Compensation Analyst: Market Insights & Analytics

UKG; United States; On-site; USD 64,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

UKG is seeking a Compensation Analyst to design, administer, and analyze compensation programs across engineering, product, and enterprise systems experience in a global SaaS environment. You will partner with Compensation Consultants, HR BP, Talent Acquisition, Finance, and business leaders to deliver market insights, maintain salary structures, and support annual compensation processes.

The role emphasizes data-driven recommendations, governance, and process improvements, with a focus on

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in compensation, HR analytics, finance, or a related analytical role.
• Experience with compensation surveys and market pricing methodologies.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and complex formulas.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Conduct market pricing for new and existing positions using technology compensation surveys (e.g., Radford, Mercer, or equivalent).
• Analyze market competitiveness, internal equity, range penetration, pay compression, and salary positioning.
• Prepare compensation recommendations supported by market data and business analytics.
• Assist in maintaining salary structures, job architecture, geographic differentials, compensation guidelines, and market data libraries.
• Support annual compensation processes including merit, bonus, equity, promotions, and salary structure updates.
• Perform data validation, quality assurance, testing, and reporting for compensation programs.
• Assist with compensation program administration, documentation, and ongoing process improvements.
• Support implementation of new compensation policies, tools, and processes.
• Evaluate new and revised jobs using the global career framework and job architecture.
• Recommend job codes, levels, families, and market matches based on established methodologies.
• Maintain job documentation and compensation records to ensure consistency and governance.
• Develop recurring and ad hoc compensation reports, dashboards, and workforce analytics.
• Analyze compensation trends and identify risks related to internal equity, market competitiveness, and pay practices.
• Support enterprise initiatives including organizational changes, acquisitions, restructuring, and compensation integration projects.
• Participate in cross-functional projects to improve compensation processes, reporting, automation, and data quality.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business/Finance/Math/Statistics

Tools

UKG Pro

Radford

Mercer

WTW

Job description

UKG is seeking a Compensation Analyst to design, administer, and analyze compensation programs across engineering, product, and enterprise systems experience in a global SaaS environment. You will partner with Compensation Consultants, HR BP, Talent Acquisition, Finance, and business leaders to deliver market insights, maintain salary structures, and support annual compensation processes.

The role emphasizes data-driven recommendations, governance, and process improvements, with a focus on