Compensation Specialist

Sentara Health; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Tuition assistance

Student debt pay down

Life Insurance

Job summary

Sentara Health in Norfolk, VA is seeking a Compensation Specialist to partner with Talent Acquisition and HR Business Partners, administering compensation programs and ensuring internal equity. You will drive market pricing, support offer development, and deliver data-driven insights for HR leaders.

The role requires 2+ years of compensation analysis experience, strong Excel skills, and proficiency with HRIS tools such as Workday and MarketPay.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience in compensation analysis.
• Experience supporting Talent Acquisition with offer analysis and compensation recommendations.
• Experience interpreting and applying compensation guidelines to inquiries.
• Experience preparing data-driven insights for HR and business partners.
• Strong Excel skills, including formulas, lookups, pivot tables, and data analysis.
• Experience working with HRIS and compensation planning tools (Workday & MarketPay preferred).

Responsibilities

• Partner with Talent Acquisition, HR Business Partners, and leaders to support offer development, market pricing, and internal equity reviews.
• Conduct foundational to moderately complex analyses and translate data into actionable recommendations.
• Support annual compensation processes through data validation, auditing, and reporting.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of compensation processes, tools, and documentation.

Skills

Excel skills

Pivot tables

Market pricing

Internal equity

Offer analysis

HRIS

Workday

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Workday

MarketPay

Job description

City/State

Norfolk, VA

Work Shift

First (Days)

Overview

The Compensation Specialist serves as a key analytical and consultative partner to the Compensation team, supporting the administration and delivery of compensation programs across the organization. This role contributes to ensuring compensation practices are market competitive, internallyequitable, and aligned with organizational guidelines.

The Compensation Specialist partners closely with Talent Acquisition, HR Business Partners, and business leaders to support offer development, market pricing, and internal equity reviews. This positionis responsible forconducting foundational to moderately complex analyses and translating data into clear, actionable recommendations.

The role also supports annual compensation processes through data validation, auditing, and reporting, helping to ensureaccurateand consistent program execution. The Specialist contributes to continuous improvement of compensation processes, tools, and documentation.

Education

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, Analytics, or a related field

Certification/Licensure

Preferred:

• Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) or progress toward certification

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in compensation analysis, including market pricing, pay range administration, and internal equity reviews
• Experience supporting Talent Acquisition with offer analysis and compensation recommendations
• Experience interpreting and applying compensation guidelines to employee and manager inquiries
• Experience preparing data-driven insights and recommendations for HR and business partners
• Strong Excel skills, including formulas, lookups, pivot tables, and data analysis
• Experience working with HRIS and compensation planning tools (Workday&MarketPaypreferred)

Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career

• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
• Emergency Backup Care
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
• Life Insurance
• 401k/403B with Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance - $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
• Student Debt Pay Down - $10,000
• Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Resources Plan
• Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus ifestablished system and employee eligibility criteria is met.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:

Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.