Lead Compensation Partner - EMEA

Company: Live Nation Entertainment Department: Human Resources - Corporate Location: London - Hybrid

Reports to: Director, LNE Global Compensation & Reward

Working Hours: Permanent, full time

Role Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Compensation Analyst to join our dynamic Compensation & Reward team. The Lead Compensation Analyst specialist will play a crucial role for leveraging advanced analytical techniques and tools to provide deep insights into compensation practices, trends and effectiveness, enabling informed decision making and driving the evolution of our compensation and compliances. This role has a strong focus on EMEA markets and will require familiarity with pay practices, employment laws and Compliance changes across multiple EMEA markets.

What it’s like to work in the Team

The Live Nation HR teams are a group of superstars that are at the core of all employee activities during the employee lifecycle as well as meeting the business needs. We strive to create a meaningful employee experience for our teams and to champion a culture of problem-solving, collaboration, teamwork and having fun. We are a team of highly professional individuals who provide a positive environment, whilst providing a high-class service to the business.

What we can offer you

Live Nation offers impressive employee benefits including tickets to shows and festivals and unlimited annual leave. The newly opened Farmiloe Building in Farringdon, London is a beautiful office to work in. Staff can enjoy use of arcade games in the basement games room, onsite gym equipment plus fitness and meditation classes. In addition to this, the office has a fully stocked complimentary coffee bar with barista to serve you your favourite coffee as you walk into the office and offers heavily subsidised lunch options. We hold regular staff events in our atrium stage space including hosting speakers and open mic nights to showcase Live Nation employee talent.

Who you areCompetencies / Skills / Knowledge / Experience

• Proven, solid experience in Compensation or Data Science, Statistics or related field in a large corporate environment.

• Data-driven working style.

• Excellent analytical, critical thinking, mathematical, statistical, and problem-solving skills

• Demonstrated ability to translate complex data and analysis into clear and actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders.

• Strong knowledge of broad-based compensation topics such as compliance and reporting, salary structure design and development, job evaluation, and analysis.

• Experience in the analysing, design, and implementation of compensation programs.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with the Global Compensation Partners as well as cross functions teams and influence decision making at all levels of the organization while maintaining a professional and courteous manner.

• Proficiency in HRIS systems and advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel required (Vlookups, pivot tables, advanced formulas, macros) and other analytical tools.

• High level of integrity and discretion when handling sensitive and confidential information.

• Ability to work in a rapidly evolving, fast-paced culture and meet time-critical deadlines.

• Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and data integrity while dealing with confidential information.

• Knowledge of HRIS (Workday or similar) and compensation information systems, preferred.

Behavioral Skills

• Data Driven

• Problem-Solving

• Decision-Making

• Communication

• Time Management

• Team worker and on own initiative

• Ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels

What the role includes

• Partner with the Global Director, of Compensation& Reward, the wider Compensation team and business leaders to understand key business drivers and strategic objectives and develop analytics solutions to support compensation decision-making.

• Act as the primary point of contact for compensation related matters across EMEA.

• Conduct market analyses to benchmark roles and ensure competitive pay positioning across EMEA.

• Partner with external vendors for compensation surveys and analyze market trends to recommend adjustments.

• Maintain a deep understanding of regional pay practices, labour laws, and economic conditions.

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive framework for compensation analytics & programs, including the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data related to compensation practices, trends, and outcomes using Internal and external data to assist the business leaders & HR business partners in making informed decisions related to workforce needs.

• Conduct advanced statistical analysis and modelling to identify correlations, trends, and patterns in compensation data and provide actionable insights and recommendations that will help evolve Live Nation’s Total Reward Programs.

• Monitor skill trends, and best practices, formulating recommendations for changes to compensation programs to reflect the most effective practices or to create most efficient processes.

• Support company wide and division-specific procedures and guidelines to ensure compensation programs are internally equitable and externally competitive.

• Maintain policies that contain compensation topics in line with any changes to compensation programs.

• Contribute company data to annual compensation surveys and analyze those results in partnership with the Coordinator, Compensation & Reward.

• Support and partner with the Global Compensation team and the workday team on the Annual and Biannual compensation review and process, including merit reviews/increases by markets, bonus planning and business reporting.

• Provide expertise and guidance on job levelling, job evaluation, and salary structures to support talent acquisition, retention efforts while managing the evolving compliance analysis and reporting.

• Serve as a subject matter expert on compensation matters, providing training and support to HR Colleagues and Business Partners as required.

Equal Opportunities

We are passionate and committed to our people and go beyond the rhetoric of diversity and inclusion. You will be working in an inclusive environment and be encouraged to bring your whole self to work. We will do all that we can to help you successfully balance your work and homelife. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with. It’s talent that matters to us and we encourage applications from people irrespective of their gender identity, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status or caring responsibilities.