Sr. Compensation & Data Analyst (Remote)
About The Position
The Sr. Compensation and Data Analyst is a subject matter expert who partners closely with the Director of Compensation to provide insights and recommendations that inform compensation decisions and talent strategy. The role owns benchmarking and market analyses to assess the competitiveness of the organization’s pay practices, including base pay, short-term incentives, and other compensation programs. It leads compensation process design, governance, and standard operating procedures to support consistent, compliant, and scalable practices across Niagara. The position owns compensation analyses, market pricing, annual compensation-cycle planning, job-description review, compensation survey submissions, data integrity between PayFactors and Workday, and compensation-related compliance analyses and audits. It also drives continuous improvement of compensation processes, systems, reporting, and self-service capabilities. The job description notes that duties and responsibilities may change at any time, with or without prior notice.
Requirements
- At least 4 years of experience in compensation analysis and/or administration of compensation programs.
- At least 4 years of experience in a compensation analyst or comparable role.
- At least 4 years of experience managing projects and delivering results across multiple stakeholders.
- Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, HR, or another related field.
- Experience requirements may include a combination of work experience and education.
Nice To Haves
- At least 6 years of experience in compensation analysis and/or administration of compensation programs.
- At least 6 years of experience in a compensation analyst or comparable role.
- At least 6 years of experience leading compensation-related projects and/or annual compensation cycles.
- Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, complex formulas, and data validation, and experience building repeatable reporting and analysis.
- Experience working with HRIS and compensation systems such as Workday and PayFactors, and translating business questions into data-driven insights.
- CCP or another compensation-related certification.
- Experience requirements may include a combination of work experience and education.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert on compensation principles, policies, and procedures, providing recommendations for timely and consistent decision-making.
- Evaluate pay practices and programs across the organization and synthesize data and stakeholder input into actionable recommendations to improve competitiveness, internal equity, and program effectiveness.
- Conduct complex compensation analyses and interpret trends to provide executive-ready insights, scenarios, and recommendations to HR leadership.
- Lead organization-wide compensation projects and annual compensation-cycle planning, including project plans, timelines, communications, data-quality controls, and stakeholder alignment through execution.
- Own market pricing for company jobs by determining benchmark matches, recommending job leveling and classification, establishing recommended pay ranges, and documenting methodology and rationale.
- Lead job-description reviews to ensure responsibilities and requirements are complete, consistent, and aligned with job levels and role expectations; recommend edits that support accurate market pricing and internal equity.
- Establish, maintain, and enforce SOPs and data/document maintenance standards, including governance, version control, audit readiness, adoption, and business continuity.
- Prepare and submit organizational data for compensation and total rewards surveys, ensuring validation, audit-trail documentation, and timely delivery.
- Stay current on industry best practices and lead continuous improvement by identifying opportunities, influencing stakeholders, and implementing scalable process and reporting enhancements.
- Lead compensation-related compliance analyses and audits with HR and Legal, identifying risks, assessing impact, and driving remediation.
- Maintain data integrity between PayFactors and Workday by designing and executing audit and reconciliation controls, maintaining accurate records, performing root-cause analysis, and driving corrective and preventive actions.
- Translate business needs into requirements for compensation analytics and process improvements, partner on configuration and testing, and deliver reporting and self-service enhancements that improve accuracy, speed, and user experience.
Benefits
- Paid time off for holidays, sick time, and vacation time.
- Paid parental and caregiver leaves.
- Medical coverage, including virtual care options.
- Dental coverage.
- Vision coverage.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Health Savings Account with company match.
- Flexible Spending Accounts.
- Expanded mental wellbeing benefits, including free counseling sessions for team members and household family members.
- Family Building Benefits, including enhanced fertility benefits for IVF and fertility preservation, plus adoption, surrogacy, and Doula reimbursements.
- Income protection, including Life and AD&D, short- and long-term disability, critical illness, and an accident plan.
- Special discount programs, including pet plans, prepaid legal services, identity theft protection, car rental, and airport parking.
- Tuition reimbursement, college savings plan, and scholarship opportunities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
