Compensation Consultant, India, Corporate and Stores

Amazon's Compensation team is seeking a Compensation Consultant to provide strategic compensation support to our fast growing Amazon India Stores business. At Amazon, our businesses continue to grow and expand because of our customer focus, innovative technologies, and world class operations. Driving all of our businesses are talented employees who are strong owners, have the highest standards, and obsess over our customers.

As a Compensation Consultant, you will be responsible for delivering on the compensation needs in Amazon India's Stores business through analytical and consulting services. You will manage difficult problems/efforts and coach key stakeholders on Amazon's compensation philosophy and strategy as well as consult and advise stakeholders on comp policies, practices, and processes (e.g., new hire offers, retention, promotions). You build and maintain trust-based relationships with key stakeholders. You support your assigned client group(s) on all compensation matters and work on transactional compensation activities and approval requests.
We are looking for candidates who thrive in a fast-moving environment and are comfortable dealing with ambiguity. You have a diverse scope where analysis requires evaluation and understanding of current business trends. You may lead small to mid-size projects (e.g., job family development/revision, analytics tool design) with limited guidance. You understand and apply functional skill and core compensation knowledge to prioritize programmatic work and set goals to solve client issues/challenges. You work with your assigned client group(s) to assess competitive labor market trends and may leverage market data as required. With guidance, you may design and deliver compensation infrastructure for the assigned client groups (e.g., build/design variable compensation plan, step plan, job family range). You roll out new compensation policy changes and ensure client adoption and understanding.

Key job responsibilities
Participate in and may lead the development and/or improvement of comp programs and processes
Establish cross functional partnerships within your assigned client group(s)
Identify gaps in data and reporting, and partner with the relevant teams to resolve
Respond appropriately to urgent or ad-hoc requests and take necessary actions to resolve, escalate, and identify the correct teams to involve
Leverage analytics tools and data to understand the state of their businesses
Translate data to create a narrative for the assigned group and influence decision making
Provide content and participate in business reviews for your client group(s)
Maintain a working knowledge of relevant local legislation and labor contracts that may affect compensation policies.

- University degree required
- Relevant experience in compensation and benefits or consulting with an in-depth knowledge of core compensation terminology and best practices
- Good understanding of the principles and practices of compensation systems and legislation
- Analytical, problem solving skills and quantitative skills and a track record for planning, doing and auditing work; curious mindset; have the ability to see beyond the numbers to drive decision-making, problems solving and develop several alternative solutions
- Highly proficient in Excel; Quicksight skills will be handy
- Highly detail driven with emphasis on accuracy, coupled with the ability to see the broader picture
- Strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple projects and priorities at once
- Must possess verbal, written and interpersonal skills for internal presentations that demonstrate business acumen; able to seek out information, clearly communicate information and requests and provide quality advice
- Demonstrated mastery regarding rewards management issues (e.g. job evaluation, surveys, job/market pricing, salary range development, etc.)
- Ability to effectively manage communication and relationships in matrix organization structure
- Must be hands-on with high level of energy and professional skills to function effectively and independently in a demanding, fast-paced change-oriented environment