Advanced Compensation Analyst

Kroger Family of Companies; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Kroger Family of Companies seeks a Compensation Analyst to support pay programs across assigned line of business. You will update market pricing, run market analyses, and collaborate on wage progression design within the total rewards framework.

You will partner with Compensation COE and HR partners to ensure data integrity, conduct surveys, and generate actionable insights to guide compensation decisions. This position emphasizes accuracy, confidentiality, and timely delivery.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience preparing analyses and interpreting data to create reports.
• 1 year of total rewards or compensation administration experience.
• Excellent mathematical/analytical skills; identify trends and anomalies.
• Ability to explain compensation concepts clearly to internal customers.
• Ability to handle sensitive information with confidentiality.
• Strong initiative and ability to obtain feedback from stakeholders.
• Excellent attention to detail in delivering quality results.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and manage changing priorities.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Customer service focus.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and report generation.
• Advanced Excel and database skills.

Responsibilities

• Update market pricing for roles in assigned line of business for annual compensation planning, special projects and ad hoc requests
• Partner with compensation manager to provide recommendations on compensation issues such as job evaluation and analyses
• Prepare standard market analyses and other compensation-related reports
• Assist in designing and costing wage progression structures, market-aligned pay ranges and bonus plans
• Coordinate across Compensation COE for enterprise-wide support in nonexecutive compensation planning
• Lead compensation survey process and complete surveys; build survey library; ensure correct job matching and timely participation; coordinate with MarketPay for updates
• Oversee the compensation survey library and budget
• Generate associate data downloads and create spreadsheets for market analyses and ad hoc reports
• Coordinate with corporate and division managers on market analyses and program design
• Work with division HR, Workforce Analytics and Kroger Technology to drive data integrity and HR system changes
• Must be able to perform the essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation

Skills

Analytical experience

Compensation experience

Analytical skills

Communication

Confidentiality

Proactivity

Attention to detail

Time management

Oral/written communication

Customer service

MS Office

Advanced Excel

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

MarketPay

Payfactors

Workday

Oracle

Job description

Provide recommendations to human resources business partners (HRBPs) based on analysis and established practices. Participate in compensation surveys, conduct various market analyses to support pay structure designs, job leveling and analytical support for pay programs applicable to assigned line of business. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety. RESPONSIBILITIES - Update market pricing for roles in assigned line of business for annual compensation planning, special projects and ad hoc requests

• Partner with compensation manager and/or lead compensation manager to provide recommendations to client groups on compensation issues such as job evaluation, FLSA exemption reviews, compensation analyses, total compensation review and related issues
• Prepare standard market analyses and other compensation-related reports for management presentations
• Assist in the design and costing of proposed wage progression structures, market-aligned pay ranges and bonus pay plans to support the total rewards strategy
• Coordinate across Compensation COE to provide enterprise-wide support to business partners throughout the nonexecutive compensation planning process in accordance with compensation guidelines
• Lead compensation survey process and complete compensation surveys based on established survey schedule; build survey library; ensure correct job matching and timely participation; coordinate with PayScale for MarketPay updates
• Oversee the compensation survey library and budget, including standing and new survey acquisition s for improving coverage of enterprise positions
• Generate associate data downloads and create spreadsheets to assist in the development of market analyses and other ad hoc reports
• Coordinate with and respond to requests from corporate and division managers related to market analyses, program design and other compensation-related information while following compensation guidelines, policies and contracts
• Work with division HR, Workforce Analytics and/or Kroger Technology to drive data integrity and/or human resource system changes
• Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

QUALIFICATIONS Minimum

• 2+ years of experience preparing analyses and interpreting/applying data to create reports
• 1 year of total rewards or compensation administration experience (e.g., market pricing and survey participation)
• Excellent mathematical/analytical skills; ability to identify statistical/data relationships, trends and anomalies
• Ability to explain compensation concepts in a simple/straightforward way to internal customers
• Ability to handle sensitive information while maintaining a high degree of confidentiality
• Excellent initiative in following through on next steps, discerning the need for additional information and obtaining feedback from stakeholders and other resources
• Excellent attention to detail in providing accurate and quality work deliverables
• Ability to meet timesensitive deadlines and manage shifting prioritiesStrong project management skills
• Effective oral/written communication skills
• Strong customer service focus
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and report generation applications
• Advanced Excel and database program skills

QUALIFICATIONS Desired

• Bachelors Degree
• Any working experience with automated compensation planning (e.g., SuccessFactors, Workday, Oracle, etc.)
• Any working experience with compensation administration applications (e.g., MarketPay, Payfactors, Oracle, etc.)