Compensation Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Conduct compensation analyses, market pricing, and benchmarking to support competitive and equitable pay practices.
• Support annual compensation planning, including merit planning, salary administration, data validation, budgeting, and reporting.
• Perform job evaluations and support job leveling, job architecture, pay structures, and related compensation processes.
• Assist with equity program administration, including grants, vesting, participant data, reporting, reconciliations, and employee inquiries.
• Support Employee Stock Purchase Plan administration, including eligibility reviews, data validation, and reconciliations.
• Maintain, analyze, and reconcile compensation and equity data across systems and external platforms.
• Coordinate compensation market survey participation, including data preparation, submissions, validation, and analysis of results.
• Develop recurring and ad hoc compensation reports and analyses to support business decisions.
• Provide compensation and equity guidance to employees, managers, and HR partners, escalating complex matters as appropriate.
• Support HRIS compensation processes, including data validation, testing, troubleshooting, reporting, and system enhancements.
• Partner with HR, HRIS, Payroll, Finance, Legal, and other stakeholders to research and resolve compensation-related issues.
• Identify opportunities to improve, standardize, and automate compensation processes, reporting, and data management.
• Participate in compensation projects and other initiatives as needed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Finance, Business, Accounting, Economics, Analytics, or a related field.
• Generally 2–5 years of experience in compensation, HR analytics, financial analysis, equity administration, or a related analytical field.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work with large and complex datasets.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience analyzing, validating, and reconciling data.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy and confidentiality.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with employees, managers, and other stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Experience with compensation market pricing, benchmarking, salary structures, job evaluations, or annual compensation planning preferred.
• Experience with Workday or another enterprise HRIS preferred.
• Experience supporting equity or stock-based compensation programs preferred.
• Experience with compensation survey data, reporting, process improvement, or automation preferred.