Compensation Analyst

Legence

25d • $75,000 - $90,000 • Remote

About The Position

Legence is seeking an analytical and detail-oriented Compensation Analyst to support the design, analysis, and ongoing evaluation of its compensation programs. The role serves as a primary resource for market pricing and benchmarking, job architecture, compensation structures, compensation analysis and reporting, and pay equity support. Working closely with the Director, Compensation & Benefits, the analyst translates market and internal data into clear, well-supported recommendations that advance fair, competitive, compliant, and scalable pay practices. The role partners with HR Centers of Excellence, Finance, Legal, and business leaders across the organization. Central Time Zone is preferred.

The analyst supports job evaluations and market pricing, maintains job architecture and compensation structures, analyzes compensation data, contributes to pay equity and compliance activities, and provides analytical and operational support for annual compensation cycles. The position may require occasional business travel for meetings and onsite collaboration. Candidates must have current U.S. work authorization; visa sponsorship is unavailable.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Finance, Business, Economics, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of compensation experience, with direct exposure to market pricing, compensation survey analysis, job architecture, compensation structures, and/or compensation analytics.
• Experience supporting job evaluation, job leveling, job architecture frameworks, and compensation structures.
• Strong analytical skills and advanced Excel proficiency, including pivot tables, lookups, formulas, modeling, data validation, and clear presentation of findings.
• Ability to manage detailed work with a high degree of accuracy, judgment, organization, and confidentiality.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain compensation analyses and recommendations clearly to HR and business stakeholders.
• Ability to travel occasionally for business needs, meetings, and onsite collaboration, as required.
• Current U.S. work authorization; visa sponsorship is not available.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with pay equity analysis and supporting annual merit and bonus cycles.
• Experience with HRIS, compensation survey, market-pricing, or reporting tools such as CompAnalyst, MarketPay, Excel, Power BI, or similar platforms.
• Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) designation or progress toward certification.
• Central Time Zone preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead job evaluations and market pricing using third-party compensation surveys, benchmarking tools, and internal comparison data.
• Analyze external market data and internal pay positioning to recommend salary ranges, hiring targets, geographic differentials, and other pay considerations.
• Develop documented pricing recommendations for new roles, releveling, reorganizations, promotions, and other organizational changes, including methodology and assumptions.
• Maintain benchmark job matches and coordinate annual compensation survey participation, including job matching, submissions, data review, and quality validation.
• Support the development, implementation, and maintenance of job architecture, including job families, career tracks, levels, and titling conventions.
• Partner with HR Business Partners and leaders to evaluate jobs, recommend levels, and promote consistent application of job architecture.
• Review and consult on job descriptions to improve clarity, consistency, and alignment with job families, career levels, and market benchmarks.
• Analyze, build, and maintain compensation structures, including salary ranges, grade assignments, geographic differentials, and related guidelines.
• Support modeling and recommendations for compensation structure adjustments addressing market movement, internal equity, compression, scalability, and business needs.
• Analyze internal compensation data, including range penetration, compa-ratio, compression, progression, pay relationships, and workforce trends.
• Build and maintain compensation reports, dashboards, and decision-support tools for Compensation, HR, and leadership.
• Validate and reconcile data, document assumptions, and review analysis to ensure accuracy.
• Conduct and support pay equity analyses, identify potential areas for review, and assist with remediation modeling and planning in partnership with HR and Legal.
• Support compensation audit requests, documentation, data validation, and control activities to maintain process integrity and audit readiness.
• Apply consistent compensation practices and document recommendations to support defensible and equitable pay decisions.
• Work with the Director, Compensation & Benefits and other stakeholders on compensation analysis, program design, job architecture, and compensation structure initiatives.
• Coordinate and drive day-to-day analytical and operational support for annual compensation cycles, including planning, system setup, administration, modeling, analysis, and validation.
• Provide data-backed compensation guidance to HR and business leaders for hiring, promotions, internal mobility, and organizational changes; escalate complex cases and policy exceptions as appropriate.
• Prepare clear analyses, summaries, and recommendations for leadership review.
• Provide backup support for broader compensation and equity-related activities as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Travel occasionally for business needs, meetings, and onsite collaboration, as required.

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with company match: dollar-for-dollar match up to 4% of eligible pay, with immediate vesting.
• Employer-provided medical, dental, vision, prescription drug, Employee Assistance Program, and accident and illness coverage.
• Employer-provided basic life insurance and AD&D valued at $50,000, with the option to buy additional voluntary coverage.
• Flexible non-accrual vacation and company holidays per policy.
• For California employees, vacation is separate from California paid sick leave, if applicable.
• Business travel and related expenses reimbursed per company policy.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level