Senior Compensation Consultant
About the role
Seattle Human Resources seeks a Senior Compensation Consultant to support the City’s mission of promoting workforce equity and excellence. The ideal candidate will lead the design and administration of the City’s market salary data strategy, support the development and maintenance of Citywide compensation programs, and maintain a Citywide market ratio tracking and reporting system.
Responsibilities
Leading the design, administration, and communication of the City’s market data strategy and systems to support externally competitive pay for the full scope of the City’s classification titles and pay programs
Designing and administering the City’s salary survey strategy
Designing and supporting the City’s market data funnel to support accurate and updated market ranges, including identifying and selecting the tools and systems to use for this work
Organizing market data and updating it on a regular schedule to ensure the City’s pay rates accurately reflect external markets
Maintaining a Citywide market ratio tracking and reporting system
Compensation Consulting:
Conducting ad hoc salary studies as necessary and preparing reports for leadership detailing defensible justifications for pay rate and pay range decisions
Leading the development of salary structures and pay ranges for classification titles through effective market pricing and compensation analyses to balance external competitiveness, internal alignment, and Citywide pay equity
Leading compensation-specific projects and supporting multi-functional projects, including determining scope and tasks, reviewing and approving work products of external consultants, supporting labor negotiations, and developing compensation modeling
Leading the compensation analysis work of internal Comp/Class consultants
Citywide Compensation Program Support:
Evaluating the overall performance of the City’s compensation programs (e.g., external competitiveness and internal equity)
Designing, implementing, communicating, and evaluating compensation processes and program improvements
Developing and maintaining Citywide compensation structures, including grade structures, compensation structures, and salary schedules
Acting as the owner of Citywide compensation systems and tools (e.g., CompAnalyst), including advising on compensation tool selection, tool setup and configuration, designing processes, providing training, and acting as an escalation point for Citywide compensation tool use
Developing and delivering presentations for legislation, including answering questions to defend compensation recommendations
Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resource Management, Business or Public Administration, Social Sciences, or a related field
Three years in compensation analysis, classification and compensation, performing other human resources-related tasks, or a related field
Associate Degree in Human Resource Management, Business or Public Administration, Social Sciences, or a related field
Four years in compensation analysis, classification and compensation, performing other human resources-related tasks, or a related field
Five years in compensation analysis, classification and compensation, performing other human resources-related tasks, or a related field
Skills or Certification
Certified Compensation Professional (CCP)
Data communication
Data management
Process development
Project management
Attention to detail
Interpersonal and collaboration skills
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
Working knowledge of Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook
Market data, compensation management, and compensation modeling software skills, preferably CompAnalyst
The ability to:
Effectively present market data analyses and pay range justifications to non-expert audiences verbally, through written deliverables, and with data visualizations
Create sound, defensible, public-facing documents
Complete projects in matrix environments with close coordination of deliverables
Perform compensation analysis for a wide variety of industries and professions