Compensation and People Data Analyst

Manhattan Associates•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

We create possibilities that move life and commerce forward Welcome to Manhattan. Every day, our supply chain commerce technology connects two billion people to 20 billion consumer choices. In the warehouse, on the road and in the store, we make what was once impossible, possible. If you want to tackle complex problems and redefine markets, you’ve come to the right place. Job Summary As a Compensation and People Data Analyst, you will be responsible for supporting the Company’s People Team with compensation processes and People data needs. You will be considered an HR specialist for the business, as well as a thought partner across all areas of Human Resources. You will problem solve with the HR team, and support the design, development and implementation of compensation and analytical initiatives involving statistical analysis, modeling, and implementation. Using people metrics and analytics, your skills and experience will improve HR performance and drive business outcomes. By supporting analytic reporting projects, your meaningful insights will foster change across business areas that span the employee life cycle, such as compensation, workforce planning, employee experience, attrition, and talent acquisition. This role is collaborative, creative, and focused, with tremendous opportunity for impact, bringing additional opportunities to an already successful organization. This position does not have any direct reports but will have ownership responsibility for project work and key processes. The role is part of a global team and will report to one of the Senior Compensation Manager who sits in Atlanta. The role is also based in Atlanta, Georgia but has a global scope, supporting our businesses in the US, Europe and Asia. The position does offer growth opportunities in the Compensation function with the possibility of development into a Senior Specialist, Manager or Director role.

Requirements

Requires a Bachelor’s degree in related field with 3+ years in Compensation and/or People Analytics experience, preferably in the tech industry
Experience collaborating with teams to develop ideas and initiatives
Broad knowledge of data analytics and basic statistics (e.g., mean/median/mode, variance, distributions, significance testing, etc.), and interpreting data from an HR-centric perspective
Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills for data analysis and reporting
Ability to support multiple projects at the same time
Strong communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal; ability to tailor communications depending on the audience
Interactive work style, comfortable asking questions and sharing opinions, solicits feedback
Strong problem-structuring and problem-solving abilities
Comfortable working independently but also as a member of a team
Experience working in HR function and understands HR roles and capabilities
Strong written and oral communication skills
Strong initiative and solid judgment abilities/skills
Proficiency with MS Office Suite, MS Outlook, and the Internet

Nice To Haves

Exposure to business intelligence tools such as Power BI or Tableau would be a plus
Experience with Workday preferred (Compensation and/or Analytics modules a plus)
Prior compensation experience in a professional services and/or technology environment, working within a collaborative team setting preferred

Responsibilities

Administer our broad-based compensation program, which includes annual year-end merit, promotion and mid-year compensation cycles, corporate and sales bonus programs, sales commissions plans, and a public equity grant program
Partner in the development, implementation, and communication of compensation programs and policies including base salary, annual incentives and equity.
Maintain compensation structure / wage grades – work with HR partners and clients to analyze positions using both market and internal data, determine appropriate wage grade within structure, and recommend compensation packages.
Keep structure and HR teams updated.
Maintain job evaluation process including library of job descriptions across all functions, assignment of job codes, recording and maintaining records in jobs database.
Assist in coordination and administration of the annual performance review process, including preparation of annual incentive statements.
Manage job families, job architecture and job leveling, profile set-up and similar job changes in Workday
Update and maintain compensation structures and wage grades, including submission of market survey data for benchmarking with AON Radford and similar services
Support compensation analysis for job offers and compensation change requests
Work with Chief People Officer, HR Business Partners, or other People team members to provide compensation support as needed (typically as monthly reporting)
Help drive use of Workday in compensation processes, improve or extend capabilities, and help develop additional opportunities to leverage Workday
Support other business teams such as Finance, Legal, Services, R&D, and Sales with compensation data, processes and requests, as needed.
Prepare monthly, quarterly and ad-hoc reports for various HR metrics– headcount, turnover, new hires, promotions, terminations, etc.
Review and analyze results in support of HR initiatives
Conduct analyses of employee data to identify trends, facilitate strategic workforce planning, or improve human resources operations
Collect and analyze data related to People measures, such as compensation, turnover, employee demographics, recruiting or staffing.
Use analyses to help forecast hiring, scheduling, or other workforce planning needs
Build and model data scenarios, maintain databases, validate source data, and produce reports
Leverage people analytics dashboards and tools to help drive high-level analyses, proactively diagnose root cause issues, translate data to meaningful insights, and preemptive recommendations.
Support analyses of strategic projects and solution development by collaborating with the broader People team, to help deliver methodical, practical people insights across the organization.