Description
We're building a world of health around every individual , shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience.
The Senior Compensation Analyst is an experienced professional individual contributor that provides consultation, and analytical, project, & operational support to the Compensation team.
Key Responsibilities
Market Studies, Salary Reviews, and Governance
- Conduct market pricing, peer cuts and benchmarking using multiple survey and data sources.
- Analyze and age survey data, apply geographic differentials, and recommend competitive pay ranges and structures.
- Support the annual merit, bonus, and off-cycle salary review processes, including data preparation, modeling, budget tracking, and quality checks.
- Review pay actions (hires, promotions, transfers, and adjustments) for adherence to compensation guidelines, internal equity, and range placement.
- Evaluate internal equity, pay positioning, and compensation-related trends.
- Support compensation governance by maintaining policies, pay action / job catalog, guidelines, approval workflows, and audit-ready documentation.
- Provide routine compensation guidance to HR Business Partners.
Data Analysis and Reporting
- Build, maintain, and automate recurring and ad hoc compensation reports using Market Pay, Workday, compensation software, and human capital analytics tools.
- Develop reports, models, presentations, and workforce insights to support decision-making.
- Analyze workforce and pay data to identify trends, outliers, compression, and equity concerns, and translate findings into clear recommendations.
- Perform data validation and integrity checks across HRIS and compensation systems.
- Prepare executive-ready summaries and visualizations for the Director, Senior Managers, HR Business Partners, and business leaders.
- Respond to data requests with accuracy, timeliness, and appropriate confidentiality.
Job Evaluations
- Assist with job evaluations for new and changed positions using the organisation's job leveling and evaluation methodology.
- Review job descriptions for accuracy and consistency and partner with HR Business Partners and Compensation team to gather information.
- Recommend job levels, grades and market matches, and document the rationale.
- Support leveling and calibration discussions to promote internal equity and consistency.
Compensation Projects
- Manage project timelines, deliverables, and stakeholder communications for assigned work.
- Draft documentation, process guides, and presentation materials to support project rollout.
- Identify opportunities to streamline processes and improve consistency across compensation programs.
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of progressive experience in HR, with a focus on compensation or total rewards.
- Experience leveraging HR, compensation, and workforce data to drive insights and recommendations.
- Strong analytical, reporting, and data modeling skills with the ability to work with large datasets.
- Experience developing reports, dashboards, and visualizations to support business decision-making.
- Ability to optimize technology solutions that support compensation administration, analytics, and reporting.
- Strong problem-solving, critical thinking, and attention to detail.
- Advanced Excel skills, including modeling, pivot tables, lookups, and data validation.
Preferred Qualifications
- Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) or progress toward certification.
- Experience with Workday (HCM and/or Compensation), including reporting and data extraction.
- Experience using compensation survey and market pricing tools, such as Payfactors, MarketPay, ERI, and WIN.
- Familiarity with compensation administration and human capital analytics platforms, including WTW and Aon solutions.
- Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or similar platforms.
- Experience supporting annual compensation cycles in a large or complex organisation.
Core Competencies
- Analytical thinking: Turns complex data into clear, actionable insights.
- Problem solving: Identifies issues, evaluates alternatives and recommends practical solutions.
- Communication & Influence: Translates analyses into concise business recommendations.
- Collaboration: Works effectively with multiple senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
- Prioritization: Manages competing requests and deadlines with composure.
- Integrity: Handles sensitive compensation data with discretion and professionalism.
- Continuous improvement: Looks for ways to improve processes, accuracy, and efficiency.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
Anticipated Weekly Hours
- 40
Time Type
- Full time
Pay Range
- $46,988.00 - $112,200.00