Lead Compensation Analyst

Role Overview

• As a key member of the Compensation team supporting a global employee base, the Lead Compensation Analyst will join a high-caliber, commercially savvy People Operations function to provide compensation consultation and operational expertise.
• The successful candidate will be instrumental in administering our global compensation programs, ensuring internal equity, external competitiveness, and compliance with all relevant regulations. This role requires a strong understanding of broad-based compensation.
  
  

Responsibilities

• Act as a consultant with People Operations and business customers, providing ad-hoc compensation analysis.
• Lead or collaborate with the team on cyclical reward events such as the annual compensation planning process (LTI, merit, promotions, and bonus payouts), including data validation, communication, and preparation of executive presentations for review and approval.
• Conduct comprehensive market analysis and total rewards benchmarking, utilizing compensation surveys and internal data to determine competitive salary structures and total rewards packages across various roles and geographies.
• Manage and participate in annual and ad-hoc salary surveys. Analyze data and provide data-driven insights and proposals for compensation adjustments, including salary ranges, to Leadership.
• Consult on updates to job family structures and job leveling to ensure consistency and clarity across the organization.
• Conduct pay equity analysis and reporting, and advise on compliance with federal, state, local, and international regulations (e.g., FLSA, pay equity laws, wage transparency).
• Conduct internal audits of compensation data in systems such as Workday to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Prepare detailed reports, summaries, and presentations on compensation for People Operations leadership and executive management.
• Develop business-focused and pragmatic solutions to compensation challenges.
• Support M&A activity including reward integration and harmonization.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of proven experience in a Compensation Analyst role.
• Experience with Workday is highly desirable.
• Excellent Excel manipulation abilities are essential for managing and analyzing large datasets. Experience with data visualization tools is a plus.
• Comprehensive understanding of market pricing methodologies and conducting internal/external total reward benchmarking.
• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills, with an analytical mind capable of applying and presenting findings in a way that is valuable to the business. Meticulous attention to detail is essential.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex compensation and equity concepts to employees at all levels.
• Strong financial acumen.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information, while maintaining tact and diplomacy.
• Comfortable with a high-volume workload and the ability to multi-task and prioritize in a dynamic, ambiguous environment.
  
  

Compensation may vary depending on your location, qualifications including job-related education, training, experience, licensure, and certification, that could result at a level outside of these ranges. Certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including annual bonus, and sales incentives depending on the terms of the applicable plan and role as well as individual performance. NY generally ranges: $144,088-$216,132 CA generally ranges: $150,352-$225,528 All other locations fall under our General State range: $125,294-$187,940 Benefits may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Cloud Software Group and the country where you work. U.S. based employees are typically offered access to healthcare, life insurance and disability benefits, 401(k) plan and company match, among others. This requisition has no specific deadline for completion.

About Us:

Cloud Software Group is one of the world’s largest cloud solution providers, serving more than 100 million users around the globe. When you join Cloud Software Group, you are making a difference for real people, each of whom count on our suite of cloud-based products to get work done — from anywhere. Members of our team will tell you that we value passion for technology and the courage to take risks. Everyone is empowered to learn, dream, and build the future of work. We are on the brink of another Cambrian leap -- a moment of immense evolution and growth. And we need your expertise and experience to do it. Now is the perfect time to move your skills to the cloud.

Cloud Software Group is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, genetic carrier status, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions (including lactation status), marital status, military service, protected veteran status, political activity or affiliation, taking or requesting statutorily protected leave and other protected classifications.

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