Compensation Analyst

WSGR

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Palo Alto • California • United States

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Salary

💰 $102,000 - $138,000 per year

About the role

  • Lead the administration of the annual base pay and incentive programs for professional, administrative and legal support staff.
  • Partner with the Compensation Manager on building out the schedule, providing support to managers through the annual cycle and ensure schedule is adhered to.
  • Support the Compensation Manager in developing annual budgets and forecasts for business professional staff.
  • Collaborate with HR Business Partners in identify future compensation action items (such as promotions and job changes), gather relevant data for evaluation and maintain appropriate tracking to ensure timely implementation.
  • Review upcoming and open job requisitions and for new and existing roles; provide recommendations on job titles, job levels, associated base pay ranges and FLSA status.
  • Serve as primary contact for market pricing requests and provide support to managers, recruiters and HR Business Partners with respect to market data, internal equity and compensation guidelines.
  • Manage participation in compensation surveys, analyzing survey data, maintaining job architecture and salary structures by functional role, job level and geographic location.
  • Collaborate with Senior Compensation Analyst on special projects and during as needed.
  • Handle Workday administration for supported populations.
  • Audit transactions in Workday to maintain the accuracy of job, salary grade, compensation, and organization information; ensuring that data is complete.
  • Participate in configuring and testing compensation and time off functions in Workday; report issues for remediation to ensure transactions have the correct payroll effect.
  • Monitoring Workday help case tickets and respond to compensation related inquiries.
  • Implement advanced compensation functionality to support base pay and incentives cycles for staff.
  • Work with the HRIS to evaluate and implement new Workday features for compensation; support analytics and dashboard projects requiring compensation data; ensure new configurations are accurately tested and integrated with payroll.
  • Act as a liaison with our payroll department, coordinating compensation activities and business processes.
  • Ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations (e.g. pay equity, wage and hour, federal/state reporting obligations).
  • Conduct regular compliance audits, maintain accurate documentation, and proactively monitor regulatory changes to reduce legal risk.
  • Work on compensation projects and initiatives; assist with data collection and analysis; answer questions about programs and policies from managers and employees.
  • Research and assemble workforce-related data to support a wide variety of firm initiatives, functions, and programs, including management presentations and exhibits.
  • Manage compensation program documents within the firm’s document management system; ensure that shared files are orderly and up to date; manage security access.
  • Perform related duties as assigned or directed by supervisor.
  • Maintain compliance with all firm policies and procedures.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of related functional experience.
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience in an employee compensation or total rewards role; law firm experience a plus.
  • Experience with Workday compensation modules, business process, and reporting, is strongly preferred.
  • Must possess a strong analytical ability, intellectual curiosity, organizational skills and creativity.
  • Ability to work efficiently with managing and manipulating spreadsheets and large amounts of data as well as produce well-organized, timely, and accurate work.
  • Advanced MS Excel skills.
  • Experience with Global Compensation a plus.
Benefits
  • Discretionary year-end merit bonus based on performance
  • Competitive salary and benefits package
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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