Margaux Néel

Compensation & Benefits Manager | People Strategy, Job Architecture & Pay Transparency (EU) > Focus: enabling leaders to make fair, transparent, and data-driven people decisions through compensation systems that scale across countries and support sustainable performance. I work as part of the Compensation & Benefits team at Qonto, a fast-growing European fintech serving 600,000+ SMEs and freelancers across 8 countries, partnering closely with People leaders, Talent, and Finance to design compensation frameworks that support growth, engagement, and long-term performance in a multi-country environment. > Compensation Strategy & Governance I act as a strategic partner to People and business leaders to define and steer compensation frameworks, market positioning, and salary review decisions across countries, balancing equity, competitiveness, budget constraints, and business priorities. > Job Architecture & Grading Foundations I contribute to strengthening job architecture and leveling principles to improve role clarity, consistency, and decision-making across functions and geographies, supporting hiring, career progression, and fair people decisions. > EU Pay Transparency & Multi-Country Readiness I lead preparation efforts for the EU Pay Transparency Directive across multiple countries, structuring governance, processes, and compensation data in close collaboration with Legal, Finance, and People stakeholders to ensure scalable and aligned practices.

Standardized global people analytics and reporting processes, ensuring data integrity and consistency across countries - inc. building a salary mass budget for the company's scope worldwide. Supported compensation frameworks, including salary reviews and incentive schemes. Contributed to cross-country compensation alignment initiatives and negotiations with employee representatives.

- Diagnostic analysis of analytical, financial, social, and strategic data for reporting purposes. - Strategy analysis and creation of 5-year financial hypotheses as part of ICOS missions (information/consultation on strategic orientations). - Project manager in charge of client follow-up and report production in the transport and retail sectors. - Compensation analysis as part of social data analysis assignments. - Elaboration of sectoral and economic notes by monitoring data (press, statistics).