Senior Compensation Operations Analyst

Location: London, United Kingdom; office attendance required at least four days per week, with flexibility to work from home one day per week.

Company

Columbia Threadneedle Investments is an investment business connected with Ameriprise Financial, serving clients through global investment strategies and a team of more than 2,300 people.

What you will do

• Execute recurring compensation administration processes, resolve issues, coordinate with stakeholders, and ensure timely, accurate delivery.
• Perform validation, reconciliations, audits, and control activities while investigating discrepancies and root causes.
• Produce and maintain operational reports, metrics, dashboards, and analytical outputs for compensation operations.
• Maintain standard operating procedures, evidence records, governance artifacts, and audit-readiness documentation.
• Support testing, readiness reviews, issue resolution, and execution activities for annual and year-end compensation cycles.
• Support onboarding, knowledge transfer, cross-training, and continuous improvement, including ownership of assigned capability areas.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in Compensation Operations, HR Operations, Payroll, HR Systems, or a similar function.
• Experience with Workday and compensation systems.
• Experience with UAT/testing, audit and SOX support, reconciliations, or operational controls.
• Experience with BI, dashboards, reporting, workflow optimization, and year-end compensation cycles.
• Strong analytical, validation, documentation, organizational, and advanced Excel skills.
• Ability to independently manage recurring processes, multiple priorities, deadlines, and assigned capability areas.

Culture & Benefits

• In-office collaboration is foundational, with at least four office days per week and one flexible work-from-home day.
• Permanent, full-time employment.
• Inclusive, performance-based culture focused on belonging, growth, contribution, and diverse perspectives.
• Flexible working requirements can be discussed during the hiring process.
• Accessible recruitment process and reasonable accommodations are available for candidates with disabilities.