Compensation Analyst (Multiple Positions)

Join our dynamic Compensation team as a Compensation Analyst, where you will play a key role in shaping and supporting the University's compensation strategy. You'll be instrumental in maintaining and enhancing the University Career Architecture and pay structure, ensuring they stay competitive and aligned with industry standards.

You'll provide valuable guidance and education to campus leaders and staff, offering insights on market trends, best practices, and legal compliance. Your work will help ensure equitable pay practices, promote transparency, and uphold the University's Compensation Philosophy.

This position is fully remote within the state of Arizona

Outstanding UA benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; UA/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; retirement plans; access to UA recreation and cultural activities; and more!

Compensation Transaction Review and Analysis for Client Groups:

• Collaborates with assigned units and HR Partners to review position descriptions and determine appropriate position mapping within career architecture for the creation of new positions.
• Assess for approval initial salary placement required to be reviewed by compensation such as above midpoint pay requests.
• Review and assess compensation change requests (i.e. merit and additional duties pay), promotional requests, or job remapping requests.
• Ensures compensation decisions are fair and equitable and align with the University Compensation Administration Guidelines.

Compensation Projects Requested by Client Groups:

• Provides information, education and advice on market practices, trends, analysis and data related to compensation.
• Recommends solutions in accordance with established policies, procedures and applicable laws.
• Provides analytical support and prepares summaries to demonstrate awareness of potential impact of compensation decisions.
• Conducts internal equity analysis as needed.

Compensation Team Project Support:

• Assist in the administration and maintenance of the University's career architecture and pay structure.
• Provide support to higher level analyst in efforts to conduct annual benchmarking of UA jobs.
• Provide support to senior compensation analysts for the completion of market surveys.
• May provide recommendations to compensation leadership on salary increase budgets, market conditions, strategic opportunities, and salary structure movement.
• May also provide preliminary benchmarking analysis and give recommendations to Compensation leadership as needed throughout the year to ensure competitive market positioning.

Compensation Data Analytics:

• Assist in compiling data for routine survey participation for various university partners and organizations.
• Compile data from various software platforms as needed for either client group or compensation team projects.

Compensation Compliance:

• Identifies areas of potential exposure and/or liability with applicable compensation and/or HR related laws, regulations, or policies.
• Provide preliminary recommendations for appropriate action to the Compensation Manager and AVP for compliance concerns.
• Pursue professional development opportunities related to HR and Compensation for further understanding on compliance compensation matters.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs):

Knowledge:

• Basic HR principles and practices
• General Compensation practices
• Federal, state, and local legislation applicable to compensation and HR practices
• Administering and maintaining a Career Architecture

Skills:

• Analyzing, researching, and compiling data
• Compiling information and data into reports and/or memos
• Analyzing position descriptions for benchmarking and position mapping
• Managing individual workload/schedule in order to meet deadlines

Abilities:

• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Microsoft Office (Excel, Work, Outlook, PowerPoint)
• Maintain working relationships and work individually and in a team
• Discover solutions and problem solve

• Bachelor's degree and one ( 1) year related work experience or equivalent.

• CCP (Certified Compensation Professional)or other compensation certification.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Data Science, Human Resources, or other related field.