Compensation Specialist

London - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Maven is a market-leading proprietary trading firm allocating internal capital across discretionary systematic and market-making strategies. Our collective expertise spans traders engineers and technologists unified by an unwavering dedication to enhance our efficiency as a premier liquidity provider for globally listed derivatives. We leverage groundbreaking execution and pricing technologies to elevate and improve how financial markets operate . Maven continues to scale its operations while preserving the dynamic energy and innovative culture of a start-up but without the associated risks.

The Role:

This newly created role represents a strategic opportunity to build the firms compensation framework from the ground up. As a Compensation Specialist you will design benchmark and evolve compensation structures that reflect our performance-driven culture and operational scale.

Working closely with HR leadership Finance ExCo members and functional heads across Market Making and Multi-Strategy youll take ownership of a full-spectrum compensation architecture from salary calibration to long-term incentives. Youll ensure our Employee Value Proposition (EVP) reflects our values supports retention and keeps us competitive within the trading landscape.

Key Responsibilities:

Build and implement a comprehensive compensation framework to cover fixed pay variable pay LTIPs sign-ons benefits and equity
Utilise the already established job architecture to support transparent progression and cross-divisional clarity
Develop compensation structures tailored to the distinct needs of Market Making Multi-Strategy Technology and Operational units
Conduct benchmarking across peer firms (buyside banks tech) for comparable trading and quant roles
Analyse compensation trends and competitor positioning to inform reward philosophy
Model scenarios for new compensation mechanics (e.g. deferrals clawbacks risk-adjusted metrics)
Own cyclical compensation review processes across the firm including salary reviews bonus modeling and deferred distributions
Ensuring documentation is structured effectively and adequately recorded to allow for accurate and timely compensation calculations
Partner with Finance to align models with budget and accrual accounting strategy
Ensure governance and documentation to support confidentiality consistency and audit-readiness
Collaborate with the Chief People Officer and ExCo to craft a compelling EVP rooted in company values competitiveness and career growth
Support senior leaders in reward decision-making and communication
Partner with Legal on contractual updates policy refreshes and regulatory alignment

Experience & Capabilities:

Proven experience in compensation or reward ideally within financial services proprietary trading or high-growth tech
Strong technical capability in modeling benchmarking and total reward design
Ability to navigate high-sensitivity data and align frameworks to commercial strategy
Experience working across complex or high-performance environments with diverse role types
Excellent written and verbal communication skillscomfortable engaging with ExCo and guiding people managers
Excellent attention to detail with a dedication to accuracy quality and integrity
Highly analytical with strong problem solving skills and the ability to balance multiple deadlines
Strong Excel skills

Compensation & Benefits:

As this role defines the compensation structure it will operate within the package will reflect seniority impact and internal parity.

Competitive base salary aligned to high-performance financial services
Annual bonus linked to firm performance and role outcomes
Benefits include private medical enhanced pension well-being support and hybrid working
Flexible compensation components based on experience and value-add

Required Experience: