Job Title: Share Plan/Deferred Compensation Specialist

Location: London (hybrid)

Sector: Financial Services

Contract: 12 month FTC (potential to turn permanent)

Position Overview: Catalyst Partners have partnered with a leading Financial Services firm on the search for Share Plan/Deferred Compensation Specialist to support performance, reward, and benefits initiatives across Europe. This role focuses on analysing compensation data, ensuring regulatory compliance, and delivering a competitive, equitable reward framework. You’ll also play a key role in implementing a new deferred compensation system and supporting global reward initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end rollout of a new deferred compensation platform for EMEA, acting as the regional subject-matter expert.
• Define requirements, test system functionality, manage data migration, and ensure operational readiness in partnership with HR Tech, Risk, Compliance, Finance, and other stakeholders.
• Map, streamline, and document processes, creating SOPs and controls to improve efficiency and reduce operational risk.
• Support global alignment of deferred compensation governance and help shape scalable, future-state operating models.
• Provide training and guidance to HR and business teams on new processes and system capabilities.
• Contribute to the annual compensation cycle, regulatory disclosures, and reward analytics.

Experience & Skills

• Experience in Share Plan/Reward/Deferred Compensation, ideally within financial services.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret and present data insights.
• Experience coordinating multiple stakeholders across regions.
• Skilled in MS Office; Workday knowledge is a plus.
• Excellent communication, organisation, and problem-solving abilities.
• Proactive, detail-driven, collaborative, and comfortable managing complex workflows.