction and retention.

You will contribute to the design, analysis and delivery of compensation programmes, with a strong focus on analytics, governance and regulatory compliance. The role partners closely with HR, Talent Acquisition and business leaders, particularly within Corporate & Investment Banking and key corporate functions.

This is an excellent opportunity for a compensation specialist—or an HR professional with strong analytical capability—to further develop expertise and make a meaningful impact on Wells Fargo’s employee value proposition.

In this role, you will:

• Provide compensation advice and guidance to HR partners, Talent Acquisition and business stakeholders.
• Support annual compensation cycles, including salary and bonus planning, ensuring accuracy and adherence to governance standards.
• Deliver high-quality analytics and reporting to inform compensation decisions and workforce planning.
• Support regulatory reporting requirements (e.g. Gender Pay Gap, Director Remuneration, Pillar 3 and High Earners disclosures).
• Partner with Talent Acquisition on market benchmarking, offer structuring and buy-out analysis.
• Administer and manage off-cycle compensation reviews and approvals.
• Ensure all activities align with internal controls, risk frameworks and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate effectively with regional and global compensation teams and other stakeholders.
• Apply sound judgement to resolve complex compensation issues while maintaining compliance with policies and procedures.

Key attributes:

• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail.
• Excellent organisation and time management.
• Ability to prioritise and manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaborative approach with strong stakeholder management skills.
• Clear and professional communication, both written and verbal.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience in Compensation or Analytics, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience.
• Excel skills, with the ability to analyse and manipulate large, complex datasets.
• Experience working with HR systems (e.g. Workday) or similar tools is advantageous.
• Understanding of compensation principles, market benchmarking and reward practices.
• Experience working in a regulated or controlled environment is beneficial.

We Value Equal Opportunity: Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions.

There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit’s risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

Candidates applying to job openings posted in Canada: Applications for employment are encouraged from all qualified candidates, including women, persons with disabilities, aboriginal peoples and visible minorities. Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process.

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