Analyst 3, Compensation

Job title: Compensation Solutions Analyst
Location: Summit, NJ 07901
Duration: 03+ months on W2 contract

Job Description
We are seeking a highly analytical and collaborative Compensation Solutions Analyst to join our Global Total Rewards Solutions team. This role will partner with stakeholders across regions and functions to support compensation programs, market competitiveness analyses, job evaluation activities, pay equity initiatives, data analytics, and retention strategies.
The successful candidate will bring strong quantitative, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to influence and partner effectively within a complex, global organization. This role offers the opportunity to work on strategic compensation initiatives while helping drive operational excellence and continuous process improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct market benchmarking and competitive pay analyses using salary surveys and external market data.
• Analyze external labor market trends and provide insights to support compensation recommendations.
• Partner with Compensation Leaders and HR stakeholders to ensure market competitiveness and internal equity.
• Support job evaluation activities, including role leveling, benchmarking, and assessment of organizational design changes.
• Utilize established job evaluation methodologies and market data to determine appropriate job levels and compensation positioning.
• Support statutory and non-statutory pay equity analyses and reporting requirements.
• Partner with Legal, HR, and business stakeholders to ensure compliance with local pay transparency and pay equity regulations.
• Assist in the preparation of pay equity reports and recommendations based on analytical findings.
• Experience with pay equity methodologies and related compliance requirements is highly desirable.
• Support retention analyses and recommendations for critical talent populations.
• Assist with year-round compensation activities, including promotions, salary adjustments, offers, retention programs, and organizational changes.
• Develop and maintain compensation dashboards, reports, and analytical tools.
• Analyze large and complex datasets to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Generate meaningful insights and recommendations for HR, business leaders, and Total Rewards stakeholders.
• Ensure data accuracy and integrity across compensation systems and reporting processes.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes, improve controls, and enhance the employee and stakeholder experience.
• Support global compensation projects and annual compensation cycles.
• Contribute to standardization, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications
Required

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, Economics, Analytics, or a related field.
• 3-4 years of experience in Compensation, Total Rewards, HR Analytics, Human Resources, or a related analytical field.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with proven experience working with large datasets.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including complex formulas, pivot tables, lookups, data modeling, and reporting.
• Experience working in Workday (WD) or similar HRIS platforms.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience working in a matrixed, global organization and collaborating across multiple geographies.

Preferred

• Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) designation and/or Human Resources certification.
• Experience with statutory pay equity analyses and reporting.
• Experience using Visier analytics platform.
• Experience using Syndio or similar pay equity technology platforms.
• Experience with compensation survey tools and market pricing methodologies.
• Knowledge of global compensation practices and pay governance.

Compensation:

The hourly rate for this position is between $38.09-43.09 per hour.

Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include [geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate].

Benefits:

Sunrise offers ACA compliant medical coverage/dental insurance/vision insurance to all employees. We also offer Sick time benefits as required per State regulations.

Contact:
Sharath Babu: sharath.b@sunrisesys.com | (732) 395-4575 | URL: www.sunrisesys.com