This is more than an incentives role. It is an opportunity to influence how we motivate, recognize, and reward success across the organization.
You will work closely with colleagues from Sales, Finance, HR, Operations, Marketing, Risk, and Legal, turning business objectives into incentive programs that inspire people to achieve more. Your insights will help leaders make better decisions, balance performance with cost efficiency, and ensure that reward investments create real impact for both our people and our business.
If you enjoy combining analytical thinking with commercial understanding, and if you love turning data into meaningful actions, this role is for you.
What You'll Be Doing
You will play an important role in shaping how performance is rewarded and recognized across Provident, ensuring our incentive programs remain relevant, motivating, and aligned with business priorities.
Specifically, you will:
• Designing and developing incentive and recognition programs that support our business goals and motivate our teams to succeed
• Partner closely with business leaders to translate commercial priorities into practical and effective incentive and recognition programs.
• Manage the end-to-end governance of incentive initiatives, including maintaining and updating bonus regulations, incentive frameworks, and employee communication materials.
• Prepare, review, and update bonus letters, incentive documentation, and program guidelines, ensuring consistency, transparency, and compliance.
• Coordinate the approval process for new incentive schemes and policy changes, working with senior stakeholders and preparing materials required for leadership and Board decisions.
• Act as a trusted partner for Sales, HR, Finance, Risk, Legal, and other stakeholders, ensuring alignment throughout the design and implementation of incentive programs.
• Monitor the successful implementation of incentive schemes and support stakeholders in understanding program objectives, mechanics, and outcomes.
• Support internal and external audit requirements and ensure all incentive programs operate within company governance and regulatory standards.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes, improve employee experience, and increase the effectiveness of reward and recognition initiatives.
What We're Looking For
We're looking for someone who is naturally curious, enjoys solving complex problems, and is excited by the idea of influencing business performance through data and people-focused solutions.
You will be a great fit if you:
* Have experience in incentives, compensation, rewards, financial analysis, HR analytics, or a similar analytical role.
* Enjoy working with data and can transform numbers into stories, insights, and recommendations.
* Understand what drives business performance and can balance commercial objectives with employee engagement.
* Are comfortable collaborating with different teams and building strong stakeholder relationships.
* Have excellent communication skills and can explain complex concepts in a simple and engaging way.
* Are proactive, detail-oriented, and continuously looking for better ways of working.
* Thrive in a dynamic environment where priorities evolve and business needs move quickly.
* Bring courage, curiosity, collaboration, and a genuine desire to make an impact.
Why Join Provident?
• Annual bonus (depending on the business and individual performance)
• A medical subscription to one of our medical partners, Regina Maria or Medicover
• Meal vouchers of 30 lei per voucher
• 21 days of vacation, plus 4 additional days of wellbeing
• Days off for seniority in the company
• A day off on your birthday
• Financial benefits for special events
• Discounts at various partners (Orange, Samsung, dental clinics, banking institutions)
• A welcoming and friendly office in the city center, near Parcul Tineretului
You will also enjoy personal and professional development programs:
Induction program - 3 months of role-based learning, applied trainings and Buddy assigned for easy onboarding process
Mentoring program - development sessions with relevant professionals in various areas of expertise
Wellbeing program - networking and social events and actions
Training and development opportunities - courses and learning opportunities on various topics through Provident Academy, technical trainings, talent growth and succession programs
This is a 2-year fixed-term role.
Skills Required
- Experience in incentives, compensation, rewards, financial analysis, HR analytics, or a similar analytical role
- Ability to work with data and transform numbers into stories, insights, and recommendations
- Understanding of drivers of business performance and ability to balance commercial objectives with employee engagement
- Proven stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills with teams such as Sales, Finance, HR, Risk, and Legal
- Excellent communication skills, able to explain complex concepts simply and engagingly
- Proactive, detail-oriented, and continuously seeks process improvements
- Ability to support internal and external audit requirements and ensure compliance with governance and regulatory standards
- Comfort working in a dynamic environment with evolving priorities
What We Do
Provident Financial Romania is a non-banking financial institution and member of the British International Personal Finance (IPF) Group. The company is dedicated to promoting financial inclusion by providing small, unsecured, short-term loans to customers underserved by traditional financial institutions. Their mission is to build a better world through responsible lending, offering accessible credit with fixed repayment schedules to improve customers' lives.
