Compensation Analyst

Building Service 32BJ Benefit Funds

Compensation Analyst managing market pricing, job evaluations, and salary structures for 32BJ Benefit Funds. Supporting equitable, compliant compensation decisions across a complex benefits organization.

Posted 8/22/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $97,000 - $107,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in compensation administration, including market pricing, salary structure alignment, and compensation analytics. Proficient in managing compensation reviews and providing guidance on compensation policies while ensuring compliance with pay equity and transparency requirements.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Compensation AdministrationMarket PricingCompensation AnalyticsMicrosoft Excel ProficiencyJob Evaluation

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Hard Skills

Compensation PoliciesSalary StructuresJob AnalysisPay CompressionData AnalysisCompensation ReviewsQuantitative AnalysisSalary RecommendationsCompensation DocumentationMarket Benchmarking

Soft Skills

Problem-SolvingAttention to DetailSound JudgmentWritten CommunicationVerbal Communication

Tools & Technologies

HCM/HRISCompensation Market-Pricing PlatformMicrosoft WordMicrosoft PowerPoint

Certifications & Qualifications

CCPSHRM-CPSHRM-SCPPHRSPHR

Industry Keywords

Compensation PrinciplesInternal EquityPay EquitySalary CompressionWage-and-Hour Compliance

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloudCyber SecurityDNSFirewallsiOSLinuxMySQLOracleSQLTCP/IPUnix

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Administer and maintain compensation policies, procedures, guidelines, and documentation
Lead compensation reviews for complex, technical, leadership, newly created, substantially revised, vacant, and incumbent positions
Select and document external market benchmarks using compensation surveys, published surveys, peer data, and current job-market information
Develop compensation recommendations balancing competitiveness, internal equity, salary-structure alignment, incumbent positioning, compression risk, and budget considerations
Administer salary structures, job grades, job codes, benchmark assignments, and compensation records
Evaluate starting salaries, promotions, transfers, reclassifications, market adjustments, retention requests, and other pay actions
Support annual compensation planning, including salary-review files, increase modeling, eligibility validation, audits, manager guidance, approvals, and reconciliation
Conduct pay-equity, salary-compression, range-penetration, organizational-leveling, compensation-cost, and trend analyses
Partner with HRIS and Payroll to validate data, test system changes, resolve discrepancies, and improve compensation processes and reporting
Maintain the job-description library and compensation documentation, including evaluation histories, market-pricing records, approval support, and audit-ready files
Provide guidance to HR colleagues and managers on compensation policies, salary ranges, job leveling, offer development, and documentation
Monitor wage-and-hour, pay-transparency, and pay-equity requirements and assist with policy and process updates
Support compensation surveys, regulatory or internal reporting, audits, organizational-design reviews, and special projects

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum 3 years of progressively responsible compensation experience required
Independent job evaluation, complex market pricing, salary-structure administration, compensation analytics, and development of pay recommendations
Working knowledge of compensation principles and practices, including job analysis, market pricing, salary structures, internal equity, pay compression, and base-pay administration
Ability to independently manage compensation reviews from intake through documented recommendation
Strong quantitative, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with exceptional accuracy and attention to detail
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including formulas, lookups, pivot tables, data validation, and analysis of large datasets
Proficiency with Word and PowerPoint
Experience with an HCM/HRIS and compensation market-pricing platform
Ability to manage multiple concurrent evaluations and deadlines and work independently with appropriate escalation
Sound judgment and ability to handle confidential employee and compensation information
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field required
Equivalent combination of education and/or directly relevant experience may be considered
CCP, SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP, or PHR/SPHR certification preferred but not required

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health, Pension, Retirement Savings, Training, and Legal Services benefits are administered by the Funds
Approved remote-work environment
Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities
Professional office environment with computer equipment