Compensation & Benefits Specialist

**About Us**

Founded in 2014, Circles is a global technology company reimagining the telco industry with its innovative SaaS platform, empowering telco operators worldwide to effortlessly launch innovative digital brands or refresh existing ones, accelerating their transformation into techcos.

Today, Circles partners with leading telco operators across multiple countries and continents, including KDDI Corporation, Etisalat Group (e&), AT&T, and Telkomsel, creating blueprints for future telco and digital experiences enjoyed by millions of consumers globally.

Besides its SaaS business, Circles operates three other distinct businesses:

- Circles.Life: A wholly-owned digital lifestyle telco brand based in Singapore, Circles.Life is powered by Circles' SaaS platform and pioneering go-to-market strategies. It is the digital market leader in Singapore and has won numerous awards for marketing, customer service, and innovative product offerings beyond connectivity.
- Circles Aspire: A global provider of Communications Platform-as-a-Service (CPaaS) solutions. Its cloud-based Experience Cloud platform enables enterprises, service providers and developers to deliver and scale mobile, messaging, IoT, and connectivity services worldwide.
- Jetpac: Specializing in travel tech solutions, Jetpac provides seamless eSIM roaming for over 200 destinations and innovative travel lifestyle products, redefining connectivity for digital travelers. Jetpac was awarded Travel eSIM of the Year.

Circles is backed by renowned global investors, including Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia), Warburg Pincus, Founders Fund, and EDBI (the investment arm of the Singapore Economic Development Board), with a track record of backing industry challengers.

**About this Role**
- We are looking for a passionate, driven and results-oriented professional to partner with our People & Culture leads, to help drive a number of high-stakes projects and initiatives critical to the success of our people
- S/ he will be expected to deliver everything related (but not limited to): salary benchmarking and proposal, compensation analysis, annual increment and bonus, long and short term incentives, and job gradings
- This is a group-level role based in Singapore

**What you will do**
- Participate in the design and development of Total Rewards & Wellbeing programs and ensure alignment to Company's vision and business goals.
- Participate in job architecture design, total compensation & benefits market benchmarking analysis and review and sales incentive design, implementation and management.
- Participate in the implementation and management of the Employee Stock Options Program (ESOP) within Circles
- Manage payroll vendors and process payroll in key entities to ensure that payments are made in a timely manner and within deadlines
- Support the Compensation & Benefits Committee by assisting with research and analysis of pay and benefits data to help ensure fairness and market competitiveness

**What we are looking for**
- 5+ years relevant experience with strong background in Compensation & Benefits, ideally with regional exposure in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
- Demonstrable understanding in one or more of the following compensation disciplines: salary and incentive planning, sales compensation, international compensation, equity compensation, executive pay
- Possess strong business acumen and proactively consider issues from different perspectives and has a keen interest in working on regional and global projects.
- Displays agility and resourcefulness to be able to provide support across different HR functions