Compensation Analyst

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Compensation Analyst based in United States.

This fully remote role will support the development and administration of scalable compensation programs within a fast-growing organization operating across multiple states. You will help shape market pricing, job evaluation, salary structures, job architecture, internal equity, and geographic compensation practices. Working closely with HR leadership, Talent, Finance, Payroll, and business leaders, you’ll turn compensation data into clear recommendations that support informed decisions. The position combines analytical depth with practical program management, including annual merit reviews, compensation modeling, and workforce planning. You’ll also help establish consistent job families, career levels, and compensation practices as the organization continues to expand. This is an opportunity to build compensation infrastructure that is competitive, equitable, consistent, and sustainable at scale.

Accountabilities:
- Conduct market compensation research and benchmark new and existing positions using industry, geographic, labor-market, and compensation survey data.

- Develop and maintain salary ranges, job levels, compensation structures, and other frameworks that support organizational growth.

- Evaluate positions based on responsibilities, scope, complexity, qualifications, organizational level, and market data to recommend appropriate classification and compensation.

- Develop, review, and maintain job descriptions in partnership with HR and business leaders, ensuring consistency in scope, qualifications, and organizational level.

- Analyze internal pay relationships to identify potential compression, equity, market alignment, and compensation consistency concerns.

- Conduct geographic compensation analysis for employees across multiple states and locations.

- Prepare compensation recommendations for new hires, promotions, market adjustments, equity adjustments, reclassifications, and other compensation changes.

- Lead the annual merit and compensation review process, including modeling, coordination, analysis of recommendations, exception identification, internal equity reviews, and assessment of organizational and financial impact.

- Develop and maintain job architecture, including job families, career levels, and consistent leveling criteria for individual contributor and leadership roles.

- Prepare compensation reports, models, trend analyses, and recommendations for HR and executive leadership to support compensation planning and decision-making.

- Partner with Finance and Payroll on compensation budgeting, workforce planning, and accurate implementation of approved changes.

- Periodically review shift differentials, premiums, incentive programs, and other compensation components for market competitiveness and internal consistency.

- Maintain compensation data, methodologies, documentation, and supporting materials to ensure programs remain consistent, scalable, and defensible.

- Support compensation-related compliance requirements while maintaining strict confidentiality of employee compensation information.

- Manage multiple compensation projects and priorities in a fast-paced, growing environment.

Requirements:

- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

- 4+ years of experience in compensation, total rewards, HR analytics, or a related field, including hands-on compensation analysis.

- Strong knowledge of market pricing, compensation benchmarking, salary structures, job evaluation, and internal equity analysis.

- Working knowledge of federal and state wage-and-hour regulations and other compensation-related employment requirements.

- Experience developing and analyzing job descriptions based on responsibilitie