Compensation Analyst

Delaware North; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 66,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Annual performance bonus

Paid vacation days and holidays

Paid parental bonding leave

Tuition or certification reimbursement

Discounts at Delaware North hotels and

Job summary

Delaware North in Buffalo, New York is seeking a full-time Compensation Analyst to join our team at global headquarters. You will support the administration and maintenance of compensation programs for hourly positions across the organization.

Responsibilities include conducting market pricing analyses, developing and maintaining salary structures, and partnering with HR managers to advise on pay placement and policy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA preferred.
• Certified Compensation Professional or SPHR designation preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years in compensation, HR analytics, Total Rewards, or related experience.
• Experience conducting market pricing and compensation analysis.
• Experience supporting salary structures, pay grades, or compensation administration programs; multi-state experience preferred.
• Union experience a plus.
• Advanced Excel skills: pivot tables, lookups, formulas, data analysis.
• Experience with compensation survey platforms and market data sources.
• Workday or similar HRIS experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct market pricing analyses and evaluate compensation trends, survey data, and competitive pay practices to support hourly compensation recommendations
• Develop, maintain, and administer hourly salary structures, pay ranges, job classifications, and grade assignments
• Partner with HR Managers and business leaders to provide guidance on job pricing, pay placement, compensation policies, and market competitiveness
• Maintain compensation data, job architecture, and pay structures within Workday and related systems to ensure accuracy and consistency
• Support compensation reviews related to reorganizations, acquisitions, minimum wage changes, and market adjustments
• Ensure compliance with wage and hour regulations, pay transparency requirements, and other applicable compensation standards
• Prepare compensation reports, analyses, and dashboards, respond to stakeholder inquiries, and identify opportunities to improve processes, data integrity, and operational efficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, human resources, or a related field

MBA (preferred)

Advanced Microsoft Excel

Workday or similar HRIS

Experience with compensation survey platforms

Experience with multi-state compensation administration

Union experience (plus)

Analytical skills

Tools

Workday

Job description

The opportunity

Delaware North is hiring a full-time Compensation Analyst to join our team at our global headquarters in Buffalo, New York. As a Compensation Analyst, you willbe responsible forsupporting the administration and maintenance of compensation programs for hourly positions across the organization.

Pay

Minimum – Anticipated Maximum Base Salary: $66,500 – $89,900 / year

In addition to base salary, we offer an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based, uncapped sales incentive plan. The advertised pay range represents what we believe at the time of this job posting, that we would be willing to pay for this position. Only in special circumstances, where a candidate has education, training, or experience that far exceeds the requirements for the position, would we consider paying higher than the stated range. Information on our comprehensive benefits package can be found at https://careers.delawarenorth.com/benefits/.

What we offer

At Delaware North, we care about our team members’ personal and professional journeys. These are just some of the benefits we offer:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance


• 401(k) with up to 4% company match


• Annual performance bonus based on level, as well as individual, company, and location performance


• Paid vacation days and holidays


• Paid parental bonding leave


• Tuition and/or professional certification reimbursement


• Generous friends-and-family discounts at many of our hotels and resorts

What will you do?

• Conduct market pricing analyses and evaluate compensation trends, survey data, and competitive pay practices to support hourly compensation recommendations


• Develop,maintain, and administer hourly salary structures, pay ranges, job classifications, and grade assignments


• Partner with HR Managers and business leaders to provide guidance on job pricing, pay placement, compensation policies, and market competitiveness


• Maintain compensation data, job architecture, and pay structures within Workday and related systems to ensure accuracy and consistency


• Support compensation reviews related to reorganizations, acquisitions, minimum wage changes, and market adjustments


• Ensure compliance with wage and hour regulations, pay transparency requirements, and other applicable compensation standards


• Prepare compensation reports, analyses, and dashboards, respond to stakeholder inquiries, andidentifyopportunities to improve processes, data integrity, and operational efficiency

More about you

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, human resources, or a related field required; an MBA is preferred


• CertifiedCompensation Professional or SPHR designation is preferred


• Minimum of 3 years of compensation, HR analytics, Total Rewards, or related experiencerequired


• Experience conducting market pricing and compensation analysisrequired


• Experience supporting salary structures, pay grades, or compensation administration programs and working in a multi-state environment preferred


• Union experience a plus


• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, formulas, and data analysis


• Experience using compensation survey platforms and market data sources


• Experience with Workday ora similarHRIS preferred

Shift details

Days
M-F