Global Compensation Manager

1000 Accenture LLP Company; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 87,000 - 254,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an experienced Total Rewards professional to join the Global Compensation team. The Total Rewards Manager will shape compensation strategies, programs, and market-informed pay structures to support business priorities, talent retention, and long-term objectives.

The role combines strong compensation expertise with analytical depth, stakeholder partnership, and the ability to translate data into actionable recommendations.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of compensation experience in market intelligence or salary structures.
• Global compensation experience is preferred.
• Strong analytical and data fluency skills, including compensation reporting, market surveys, and large data sets.
• Experience developing salary structures, pay frameworks, benchmarking methodologies, or incentive program analysis in a global or complex organization.
• Experience with compensation technology, market-pricing platforms, reporting tools, or process automation.
• Excellent project management, organization, and time management skills with the ability to deliver tight timelines and priorities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English and ability to present complex information clearly.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate, influence stakeholders, exercise sound judgment, and handle confidential information.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and evolve total rewards policies, programs, and compensation structures aligned with business priorities.
• Develop market-relevant salary range structures using surveys, market intelligence, and real-time data sources.
• Provide compensation subject matter expertise to stakeholders and advise leadership on competitive practices and pay decisions.
• Leverage internal and external data to assess compensation structures, bonus programs, and alignment with long-term objectives.
• Translate complex analysis into executive-ready insights and decision-support materials.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, automate, and improve compensation processes, tools, reporting, and stakeholder experience.
• Coordinate work across team members and partners to ensure timely, accurate delivery.

Skills

Global compensation

Market intelligence

Data analytics

Salary structures

Incentive analysis

AI in workflows

People management

Team leadership

Tools

Excel

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Total Rewards professional to join our Global Compensation team within Rewards, Performance, and Careers. This highly visible role will help shape and deliver compensation strategies, programs, and market-informed solutions and pay structures that support business priorities, talent retention, and long-term organizational objectives. The Total Rewards Manager will combine strong compensation expertise with analytical depth, sound judgment, and effective stakeholder partnership. The role will advise leaders, translate complex data into clear recommendations, and lead key compensation initiatives in a dynamic, global environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and evolve total rewards policies, programs, and compensation structures aligned with business and talent priorities.
• Develop market-relevant salary range structures and pay approaches using compensation surveys, market intelligence, and real-time data sources.
• Provide compensation subject matter expertise to stakeholders and advise leadership on competitive practices, pay decisions, range placement, and talent retention.
• Leverage internal and external data to assess compensation structures and bonus programs, ensuring they remain competitive, affordable, and aligned with long-term objectives.
• Evaluate structures after career architecture changes and advise on future-readiness of design.
• Utilize real-time vendor data platforms to strengthen market intelligence and data-driven decision-making.
• Translate complex analysis into clear insights, executive-ready recommendations, and decision-support materials.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, automate, and improve compensation processes, tools, reporting, and stakeholder experience.
• Manage multiple priorities and critical deliverables while maintaining high standards of accuracy, quality, and responsiveness.
• Contribute innovative ideas and practical solutions that strengthen the effectiveness and scalability of compensation programs.
• Manage and support a team of one to two professionals responsible for day-to-day compensation activities.
• Provide clear direction, coaching, and development while fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Coordinate work across team members and partners to ensure timely, accurate, and consistent delivery.

Job Requirements

This role is part of a global team and may require work outside of normal business hours to align with global stakeholders.

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of compensation experience in one or a combination of the following: market intelligence or salary structures

Preferred Qualifications

• Global compensation experience is preferred
• Strong analytical and data fluency skills, including experience with compensation reporting, market surveys, and large data sets.
• Experience developing salary structures, pay frameworks, benchmarking methodologies, or incentive program analysis in a global or complex organization.
• Experience with compensation technology, market-pricing platforms, reporting tools, or process automation.
• Excellent project management, organization, and time management skills, with the ability to deliver tight timelines and critical priorities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including proficiency in English and the ability to present complex information clearly.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively, influence stakeholders, exercise sound judgment, and handle highly confidential information.
• Ability to quickly learn new applications, tools, and processes and adapt effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience using AI to create agents or automations in their workflows Strong Excel skills People management or team leadership experience.

Compensation at Accenture

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below. We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 12/12/2026.

Benefits

Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here: U.S. Employee Benefits | Accenture

Annual Salary Range by Location

• California $94,400 to $293,800
• Colorado $94,400 to $253,800
• Connecticut $94,400 to $253,800
• District of Columbia $100,500 to $270,300
• Illinois $87,400 to $253,800
• Maine $80,400 to $216,200
• Maryland $94,400 to $253,800
• Massachusetts $94,400 to $270,300
• Minnesota $94,400 to $253,800
• New York $87,400 to $293,800
• New Jersey $100,500 to $293,800
• Ohio $87,400 to $235,000
• Virginia $87,400 to $270,300
• Washington $100,500 to $270,300

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent-and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com

What We Believe

We have an unwavering commitment to diversity with the aim that every one of our people has a full sense of belonging within our organization. As a business imperative, every person at Accenture has the responsibility to create and sustain an inclusive environment. Inclusion and diversity are fundamental to our culture and core values. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities. Read more here

Requesting An Accommodation

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities or religious observances, including reasonable accommodation when needed. If you are hired by Accenture and require accommodation to perform the essential functions of your role, you will be asked to participate in our reasonable accommodation process. Accommodations made to facilitate the recruiting process are not a guarantee of future or continued accommodations once hired.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, military veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by applicable law. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities. For details, view a copy of the Accenture Equal Opportunity Statement Accenture is an EEO and affirmative action employer of veterans/individuals with disabilities. Accenture is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.

Other Employment Statements

Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States. Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration. Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process. Further, at Accenture a criminal conviction history is not an absolute bar to employment. The company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Additionally employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the company's legal duty to furnish information. California requires additional notifications for applicants and employees. If you are a California resident, live in or plan to work from Los Angeles County upon being hired for this position, please click here for additional important information. Please read Accenture’s Recruiting and Hiring Statement for more information on how we process your data during the recruiting and hiring process.

Bring your incredible skills and join our global team of innovators. We come together from different backgrounds across the world and work with the latest technologies to create value and growth for our clients. With us, you’ll continue to learn and grow so you can advance in your career. Your personal dreams and ambitions are just as important to us; that’s why we offer support any way we can—when you thrive, we all thrive. Explore your next step at Accenture Belong. Grow. Thrive. Join agreat place to work for reinventors who drive meaningful change for our clients, communities, and the world. Wo rld. Explore your next step at Accenture