Director, Rewards

The Director of Total Rewards will serve as a strategic and hands‑on leader responsible for developing, executing and evolving the company’s global benefits, compensation, HRIS, and data and analytics capabilities and programs. Reporting directly to the Global Head of HR, this role will be central to driving both immediate operational excellence and long‑term transformation, ensuring programs are competitive, cost‑effective, compliant, and aligned with business goals.

The Director will oversee annual benefit renewals, vendor performance, and the global compensation cycle, and partner closely with HR leadership and Finance to ensure programs effectively attract, reward, and retain key talent.

The ideal candidate for the Director of Total Rewards will oversee a dynamic HR Operations team, delivering strategic leadership, hands‑on support across a variety of facets including Comp and Benefits, HRIS, HR Data and Analytics. You will design and execute a total rewards strategy,

The Director of Total Rewards is a strategic HR leader responsible for designing, implementing, and managing compensation, benefits, data and analytics and HR systems that support a high‑growth, performance‑driven fintech environment. This role oversees Total Rewards programs—including base pay, incentives, equity, and health & wellness benefits—ensuring they are competitive, scalable, and aligned with both employee needs and private equity value creation goals.

This role is responsible for shaping and executing initiatives that enhance organizational performance and ensure alignment with Invest Cloud’s broader business objectives.

The ideal candidate will thrive in a PE‑backed environment where scale, speed, and rigor are critical, while also acting as a “player/coach” — capable of rolling up their sleeves to execute and deliver results today, while building the strategy, infrastructure, and team that supports the workforce of the future.

• Lead and develop a team of Total Rewards professionals across areas such as Comp and Analytics, Benefits, HRIS, and HR Operations, fostering collaboration, accountability, and growth.
• Lead the strategy, design, and management of comprehensive benefits offerings (healthcare, retirement, wellness, leave, etc.) across diverse employee populations, ensuring programs are competitive, equitable, and aligned with company goals.
• Oversee management of all benefit vendors, brokers, and carriers to ensure compliance, cost efficiency, and service excellence, evaluate future needs and recommend when to expand or transition providers.
• Lead annual U.S. benefit renewals, including plan design evaluation, cost modeling, vendor/broker negotiations, and executive presentations and recommendations.
• Conduct benchmarking and market assessments to maintain competitive and sustainable benefit offerings.

• Oversee design, governance, and administration of global compensation structures, including base pay and incentive programs and total compensation philosophy
• Implement scalable job architecture, pay‑for‑performance frameworks, and data‑driven benchmarking practices.
• Lead the annual compensation cycle (salary and bonus planning), including pre‑planning modeling and analytics, cycle administration, comp system readiness and all ad‑hoc executive reports and analytics throughout the process, partnering closely with finance and other stakeholders as appropriate

• Oversee the HRIS function, ensuring systems support accurate data management, automation, analytics, and process efficiency.
• Identify opportunities for automation and process improvement across Total Rewards and HR operations
• Collect, maintain, and update HR data related to employee performance, compensation, and other HR metrics.
• Ensure data integrity and accuracy by performing regular compliance audits and validations.
• Develop and maintain HR dashboards and reports to track key metrics.
• Present data and insights to HR leadership, senior leadership, and other stakeholders.
• Conduct in‑depth analysis of HR data to identify patterns and correlations.
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