Financial Manager - Compensation (Mexico)

About Homeward

Homeward takes the “what ifs” out of homebuying by creating financial products that give buyers and sellers certainty and convenience. We’re a fast-paced, remote-first real estate startup that partners with real estate agents to offer innovative products and services, helping clients buy with cash, sell with certainty, and time their move, regardless of the market.

Founder and CEO Tim Heyl, owner of one of the fastest-growing agent teams in the country, started Homeward in 2018 to fix the antiquated and broken real estate process. Today, we offer bundled cash offers, mortgage, and title services in 13 states, enabling buyers and sellers to move with certainty and convenience.

We’re a fully remote company with a diverse team spread across several countries - Grounded in three core values: The Golden Rule, One Team One Dream, and Calm Focus. Hear from our employees about what our values mean to them.

About the Opportunity

As the Compensation Manager, you will be the compensation business partner for our functional leads and help drive forward the design and administration of our variable compensation programs across all orgs, ensuring they are competitive, equitable, and aligned with our business strategy. This person will possess a strong analytical mindset, deep expertise in compensation principles, and excellent communication and collaboration skills. This role requires a strategic thinker who can translate complex data into actionable insights and recommendations. This role will report directly to the SVP of Strategy & Finance. 

In this role, you will:

Manage Strategic Design of Compensation:

• Develop a deep understanding of our business and partner with SVP of Strategy & Finance to design incentive programs that drive the right behaviors across variable roles

• Partner with SVP of Strategy & Finance, Functional Leadership and People Ops to design, develop and implement fixed and variable compensation plans for existing and new roles. Over time, you will become the Compensation Partner for business leaders and independently handle those relationships
• Develop materials and support delivery of compensation plans, communication and written statements for employees and managers.

• Provide data-driven recommendations to support compensation decisions & montior the effectiveness of variable incentive plans across roles on an ongoing basis

• Collaborate with Finance, People, Legal, and other departments to ensure alignment on compensation-related matters as needed
• Collaborate with Data Analytics to prepare compensation reporting (dashboards) for employees and payroll purposes
• Analyze compensation data to identify trends, patterns, and potential attainment issues

Project Management:

• Develop and manage project plans, timelines, and change management initiatives ensuring timely completion of deliverables
• Manage compensation-related projects, such as 
• Maintain a source of truth for OTE & variable compensation plans and pay guidelines. 
• Identify and implement process improvements to streamline compensation administration across orgs.
• Collaborate with People Ops to conduct market analysis and salary surveys to ensure competitiveness and alignment with industry benchmarks.
• Collaborate with People Ops to support compensation review processes, including merit increases, promotions, bonus payouts.

What you’ll bring:

• 5+ years of professional experience, with 3+ years of demonstrated ability in compensation
• Proven ability to analyze complex data and develop clear and actionable insights
• Excellent project management skills with proven ability to drive work forward autonomously
• Ability to build and maintain strong cross functional relationships
• Proficiency in producing leadership-ready presentations, with excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong knowledge of compensation principles and practices, knowledge of compensation regulations a plus but not required

Value-Driven Employee Experience

THE GOLDEN RULE. It’s simple: Treat others the way we want to be treated. Whether we’re dealing with colleagues or customers, we don’t prioritize money or growth over people, and we practice empathy at every opportunity.

CALM FOCUS. We work in tech and build solutions for real estate. Both are fast-paced and stressful industries. But by focusing on the larger objective rather than rushing from one task to the next, we can create solutions our customers love.

ONE TEAM, ONE DREAM. Big problems require big solutions. We look at our customers’ experiences holistically and recognize that solving them requires collaboration across teams and our three affiliate companies — Homeward, Homeward Mortgage and Homeward Title.