Senior Compensation Specialist

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Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or relevant experience.
• At least 5 years of hands-on compensation experience
• Experience building and maintaining a job architecture
• Proven knowledge and experience with global compensation policies and practices.
• Experience with HRIS systems and compensation modules/tools.
• Experience working in a fast paced, high growth, global organization.
• Professional Services experience desired.
• Must be organized, detail oriented and able to handle and maintain confidential information.
• Ability to prioritize.
• Collaborative and client centric approach with all levels of the organization.
• Advanced MS Excel skills required including v-lookups, pivot tables, advanced formula development, graphs and charting, conditional formatting, data tables, etc.
• Ability to analyze complex data, identify trends and draw meaningful conclusions
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and take initiative.
• Acts with integrity and flexibility.

Responsibilities:

• Manages compensation data, providing data-driven insights to support decision-making and strategic planning.
• Provides insights into pay structures, fixed and variable pay, allowances and overall compensation practices across different regions.
• Conducts detailed pay gap analyses to identify disparities in compensation based on various metrics, demographics and regions; presents recommendations to address any gaps.
• In collaboration with the Learning & Development team, builds and maintains the job architecture to ensure a structured framework for organizing and defining jobs, responsibilities, skills, and career paths as well as associated compensation programs.
• Conducts market analysis, participates in salary surveys, and establishes salary structures using market data and internal benchmarks.
• Builds, configures, maintains and utilizes compensation software (i.e. Payfactors)
• Leads critical compensation processes, including salary reviews, adjustments and incentive calculations.
• Seeks continuous process enhancements and automation to improve organizational effectiveness.
• Ensures compliance with global compensation regulations and reporting requirements.
• Creates compensation and associated reports for audits, leadership team and business needs, as they arise.
• Completes audits and reconciliations between various systems to ensure compensation data accuracy.
• Assists with compensation and bonus calculations and allocations to provide monthly bonus accruals to finance.
• Ensures accuracy of compensation information within all systems
• Collaborates with the global payroll team to ensure accurate and updated data