Compensation Analyst

AppFolio; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 78,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

AppFolio is seeking a Compensation Analyst to drive merit, promotion, and equity analytics for its Grow cycle, with a focus on market data benchmarking and competitive salary structuring.

You will handle confidential data, build predictive pay models, and support leadership with timely pay information while collaborating with HRBPs, Talent Acquisition, and business leaders. Hybrid work arrangements are available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 2–4 years of compensation/total rewards or related analytics experience.
• Advanced Excel skills with complex modeling, lookups, and pivot analysis.
• Working knowledge of Google Workspace.
• Strong written and verbal communication; ability to explain data to non-technical partners.
• Organized and able to manage deadlines across multiple workstreams.
• Sound judgment with confidential data.

Responsibilities

• Be the market data expert; benchmark roles against market data and suggest job matches and pay grades.
• Build and QA models for merit, promotion, and bonus decisions in the Grow cycle.
• Support market pricing and salary structure analyses to keep job architecture current and competitive.
• Own survey submission readiness; prepare and validate submissions on time.
• Support non-sales short-term incentive plans with calculations and reporting.
• Prepare eligibility, guidelines, and budget data for annual equity refresh.
• Provide data support for pay equity reviews.
• Maintain dashboards and reports for leadership with timely pay information.
• Support labor law reporting and audits.
• Document models and processes clearly; identify automation opportunities.

Skills

Analytical skills

2-4 years compensation analytics

Advanced Excel

Google Workspace

Clear communication

Organization under pressure

Confidential data handling

Data storytelling

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Workday

Survey vendors exposure

Equity plans exposure

Job description

AppFolio is more than a company. We’re a community of dreamers, big thinkers, problem solvers, active listeners, and multipliers. At every opportunity, we set the pace while delivering innovation built to carry real estate into the future. One in which every experience feels effortless, yet meaningful. Where customers are empowered to take on any opportunity. We show up as one team, connected by our values to be a force for good. Because together, we have the power to create extraordinary outcomes for our customers, our communities, and ourselves.

The Compensation Analyst is the analytical engine behind how AppFolio pays its people. Every merit increase, promotion, bonus, and equity refresh runs through the models, benchmarks, and data you build, and leaders rely on that work to make sound pay decisions. In this role, you will power the analysis behind our broad-based pay programs across the Grow cycle, job architecture, and incentive plans, with support for equity refresh analysis.

This is a high-trust role. You will work with some of the most confidential data in the company, and the accuracy of your work shapes real outcomes for employees. You will be the analyst HRBPs, Talent Acquisition, and business leaders turn to for market data, and the partner who helps program owners deliver on time and with confidence. This role reports to the VP, Total Rewards.

What You’ll Do

• Be the market data expert. Benchmark new and changing roles against market data, then recommend job matches and pay grades for review. Respond to ad hoc market data requests from HRBPs, Talent Acquisition, and business leaders with speed and care.
• Build the models behind Grow. Build and QA the models that inform merit, promotion, and bonus decisions during the Grow cycle. Support Grow enablement by preparing the data, examples, and materials that equip managers to have strong pay conversations.
• Support market pricing and salary structures. Contribute to market pricing and salary structure analysis that keeps our job architecture current and competitive.
• Own survey submission readiness. Prepare and validate survey submissions so inputs are accurate and on time.
• Support incentive programs. Support non-sales short-term incentive plans with calculations, reporting, and documentation.
• Prepare the equity refresh. Prepare eligibility, guideline, and budget data for the annual equity refresh.
• Strengthen pay equity. Provide data support for pay equity reviews.
• Keep leaders informed. Maintain the dashboards and reports that give leaders timely, accurate pay information.
• Support compliance. Support labor law reporting and audits.
• Document with rigor. Document models and processes clearly so any teammate can run them.
• Make the function smarter. Identify opportunities to automate recurring analyses and improve data quality.

What We’re Looking For

• Analytical and detail-driven. You build models that hold up under scrutiny. You catch what others miss, and you design checks that catch what people miss.
• Sound judgment with confidential data. Colleagues and leaders trust you with sensitive information because you handle it with discretion every time.
• Clear communicator. You can explain complex data to non-technical partners in plain terms, in writing and in conversation.
• Organized under pressure. You manage deadlines across several workstreams and deliver on the date you committed to.
• Builder of durable work. You document your work and look for ways to automate it, so the whole team gets faster.
• Curious about the craft. You want to build deep compensation expertise and grow with the function.

Must Have

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 2 to 4 years of compensation, total rewards, or related analytical experience, ideally in a SaaS or technology environment.
• Advanced Excel skills, including complex modeling, lookups, and pivot analysis.
• Working knowledge of Google Workspace.
• Clear written and verbal communication, with the ability to explain data to non-technical partners.
• Strong organization and the ability to manage deadlines across several workstreams.
• Sound judgment with confidential data.

Nice to Have

• Workday experience.
• Exposure to survey vendors or compensation consultants.
• Exposure to equity plans, pay equity analysis, or regulatory compensation reporting.

Compensation & Benefits

The base salary that we reasonably expect to pay for this role is: $77,600 - $97,000

The actual base salary/hourly wage for this role will be determined by a variety of factors, including but not limited to: the candidate’s skills, education, experience, etc.

Please note that base pay is one important aspect of a compelling Total Rewards package. The base pay range indicated here does not include any additional benefits or bonuses/commissions that you may be eligible for based on your role and/or employment type.

Regular full-time employees are eligible for benefits - see here.

Compensation Range: $77.6K - $97K

About AppFolio

AppFolio is the technology leader powering the future of the real estate industry. Our innovative platform and trusted partnership enable our customers to connect communities, increase operational efficiency, and grow their business. For more information about AppFolio, visit appfolio.com.

Why AppFolio

Grow

We enable a culture of high performance, where delivering results is recognized by opportunities for growth and compelling total rewards. Our challenging and meaningful work drive the growth of our business, and ourselves.

Learn

We partner with you to realize your potential by investing in you from the start. We're cultivating a team of big thinkers through coaching and mentorship with our best-in-class leaders, and giving you the time and tools to develop your skills.

Impact

We are creating a world where living in, investing in, managing, and supporting communities feels magical and effortless, freeing people to thrive. We do this by innovating with purpose while cultivating a culture of impact. We learn as much from each other as we do our customers and our communities.

Connect

We excel at hybrid work by fostering an environment that feels flexible, personal and connected, no matter where we are. We create space to fuel innovation and collaboration, and we come together to celebrate, connect, and succeed.

Paddle as One.

Statement of Equal Opportunity

At AppFolio, we value diversity in backgrounds and perspectives and depend on it to drive our innovative culture. That’s why we’re a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, and we believe that our products, our teams, and our business are stronger because of it. This means that no matter what race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, or medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by law, you’re always welcome at AppFolio.

We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible candidate experience. If you need a reasonable accommodation at any point in the application or interview process for a disability, pregnancy-related condition, or religious practice, please contact us at [e-mail] or [phone]. You do not need to use any particular wording.

Compensation Range: $77.6K - $97K