Overview In this Senior Compensation Analyst role, you will design, administer, and govern compensation programs to support competitive, equitable pay. You'll partner with Talent, Finance, Payroll, Legal, and leaders to translate data into practical pay recommendations. You will independently manage recurring compensation processes and contribute to scalable pay practices. This position offers the opportunity to influence compensation strategy across geographies and drive data-driven decisions in a dynamic, outdoors-focused company.
Responsibilities- Design, administer, and govern base pay, variable pay, and other compensation programs.
- Lead annual compensation planning activities: eligibility, data validation, planning tools, testing, approvals, communications, stakeholder coordination.
- Perform market pricing, benchmarking, pay range analysis, and internal equity reviews to guide pay recommendations.
- Maintain salary structures, ranges, guidelines, and related documentation across populations/geographies.
- Review pay actions (offers, promotions, transfers, adjustments) for alignment with guidelines and market data.
- Guide Talent Acquisition and leaders on policy, offer positioning, and exceptions; validate Workday data with HRIS teams.
- Administer job architecture (levels, grades, profiles) and governance; conduct job evaluations and leveling.
- Create/update job data and profiles in Workday; audit data quality and leveling consistency.
- Manage incentive/bonus programs (eligibility, payouts, data reviews) and model payout calculations.
- Support compliance activities including pay transparency, FLSA, and local/global requirements; collaborate with Legal, Payroll, Finance.
- Prepare recurring/ad hoc compensation analyses; develop dashboards and models for planning and decision-making.
- Lead compensation projects, develop SOPs/templates, and collaborate across Finance, Talent, HRIS, Payroll, Legal.
- Support cost modeling, scenario planning, and organizational design initiatives.
Key requirements- 5+ years of progressive compensation, total rewards, HR analytics, or related analytical experience.
- Demonstrated experience in compensation planning, market pricing, salary structures, job evaluation, and internal equity analysis.
- Experience supporting incentive/bonus programs, including eligibility reviews and payout calculations.
- Experience with HRIS platforms; Workday experience preferred.
- Experience supporting global or multi-state compensation programs preferred.
- Strong Excel skills with complex formulas, lookups, pivot tables, and data modeling.
- Strong analytical skills to interpret large data sets and extract actionable insights.
- Experience with compensation survey platforms and benchmarking methodologies.
- Working knowledge of pay transparency requirements and wage/hour regulations.
- Strong written communication for reports, SOPs, and governance documentation.
- Proficiency with Workday, reporting tools, and data visualization tools preferred
- Analytical mindset with attention to detail
- Strong communication and storytelling with data
- Cross-functional collaboration and partnership
- Advanced Excel (formulas, lookups, pivot tables, modeling)
- Workday experience
- Experience with compensation surveys and market data sources
