Compensation Analyst: Market Pricing & Analytics

UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group); Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 64,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

UKG is seeking a detail-oriented Compensation Analyst to design, analyze, and administer compensation programs in a global SaaS environment. You will perform market pricing, job evaluations, data governance, and reporting, partnering with HR, Finance, and Talent Acquisition to drive competitive pay strategies.

The role emphasizes data integrity, large data sets, and executing compensation projects, including annual processes and policy implementations, in a fast-paced setting.

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 a related field and/or equivalent experience.

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.
• Ensure compensation transactions comply with company policies, governance standards, and applicable regulations.
• Audit compensation data and resolve discrepancies within HR systems.
• Support pay transparency, compensation documentation, and audit requests.
• Maintain data integrity across compensation and HRIS systems.
• Provide analytical support to Compensation Consultants, HR Business Partners, and Talent Acquisition on compensation decisions.
• Assist with new hire offers, promotions, transfers, retention requests, and market adjustments using established compensation guidelines.
• Respond to routine compensation inquiries and provide data-driven recommendations.
• Build effective partnerships across HR, Finance, Talent Acquisition, and business organizations.

Skills

Compensation analytics

Market pricing

Excel advanced

Analytical skills

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business/Fin/E

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field

Tools

UKG Pro

Radford/Mercer/WTW surveys

Job description

UKG is seeking a detail-oriented Compensation Analyst to design, analyze, and administer compensation programs in a global SaaS environment. You will perform market pricing, job evaluations, data governance, and reporting, partnering with HR, Finance, and Talent Acquisition to drive competitive pay strategies.

The role emphasizes data integrity, large data sets, and executing compensation projects, including annual processes and policy implementations, in a fast-paced setting.