Compensation and Benefits Analyst
Supports compensation and benefits programs through analysis, administration, audits, reporting, and employee-facing support. Requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, 2+ years in compensation and benefits, and advanced spreadsheet and analytical skills.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Support compensation modeling, market pricing, salary range development, offer analysis, and pay decision support.
- Optimize benefits administration, audit enrollments, reconcile invoices, and maintain compliance documentation.
- Support open enrollment, benefit offerings for employees working abroad, leave administration, vendor coordination, and employee communications.
- Support compensation cycles including merit, bonus, equity refresh, promotions, and off-cycle adjustments.
- Build reports and analyses on pay trends, internal equity, market competitiveness, and compensation program needs.
- Maintain accurate compensation and benefits data through audits, reporting, documentation, and system updates.
- Improve Total Rewards processes through cleaner data, stronger documentation, scalable workflows, and AI-enabled tools.
- Work with Total Rewards, Recruiting, HR business partners, People Operations, Finance, Payroll, and business leaders.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 2+ years of compensation and benefits experience in a fast-paced, high-ambiguity environment.
- Strong numerical reasoning and analytical skills.
- Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills, including formulas, modeling, pivot tables, and large datasets.
- Experience with compensation work such as market pricing, salary ranges, offers, merit, bonus, equity, or leveling.
- Experience with benefits administration, employee inquiries, open enrollment, vendor coordination, invoice reconciliation, or audits.
- High attention to detail, judgment, and discretion with confidential employee and company data.
- Clear communication skills and experience explaining compensation and benefits topics to employees, managers, and cross-functional partners.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience supporting global benefits and compensation programs.
- Familiarity with AI-enabled tools.
- Experience with compensation survey tools or market data providers such as Radford, Mercer, or Pave.
- Experience with Workday or another modern HRIS.
- Experience supporting equity compensation, RSU planning, or compensation planning systems.
- Experience in a technology company or high-growth startup.
- Certified Compensation Professional, SHRM certification, or similar HR/rewards certification.
Compensation
- Base salary range: $99,220–$149,330.
- Eligible for an annual performance bonus, equity, and a competitive benefits package.
Skills
Compensation Analysis, Benefits Administration, Excel, Google Sheets, Market Pricing, Salary Modeling, Open Enrollment, Leave Administration, Equity Compensation, Workday, HRIS, Radford, Mercer, Pave, Data Analysis
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