Upvest, founded in 2017, enables any financial institution to offer great investment experiences to its customers. Upvest is an investment firm regulated by the German supervision authority (BaFin). The company currently employs 180+ people across Europe with its headquarters based in Berlin, Germany.
The company is backed by the world’s largest venture capital funds and investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, BlackRock, Earlybird, HV Capital, Notion Capital, and ABN Amro Ventures, as well as by renowned fintech entrepreneurs (including Maximilian Tayenthal, founder of N26, and Felix Haas, founder of IDnow).
We’re looking for fintech enthusiasts to join us in creating the financial infrastructure of tomorrow. We’re building the first European Investment API to enable any financial institution offering a wide range of efficient and transparent investment products, such as stocks and ETFs in nominal, portfolio, and fractional form. Our mission and vision is to make investing as easy as spending money.
We’re based in Berlin but are also open to hiring remotely in Germany, the UK and Estonia for this role. If you're currently based elsewhere but would like to move to Germany, we’re happy to support your relocation.
Your mission:
We are looking for an experienced compensation and benefits expert to join the People Experience team as an individual contributor. In this role, you have the opportunity to shape the future of the compensation and benefits offerings in a mission-driven, people-centric fintech company. If you are a seasoned compensation and benefits expert with a passion for fair and competitive compensation, this is for you.
This role will give you the opportunity to:
- Shape the compensation and benefits strategy by following Upvest's company and people strategies, compensation philosophy, and organisational goals
- Conduct a rigorous review of the current structures and design and manage compensation and benefits programs to attract candidates and engage and delight Upvest employees at all levels around the world
- Conduct regular compensation benchmarking, analysis, and construct salary bands in collaboration with the departments
- Participate in the bi-annual progress cycle and lead the compensation reviews
- Own Upvest's virtual shares and employee incentive programs, from issuing allotments to managing and improving the programs and tools
- Design and implement exciting and competitive benefits offerings internationally
- Research and identify compensation opportunities to optimise our offering
- Collaborate across the organisation, provide a world-class people experience, and be the trusted adviser for the C-level management on compensation and benefits topics
- Ensure compliance with regulations
- Work in an outcome-focused manner towards company objectives and People team goals by leading your own projects
- Continuously learn and grow while staying on the pulse of what is happening in the compensation and benefits field
Job requirements:
- 5+ years of experience in compensation and benefits roles in an international environment, ideally in multiple companies from startups to more established organisations
- Experience in modern compensation management, incentive structuring, and benchmarking
- Deep understanding of designing and managing total rewards programs and benefits offerings beyond perks
- Proven track record in managing VSOP/ESOP, EIP, and hurdle shares
- Experience with relevant compensation and benefits software and tools, and scaling systems and programs
- Deep understanding of gap analyses
- Data-driven approach, spreadsheet wizardry, and skills to produce meaningful visual analyses to support decision-making
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, and ability to explain complicated compensation and benefits topics appropriately to different audiences
- Strong sense of ownership and keen attention to detail
- Ability to lead complex projects and work in a fast-paced environment
- Passion for great people experience and inclusive and equitable compensation and benefits
- Hands-on approach, flexibility, and willingness to support others when needed beyond your own domain
Nice to have
- Experience in the fintech or other regulated fields
- Knowledge of pension programs internationally
- Familiarity with our systems: HiBob, Linear, Gaia
We offer
- Ownership, independence, and plenty of opportunities to make the role yours
- Exciting challenges in a growing international fintech company
- Opportunities to learn and grow every day
- Collaborative and experience-focused team of senior experts
- Opportunity to decide on the benefits we offer moving forward ;)
Why Upvest?
- We're working on solving a hard problem: fixing the European securities financial infrastructure that empowers more people to be able to invest. You have the opportunity to contribute to this change.
- We invest in you. From access to a personal coach, development budget and plenty of opportunities to grow in your role.
- We take hiring seriously with a strong focus on keeping a high bar when interviewing (equally important is that we hire decent people, who are passionate about their craft and helping us achieve our shared mission).
- While we're not quite fully-remote, we are committed to being a flexible employer, as we understand you don't have to be in the office to do your best work.
- We live a culture of empowerment, trust (that we hire the best people and get out of their way) and openness (there's a greater advantage in sharing information than keeping it to ourselves).
Our values:
- Learn and grow. We aim high to shape our future. We give and request honest feedback knowing that we develop together. Progression over Perfection.
- Team first. We make it easy for others. We value our differences and are open to others' opinions. We win and celebrate together! Team over Egos.
- Own the outcome. Whether we win or we lose, we stand together. We are proactive and get the job done. Outcome over Process.
- Tell the story. We always start with the why. We share knowledge to empower others. Transparency over Complexity.
Upvest is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
