Senior Manager, Total Rewards

GuideStone Financial Resources • Dallas, TX

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About The Position

The Senior Manager, Total Rewards leads GuideStone’s total rewards function, including compensation, benefits, wellness and well-being, recognition, and job architecture. The role sets direction for total rewards programs and owns salary grades, ranges, leveling, and market alignment. It ensures programs are competitive, fair, cost-effective, compliant, sustainable, and aligned with enterprise goals and GuideStone’s culture. The position makes decisions based on business objectives and allocated resources, with latitude to achieve goals established by upper management, and manages first-level managers and/or supervisors with direct reports across compensation and benefits/well-being.

The Senior Manager partners with senior leadership and HR to advance enterprise priorities, strengthen attraction and retention, reinforce pay-for-performance and internal equity, manage cost and compliance risk, improve leaders’ and team members’ understanding of rewards programs, and develop a capable, responsive Total Rewards team. Success is measured by the impact and quality of these programs and outcomes.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of experience in compensation analysis; experience at a Fortune 500 company or top-tier consulting firm is highly preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• Experience with market pricing, job evaluations, salary structures, and incentive plan administration.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with data analysis and financial modeling.
• Ability to benchmark roles against compensation survey platforms, including Mercer, Willis Towers Watson, or Culpepper.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills, with a strategic mindset.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to present complex data clearly and persuasively to senior leaders.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
• Knowledge of federal and state compensation laws and regulations.
• Advanced skills in MS Office.
• Complete confidentiality regarding GuideStone business matters.
• Demonstrates leader competencies including Leads with Purpose, Navigates Complexity, Builds Effective Teams, and Demonstrates Awareness.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with compensation tools and platforms such as PayScale, Radford, or CompAnalyst.
• Experience with Workday.
• Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) or similar certification.
• Experience in executive compensation or global compensation programs.
• Master’s degree.
• Experience in compensation analysis at a Fortune 500 company or top-tier consulting firm.

Responsibilities

• Set and execute a total rewards strategy aligned with GuideStone’s business objectives, compensation philosophy, enterprise priorities, and high-performance culture.
• Own total rewards governance, budgets, and cost modeling; provide data-informed recommendations to the CHRO and executive leadership and ensure programs are competitive, sustainable, compliant, and suited to GuideStone’s culture.
• Oversee the design, administration, and communication of base salary, annual incentive, variable pay, and executive compensation programs in partnership with the CHRO and external advisors.
• Direct market analysis and benchmarking using compensation surveys to maintain competitive, internally equitable, legally compliant pay programs.
• Oversee the design, competitiveness, administration, and communication of sales incentive programs in partnership with sales leadership and Finance.
• Own salary grades, ranges, job leveling, and market alignment; oversee job evaluations and market data refreshes.
• Maintain the job architecture framework, including job families, levels, titles, and job description standards, in partnership with HR Business Partners and division leadership.
• Manage the annual compensation cycle, including merit increases, promotions, and incentive or bonus distribution; ensure decisions are fair, documented, within budget, and aligned with pay-for-performance principles.
• Monitor pay equity, compression, and out-of-range pay.
• Oversee employee health, welfare, retirement, and wellness/well-being programs, ensuring they meet team member needs, satisfy applicable requirements, and support enterprise financial objectives.
• Lead annual benefits renewal and plan review, including plan design, employer contribution strategy, and cost modeling, in partnership with Finance, benefit plan areas, and vendors.
• Evaluate benefit offerings and recommend enhancements, balancing team member experience with stewardship.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the Total Rewards team across compensation and benefits/well-being; set priorities, build capability and cross-training, strengthen processes, manage performance, and ensure timely, accurate, data-informed guidance.
• Partner with HR Business Partners, Finance, Legal, HRIS, Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, and senior leadership to align and govern programs and support talent attraction and retention.
• Lead communication and change management to help team members and leaders understand total rewards, compensation philosophy, benefits, recognition, and the annual compensation cycle.
• Establish regular communication that builds transparency, trust, and consistent leader messaging; equip managers with training and tools to explain and administer programs.
• Oversee recognition programs that reinforce GuideStone’s culture.
• Represent GuideStone’s total rewards expertise with ministry partners and clients as requested, including through presentations and recommendations.

Benefits

• Generous benefits package.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Opportunity to be involved in community outreach.
• Tuition reimbursement.

What This Job Offers

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