Compensation Lead
Plaid is a financial technology company providing APIs and network connectivity for businesses to build financial products. Its platform supports bank-account linking, financial data access, identity verification, fraud and risk tools, credit underwriting, and bank payments.
Maintainer signals as of 8/12/2026
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About Plaid
Plaid operates a financial data network and API platform that lets businesses connect to financial institutions and build financial experiences. Its products support account and identity verification, real-time balance and transaction data, investment and liability data, income and underwriting workflows, fraud and AML risk checks, and multi-rail bank payments. It serves developers, businesses, financial institutions, platforms, lenders, banks, and consumer-facing financial-product providers.
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Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will support compensation for designated client groups, lead annual and mid-year compensation cycles in Workday and related tools, manage compensation systems, conduct benchmarking analyses, maintain compensation bands and zones, and build complex models for program design and leadership decisions.
Requirements
- 5–8+ years of experience in compensation or total rewards
- Experience owning or co-owning a compensation cycle
- Benchmarking experience
- Strong analytical skills
- RSU/equity experience
- Compensation systems fluency
- Workday, Compa, Pave, or equivalent experience
Responsibilities
- Own compensation support for specific client groups
- Lead configuration and rollout of annual and mid-year compensation cycles
- Manage and maintain compensation systems
- Run benchmarking analysis
- Maintain compensation band and zone data
- Build and maintain complex models
- Partner with team members on high-priority workstreams
Benefits
- Equity
