Senior Compensation & HR Controlling Specialist (m/f/d)

About This Opportunity

We are representing a confidential aerospace organization in their search for a Senior Compensation & HR Controlling Specialist to join their team in Parsdorf, Bavaria. This role offers the opportunity to shape compensation strategy and HR financial planning in a fast-growing international environment.

As a key member of our client's people operations team, you will drive compensation governance, salary planning, and budgeting activities while partnering closely with talent acquisition, HR business partners, finance, and business leaders to ensure data-driven decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead salary benchmarking activities and provide market-informed compensation recommendations
• Review salary offers and act as a trusted advisor for compensation decisions across the organization
• Drive the annual salary review cycle, ensuring consistency and competitiveness
• Manage and continuously improve bonus and commission programs
• Own HR budgeting, personnel cost planning and forecasting processes
• Deliver monthly workforce cost reporting, variance analyses and management insights
• Support employee participation program activities, including contract creation, leaver agreements and related governance processes
• Identify and implement process improvements, automation opportunities and scalable compensation practices

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Finance, Economics, Business Administration or related field
• 5+ years of experience in Compensation, Total Rewards, HR Controlling, Finance or Workforce Planning
• Strong analytical and numerical skills
• Advanced Excel skills
• Experience with budgeting and forecasting
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Ability to work independently and manage priorities
• Fluent in English; German is an advantage

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Workday, Adaptive Planning, Carta, or similar systems
• Experience in equity programs
• Experience in a fast-growing technology, aerospace, engineering, or scale-up environment

How We Work With You

Candidates apply directly through Get A Job.ai. Our recruiting team will screen your application and qualifications. If there's a strong match, we will submit your profile to our client for consideration. Please do not contact the client directly, as all communication should flow through Get A Job.ai to ensure a smooth and professional process.

Pay

Compensation details will be discussed during the screening process and are competitive with the market for this level of experience in the Bavarian aerospace sector.

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