Description
Design, analyze, and administer compensation programs and job evaluation to attract and retain talent while ensuring legal compliance and internal equity. Specialize in market pricing, salary structures, and incentive pay, and advise leaders on pay decisions and policy.
- • Prepare documentation for audits and regulatory inquiries.
- • Develop and administer short-term incentive and recognition programs.
- • Evaluate job positions, determining FLSA status, job level, and appropriate pay grade.
- • Conduct market pricing using salary surveys and benchmarking tools.
- • Develop, maintain, and calibrate salary structures, ranges, and job architecture.
- • Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local pay laws, including FLSA, pay transparency, and reporting.
- • Advise managers and HR on compensation policies, offers, promotions, and adjustments.
- • Plan, implement, and improve compensation processes, including annual merit, incentive, and equity awards.
- • Provide guidance on resolving pay and classification concerns and disputes.
- • Prepare and maintain job descriptions aligned to compensation frameworks.
- • Produce compensation reports and dashboards to summarize analyses and recommendations.
- • Perform pay equity and compression analyses and recommend remediation.
- • Support workforce planning and budgeting with compensation cost modeling.
- • Research compensation trends and practices and recommend policy updates.
- • Analyze organizational and occupational data to inform pay decisions and structures.
- • Assess need for and develop job evaluation tools and methodologies.
- • Conduct job analysis through interviews, surveys, and observations to inform pricing.
- • Train HR and managers on compensation programs, tools, and decision guidelines.
- • Partner with HRIS and finance to administer compensation cycles and ensure data integrity.
- • Serve as compensation liaison with business leaders and, as needed, external consultants.
- • Support offer development and guidelines for relocation, shift, or premium pay.
- • Maintain compensation data, procedures, and governance documentation.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
