Compensation Advisor

Lockton Companies; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Lockton Companies in Kansas City, MO, is seeking a Compensation Advisor to design, administer, analyze, and deliver compensation programs across the organization. This role blends analytics, market benchmarking, reporting, and business partnership to ensure competitive and equitable pay practices.

You will partner with HR, Finance and leaders to provide data-driven insights, support annual cycles, and help with policy development and job architecture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• 5+ years in compensation, total rewards, HR analytics or related discipline.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and quantitative skills with advanced Excel.
• Knowledge of compensation programs and practices, including market pricing, salary structures, incentive plans, and job evaluation.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management; ability to translate data into insights.

Responsibilities

• Data, Analytics & Reporting: support collection, management and integrity of compensation and workforce data.
• Compensation Analysis & Consulting: analyze data, conduct market pricing, support reviews for hires/promotions/transfers.
• Compensation Program: develop and administer base salary structures, incentive plans, and pay transparency initiatives.
• Projects & Continuous Improvement: collaborate on global/regional compensation projects and improve processes.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Communication

Problem solving

Quantitative skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or a related field

Job description

Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

At Lockton, we’re passionate about helping our people achieve their ultimate potential. Our people are curious, action-oriented and always striving to make ourselves and those around us better. We’re active listeners working to ensure understanding and problem solvers developing innovative solutions. If you can see yourself delivering excellent service to clients, giving back to our communities and being a part of our caring culture, you belong here.

The Compensation Advisor supports the design, administration, analysis, and delivery of compensation programs across the organization. This role combines compensation analytics, market benchmarking, reporting, and business partnership to ensure compensation practices are competitive, equitable, and aligned with business objectives. The Compensation Advisor works closely with Senior Comp Partners, HR Business Partners, Talent, Finance, HR Operations, and the business to provide data-driven compensation insights and support key compensation initiatives and programs.

Key Responsibilities

Data, Analytics & Reporting

• Support the collection, management and integrity of compensation and workforce data.
• Partner with HR Operations & IT to ensure data quality and consistency across systems.
• Assist with audits, data validation, and compliance reporting activities.
• Develop and automate recurring reports and dashboards aggregating data from multiple internal sources, including headcount, compensation history, organizational structures, market data, and job architecture.

Compensation Analysis & Consulting

• Analyze and interpret compensation data to provide insights and recommendations that support talent and business decisions.
• Conduct market pricing and benchmarking analyses using external compensation surveys and internal data.
• Support compensation reviews for new hires, promotions, transfers, retention requests, and organizational changes.
• Assist HR Business Partners and managers with compensation-related guidance, including pay positioning, range placement, and market competitiveness.
• Ensure compensation decisions align with internal equity, compensation philosophy, and organizational guidelines.
• Produce analyses and presentations that translate complex compensation data into actionable business insights.

Compensation Program

• Support the development and administration of compensation programs, including base salary structures, annual compensation reviews, incentive plans, and pay transparency and job architecture initiatives.
• Assist in the development, maintenance, and documentation of compensation policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Support job evaluation and job architecture initiatives through market analysis and role assessment.

Projects & Continuous Improvement

• Support global and regional compensation projects, including annual cycles, system implementations, policy changes, and job architecture initiatives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful execution of compensation and reward programs.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, reporting capabilities, automation, and operational efficiency.
• Stay informed of market trends, regulatory developments, and compensation best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in compensation, total rewards, HR analytics or related discipline such as business analytics or financial analysis with a desire to learn compensation.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and quantitative skills, with advanced Excel proficiency and the ability to translate data into actionable insights.
• Knowledge of compensation programs and practices, including market pricing, salary structures, incentive plans, job evaluation, pay administration, and market benchmarking.
• Excellent communication, consulting, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to explain complex information and influence recommendations.

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  Equal Opportunity Statement

  Lockton Companies is proud to provide everyone an equal opportunity to grow and advance. We are committed to an inclusive culture and environment where our people, clients and communities are treated with respect and dignity.

  At Lockton, supporting diversity, equity and inclusion is ingrained in our values, and we believe that we are at our best when we fully embrace everyone. We strive to cultivate a caring culture that learns from, celebrates and thrives because of our breadth of differences. As such, we recognize that recruiting, developing and retaining people with diverse backgrounds and experiences is vital and enabling our people to thrive personally and professionally is critical to our long-term success.

  About Lockton

  Lockton is the largest privately held independent insurance brokerage in the world. Since 1966, our independence has allowed us to serve our clients, take care of our people and give back to our communities. As such, our 13,100+ Associates doing business in over 155 countries are empowered to do what’s right every day.

  At Lockton, we believe in the power of all people. You belong at Lockton.

  How We Will Support You

  At Lockton, we empower you to be true to yourself in all that you do. Your success is our success, and we provide opportunities to help you grow and create a rewarding career path, however you envision it.

  We are ready to meet you where you are today, and as your needs change over time. In addition to industry-leading health insurance, we offer additional options to support your overall health and wellbeing.

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