Compensation Manager

Responsibilities

• Support the administration and continuous improvement of the organization's global compensation programs, job architecture, and pay structures.
• Administer compensation processes in Workday and Pave, and deliver market and internal pay analyses.
• Partner closely with People Partners, Talent Acquisition, Finance, and leaders to provide compensation guidance and analytical support for competitive and equitable pay decisions.
• Support the ongoing maintenance of the global job architecture by creating, updating, and validating job titles, job profiles, job families, and job levels.
• Maintain compensation data integrity, ensuring job architecture changes are accurately reflected in Workday and downstream systems.
• Perform regular audits to identify data quality issues, maintain documentation, and support governance processes to ensure consistency with Workato’s job architecture framework.
• Maintain and administer global pay bands across job families and geographic locations by supporting market pricing activities, analyzing market and internal pay data, and recommending pay range updates.
• Prepare compensation analyses and recommendations for review by compensation leadership, ensuring approved pay structures are accurately maintained in Pave, Workday, and related Finance systems.
• Partner with People and Finance to support hiring, budgeting, headcount planning, and ongoing compensation programs through accurate pay structure administration and data integrity.
• Support the administration and continuous improvement of Workday compensation processes by identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency and data quality.
• Maintain the integrity of compensation and job architecture data within Workday, ensuring compensation eligibility rules and related configurations are accurate and aligned with established policies.
• Perform regular audits and partner with the internal Workday support team to resolve data discrepancies, troubleshoot business processes, and implement process improvements.
• Partner with People and Finance teams to support reporting, planning, and compensation program administration.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance compensation and workforce dashboards and reports by identifying opportunities to automate manual reporting and improve data quality.
• Partner with the internal Workday support team to implement reporting enhancements within Workday and related systems, ensuring accurate, scalable, and reliable reporting.
• Perform data validation and analysis to support compensation programs, workforce planning, and business decision-making.
• Own the Total Rewards Confluence space by creating, maintaining, and enhancing compensation policies and educational resources.
• Ensure content is accurate, easy to navigate, and written in a clear, accessible manner that promotes transparency and helps employees and managers understand Total Rewards programs.
• Partner with the People team to keep content current, develop new resources, and continuously improve the employee knowledge experience.
• Administer the annual compensation planning process by configuring and managing compensation cycles within Pave, including system setup, testing, and ongoing support.
• Care for timelines, maintain data integrity, and ensure compensation planning tools and workflows operate effectively.
• Provide reporting, analysis, and operational support throughout the compensation cycle to enable accurate, timely, and equitable compensation decisions.
• Prepare and submit the company’s annual compensation surveys (e.g., Radford), ensuring accurate, complete survey submissions through effective Workday integration and data validation.
• Run the quarterly bonus process in partnership with Talent Management, ensuring accurate calculations, timely payouts, and clear communication.
• Partner with Stock Administration to track and validate grants and prepare materials for Board approval during the quarterly equity grant cycle.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, Economics, Finance, or related field
• 5+ years of hands-on compensation experience, including global exposure in a high-growth or SaaS environment
• Experience with Radford and other technology-focused compensation surveys
• Experience administering compensation programs in Workday is required; experience with Pave or a comparable compensation planning platform is strongly preferred
• CCP certification preferred
• Able to operate independently and ramp quickly to deliver results in a fast-paced environment
• Strong project management, organization, and attention to detail
• Hands-on, execution-focused, and results-oriented with a strong sense of ownership and accountability
• Clear and effective communicator, able to translate broad compensation concepts into practical guidance