Our mission and customers: We are creating the freedom for SMEs to succeed by delivering Europe's leading finance workspace with banking at its core, augmented by financial tools. We are proud to be rated 4.8 on Trustpilot, based on 55,000+ reviews. Our culture puts customer satisfaction at the core of what we do, as proven by our Net Promoter Score of 75 (more about our culture here).
Our journey: Founded in 2017 by Alexandre and Steve, Qonto has grown to 1,600+ Qontoers serving over 600,000+ customers across 8 European countries. We have been profitable since 2023, and we are just getting started.
Our beliefs: We hire for skills and potential. With 80+ nationalities, 45% women, of which 56% of women in our leadership team, diversity isn't a program; It's who we are. We've built a discrimination-free hiring process because the best teams are built on merit.
AI at Qonto: AI is deeply embedded in how we work (here) - Every Qontoer gets unlimited access to the best AI tools. We want people who experiment without waiting for permission, push AI beyond the obvious, know when to trust it, and when to question it.
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As a Senior Compensation & Benefits Partner at Qonto, you will play a key role in making our compensation decisions fair, competitive and scalable.
Your mission will be twofold: act as a trusted partner on sensitive compensation decisions and build the frameworks that will support Qonto’s long-term growth.
You will work closely with Jean-Raphaël Demol, your future manager.
As a Senior Compensation & Benefits Manager at Qonto, you will- Partner with the business by advising Talent Acquisition, People Partners and managers with benchmarks and guidance on hiring offers, promotions, retention cases and off-cycle reviews.
- Turn complex compensation and Benefits questions into clear recommendations, combining business context, internal equity, market data and long-term consistency.
- Own key compensation processes & cycles: policy updates, salary review cycles and compliance monitoring and contribute to projects end-to-end.
- Build scalable frameworks across global grading, leveling, salary ranges and pay transparency.
- Strengthen compensation governance by improving decision rules, data quality and self-service resources in collaboration with People, Finance, Legal and HRIS teams.
- Have a direct impact on hiring, retention, internal equity and the employee experience.
- Combine business partnering with the opportunity to build frameworks that will scale across Qonto.
- Work closely with Jean-Raphaël Demol, with growing exposure to more strategic topics as you build track record.
- Take ownership of complex, highly visible topics rather than operating as a data provider or process administrator.
- Operate within an experienced, international and AI-first environment where strong judgment matters as much as technical expertise.
- Experience: You have a solid experience in Compensation & Benefits and have personally owned several end-to-end compensation review cycles. You managed benefits renewal for European countries.
- Compensation expertise: You are confident working across salary ranges, leveling, off-cycle reviews, promotions, retention and pay-transparency topics.
- Business Partner: You identify the real business problem, use market data with judgment and provide clear recommendations rather than simply sharing benchmarks.
- Stakeholder management: You can challenge senior stakeholders constructively, explain trade-offs and build alignment.
- Ownership: You take initiative and drive complex topics on your own, from identifying the problem to implementing solutions, in a fast‑moving environment.
It would be a plus if you have:
- Worked in tech, fintech or another fast-scaling international environment.
- Contributed to multi-country compensation projects.
- Experience with Comptryx, Radford, Figures, Pave or another modern compensation platform.
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Skills Required
- Solid experience in Compensation and Benefits
- Personally owned several end-to-end compensation review cycles
- Managed benefits renewal for European countries
- Experience with salary ranges, leveling, off-cycle reviews, promotions, retention, and pay transparency
- Ability to provide business-focused recommendations using market data
- Strong stakeholder management and ability to challenge senior stakeholders constructively
- Ability to independently drive complex topics from problem identification through implementation
- Experience in technology, fintech, or another fast-scaling international environment
- Experience contributing to multi-country compensation projects
- Experience with Comptryx, Radford, Figures, Pave, or another modern compensation platform
What We Do
Qonto is the leading European business finance solution. It simplifies everything from everyday banking and financing, to bookkeeping and spend management. Qonto energizes SMEs and freelancers so that they can achieve more. A few figures about Qonto: - Alexandre Prot and Steve Anavi launched Qonto in July 2017 - Qonto’s international team is growing fast and we are actively hiring! - Hundreds of thousands of customers in Europe are already using Qonto - €622m raised with VCs and business angels including Valar, Alven, the European Investment Bank, Tencent, DST Global, Tiger Global, TCV, Alkeon, Eurazeo, KKR, Insight Partners, Exor Seeds and Gaingels. Legal Notice: 🇪🇺 https://legal.qonto.com/en 🇫🇷 https://legal.qonto.com/fr 🇩🇪 https://qonto.com/de/imprint 🇪🇸 https://legal.qonto.com/es 🇮🇹 https://legal.qonto.com/it
