Compensation Analyst

Key activities include compensation program, system administration and enhancements, compensation data integrity and analysis, job evaluation, and benchmarking. This position has responsibility for the daily questions regarding compensation from our business at the tier 1 level, partnering with IT on our system alignment for compensation modules, and will partner with our global HR team to maintain alignment to global programs and practices.

The Compensation Analyst is key in supporting the Total Rewards team in the ongoing implementation, administration, and optimization of all compensation and employee recognition programs, as well as people data and analytics practices for the US and Canada. This role will partner extensively with the People Business Partners, People Centers of Excellence, and business leaders throughout the organization. This role will provide the opportunity to make recommendations that drive compensation strategies in alignment with Viega LLC's vision and philosophy.

• Planning and execution of annual compensation survey participation, including position to market job matches, data, and program response submissions.
• Partner with payroll to resolve issues related to team member compensation.
• Partner with HRIS and IT to best resolve systems gaps and facilitate enhancements to technology capabilities for the total rewards functions.
• Support the annual sales incentive plan end-to-end process and system management.
• Manage compensation data within Paycor and SuccessFactors.
• Respond to ad‐hoc reporting and analysis requests from various stakeholders across the business (HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, Payroll, Accounting, etc.).
• Review and recommend proposed compensation and role matching for new and internal role changes.
• Support the annual planning, execution, and review of merit and bonus programs.
• Provide reports and people analytics beyond compensation, including compliance, training, career architecture, and job-level reporting and analytics.
• Implement and maintain employee recognition programs.
• Conduct periodic audits of Paycor and SuccessFactors compensation module data to ensure accuracy and consistency of reporting.
• Conduct annual analysis of career architecture and pay structure positioning to market; propose and facilitate architecture and structure adjustments.
• Provide guidance and recommendations to People Business Partners and business leaders to ensure consistent application of compensation and job architecture guidelines and practices.
• Manage severance and retention programs.

• Confidence with data aggregation and analytics with the ability to identify themes, summaries, and correlations.
• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, finance, mathematics, economics, accounting, or business degree preferred, or equivalent work experience.
• Understanding of the principles of total rewards and interconnection of compensation programs, systems, and payroll processes.
• Highly proficient using Microsoft Excel, including advanced experience with pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, macros, and advanced formulas.
• Working knowledge of FLSA and other state/local labor laws.
• Minimum of 5 years of compensation experience, sales compensation, or knowledge of sales commissions is a plus!
• Prior experience working in HR systems, Paycor, and SuccessFactors preferred.
• Orientation to customer service, accompanied by effective communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Understanding of and appreciation for change enablement to manage the dissemination of information and support diverse stakeholder groups with process changes.
• Comfort working with competing priorities to resolve urgent, manage ongoing responsibilities, and plan to progress projects and longer-term goals forward.
• Strong self-motivation and ability to work independently.
• Keen attention to detail and ability to drive root cause analysis.