Cerence Inc.

Senior Compensation, HR Operations Analyst

Cerence Inc.

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Develops, implements, communicates, and administers compensation programs globally.
  • Oversees competitive pay in 16+ countries globally including North America, APAC, and EMEA.
  • Analyzes and provides recommendations related to new hires / merit / promotions / and other increases.
  • Works with HRIS vendor to ensure Workday can support all compensation programs.
  • Stays attuned to innovative new practices in global compensation and presents to HR Leadership team.
  • Creates materials to effectively communicate compensation plans.
  • Ensures pay practices are compliant in each country in which we operate.
  • Works closely with Director, Global Compensation in reviewing program recommendations, associated costs, analysis/impacts, and implementation of plans.
  • Trains the organization on compensation programs and practices.
  • Leads year-end merit, bonus and stock planning. Partners with T&OD on performance management connection to compensation.
  • Supports Sales Operations and may be responsible for sales commission processing.
  • Creates, implements, and manages Strategic Workforce Planning initiatives and monitoring across the company.
  • Supports and helps manage intermediate tasks within Workday including but are not limited to reporting, organizational management, job profile configuration, EIB upload, system testing, and development of configuration requirements.
  • Other projects as assigned which could be in other areas of the Total Rewards or Talent Management teams.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred.
  • Minimum 8 years of related experience.
  • Global compensation experience required; executive compensation and/or equity/stock experience preferred.
  • Proven experience in designing and implementing compensation programs and processes tied to business objectives in global organizations.
  • Business acumen.
  • Advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Self-motivated and ability to work well within a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines while maintaining impeccable attention to detail.
  • Progressive thinker with a flexible, can-do, team-oriented approach.
  • Strong analytic and consulting skills.
  • Workday experience preferred.
Benefits
  • Competitive salary
  • Flexible working hours
  • Professional development budget
  • Home office setup allowance
  • Global team events

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
compensation programsglobal compensationexecutive compensationequity experiencedesigning compensation processesanalytical skillsExcelPowerPointreportingorganizational management
Soft skills
written communicationverbal communicationself-motivatedattention to detailflexibleteam-orientedanalytical thinkingconsulting skillsbusiness acumenprogressive thinking
Certifications
Bachelor’s degreeMaster’s degree