Compensation Specialist Senior

Allina Health

12d • $40 - $55

About The Position

Allina Health is seeking a senior compensation specialist to administer and implement compensation programs and practices for assigned client groups, ensuring internal equity, market competitiveness, alignment with organizational strategic objectives, and compliance with legal requirements. The role provides consultation to business units on job evaluation and design, position classification, base pay administration, and other compensation and rewards practices.

The position leads the Compensation Center of Excellence’s data and analysis function. This includes owning and administering market-pricing systems, participating in salary surveys, managing cyclical reporting, conducting market analyses, and mentoring and providing daily guidance to compensation analysts and interns. It also leads reporting and system requirements, department audits, dashboards, metrics, and major cyclical compensation processes, including annual incentive-plan administration and benchmarking.

This is a 1.0 FTE position with an eight-hour day shift, 40 hours per week, and no weekends. The stated base pay range is $40.08 to $54.93 per hour. Starting pay depends on factors including experience and education. The role is based at 2925 Chicago Ave Loading Dock, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, human resources, finance, economics, or statistics.
• At least 3 years of related experience in human resources.

Nice To Haves

• Certified Compensation Professional certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic compensation partner to assigned client groups, providing data, answering questions, and responding to requests.
• Consult with assigned client groups to conduct job analyses.
• Conduct job evaluations and recommend appropriate market ranges using market data.
• Determine appropriate job classifications, including Fair Labor Standards Act status.
• Prepare and maintain documentation for job evaluations.
• Participate in the annual market review of key benchmark positions.
• Mentor and lead compensation analysts and interns in reporting functions and daily tasks.
• Own reporting and system requirements for the Compensation Center of Excellence.
• Conduct department audits, set up job codes in systems, run reports, and provide data analysis and recommendations on trends.
• Lead standard compensation reporting, dashboards, and metrics used to monitor compensation programs.
• Lead support for generating and maintaining compensation data and articles on HRConnect for applicable audiences.
• Ensure annual compensation-process updates are completed in relevant systems, including market ranges, MIP and LTIP eligibility, premium profiles, and related pay functions.
• Lead large cyclical processes for the Compensation Center of Excellence.
• Administer the annual Management Incentive Plan by updating participant eligibility and preparing annual bonus calculations.
• Update MarketPay systems for annual benchmarking and develop the timeline and strategy for the Compensation Center of Excellence’s benchmarking work.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical and dental coverage.
• PTO and time away.
• Retirement savings plans.
• Life insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• Voluntary benefits, including vision, legal, and critical illness coverage.
• Tuition reimbursement or continuing medical education, as applicable.
• Student loan support benefits to help navigate the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
• Well-being resources, including well-being dollars, dedicated well-being navigators, programs, activities, articles, videos, personal coaching, and tools.

What This Job Offers

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