Compensation Specialist

Confluent Health; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Confluent Health is seeking a Compensation Specialist to lead the enterprise compensation programs. You will own the annual merit and incentive cycles, price roles across 31 states, and maintain data integrity in UKG to support decisions.

You will partner with Total Rewards, People & Culture Technology, Payroll, Finance, Talent Acquisition, and operating leaders to translate compensation data into actionable recommendations for senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3 years in compensation, people analytics, finance, payroll, or a comparable analytical role.
• Advanced Excel capability, including complex formulas, lookups, and large data set manipulation.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills applied to quantitative work.
• Strong organizational and project coordination skills across multiple concurrent deadlines.
• Clear written and verbal communication with non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end coordination of the annual merit and incentive cycle: timeline, system configuration, manager tools, approval routing, and payroll handoff.
• Build and maintain merit planning worksheets and budget allocation models; reconcile final awards to approved budget by business line.
• Prepare and quality-check compensation recommendation packets for leader review, including compa-ratio, range penetration, and performance context.
• Manage promotional, market, equity, and off-cycle reviews against defined criteria and approval thresholds.
• Drive the approval workflow to completion escalating exceptions and stalled approvals rather than absorbing the delay.
• Match jobs to published survey data and price roles across clinical, clinic leadership, and corporate job families in 31 states.
• Maintain salary structures, pay grades, and geographic differentials; recommend annual structure movement based on survey aging and observed market movement.
• Run internal equity and compression analysis, with particular attention to incumbent clinician pay relative to new-hire market rates.
• Translate market findings into written recommendations with a clear cost implication and a clear recommended action.
• Monitor market trends and regulatory movement affecting clinical and multi-state pay practices; surface issues before they become escalations.
• Administer incentive and bonus plans end to end: eligibility, proration, calculation, validation, and payout.
• Reconcile calculated payouts with Finance and Payroll before release and own the supporting audit trail.
• Maintain participant eligibility records and resolve discrepancies at the source in UKG.
• Draft participant-facing plan communications and respond to escalated participant questions.
• Track participation, payout distribution, and cost against plan; flag where plan mechanics are not producing the intended behavior.
• Build and maintain recurring compensation reporting — compa-ratio, range penetration, pay mix, and new-hire versus incumbent differentials.
• Support pay equity analysis and prepare findings for People & Culture and Legal review.
• Prepare compensation exhibits for executive and board-level reporting.
• Own compensation data integrity in UKG through audit routines, exception reporting, and correction at the source.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Analytical thinking

Project coordination

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

UKG

Power BI

Job description

Overview

The Compensation Specialist is the operational owner of Confluent Health’s enterprise compensation programs. This role runs the annual compensation cycle, administers incentive and bonus plans, prices jobs against the external market, and maintains the data integrity that every downstream compensation decision depends on.

The work spans a clinically dense, geographically distributed workforce of 10,000 employees across 850 locations in 31 states, with five business lines that carry different pay structures and incentive designs. Market conditions for licensed clinicians vary materially by geography, which makes accurate pricing and disciplined structure maintenance a business issue rather than an administrative one.

This role partners closely with Total Rewards, People & Culture Technology, Payroll, Finance, Talent Acquisition, and operating leaders. Success is measured in accuracy, timeliness, and the ability to translate compensation data into recommendations that a non-compensation leader can act on.

Responsibilities

Annual Compensation Cycle — 30%

• Own end-to-end coordination of the annual merit and incentive cycle: timeline, system configuration, manager tools, approval routing, and payroll handoff.
• Build and maintain merit planning worksheets and budget allocation models; reconcile final awards to approved budget by business line.
• Prepare and quality-check compensation recommendation packets for leader review, including compa-ratio, range penetration, and performance context.
• Manage promotional, market, equity, and off-cycle reviews against defined criteria and approval thresholds.
• Drive the approval workflow to completion escalating exceptions and stalled approvals rather than absorbing the delay.

Market Pricing & Salary Structure — 25%

• Match jobs to published survey data and price roles across clinical, clinic leadership, and corporate job families in 31 states.
• Maintain salary structures, pay grades, and geographic differentials; recommend annual structure movement based on survey aging and observed market movement.
• Run internal equity and compression analysis, with particular attention to incumbent clinician pay relative to new-hire market rates.
• Translate market findings into written recommendations with a clear cost implication and a clear recommended action.
• Monitor market trends and regulatory movement affecting clinical and multi-state pay practices; surface issues before they become escalations.

Incentive & Bonus Administration — 20%

• Administer incentive and bonus plans end to end: eligibility, proration, calculation, validation, and payout.
• Reconcile calculated payouts with Finance and Payroll before release and own the supporting audit trail.
• Maintain participant eligibility records and resolve discrepancies at the source in UKG.
• Draft participant-facing plan communications and respond to escalated participant questions.
• Track participation, payout distribution, and cost against plan; flag where plan mechanics are not producing the intended behavior.

Analytics, Reporting & Data Integrity — 15%

• Build and maintain recurring compensation reporting — compa-ratio, range penetration, pay mix, and new-hire versus incumbent differentials.
• Support pay equity analysis and prepare findings for People & Culture and Legal review.
• Prepare compensation exhibits for executive and board-level reporting.
• Own compensation data integrity in UKG through audit routines, exception reporting, and correction at the source.

Operations & Cross-Functional Partnership — 10%

• Maintain standard operating procedures, calendars, templates, and job documentation so the compensation cycle is repeatable and not person dependent.
• Maintains job descriptions and supports job evaluation and FLSA classification review for new and changed roles.
• Advises managers on making effective pay decisions that support employee engagement and comply with compensation policy and budgetary guidelines.
• Serve as the compensation point of contact for Talent Acquisition on offers, counter offers, and requisition-level range questions, against defined turnaround commitments.
• Partner with People & Culture Technology on system configuration, testing, and release validation for compensation modules.
• Coordinate internal and external compensation audits and remediate findings.
• Performs other duties as assigned to support Total Rewards and People & Culture priorities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 3 years in compensation, people analytics, finance, payroll, or a comparable analytical role
• Advanced Excel capability, including complex formulas, lookups, and large data set manipulation
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills applied to quantitative work.
• Strong organizational and project coordination skills across multiple concurrent deadlines.
• Clear written and verbal communication with non-technical audiences.

Preferred

• Direct compensation administration experience in a multi-state or multi-site organization
• Salary survey participation and market pricing experience
• Incentive and bonus plan administration experience
• UKG experience, particularly compensation module configuration or reporting
• Power BI or comparable data visualization experienceHealthcare, clinical, or professional services workforce experience
• Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) credential, or active interest in pursuing it

About

Confluent Health, LLC and its affiliates are equal opportunity employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you need assistance or would like to request an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at [e-mail].