HR COMPENSATION PROJECT MANAGER

Kumar Consulting, LLC; New York (NY); Remote; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm is seeking an HR compensation specialist to improve job family assignments and develop grade structures. The role requires extensive experience in compensation administration, proficiency in Excel, and strong attention to detail. The company offers flexible work-from-home options.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in HR or compensation roles.
• Experience in salary surveys and job evaluations.
• Strong Excel and presentation drafting skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform quality checks and develop grade structure recommendations.
• Prepare and participate in stakeholder meetings.
• Finalize grades and manage compensation-related requests.

Skills

Excel

Attention to detail

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business, social science, or analytics

Master’s degree in a related field

Job description

RESPONSIBILITIES · Perform quality checks regarding Job Family Assignment · Perform quality checks regarding benchmarks and make grade assignments and slotting recommendations · Develop grade structure recommendations · Prepare, schedule, and participate in HRBP and stakeholder department meetings to discuss recommended new grade structure and slotting recommendations · Summarize final grade structure recommendations into one control document for all agency review and comment · Finalize grades and slotting recommendations · Research compensation-related requests and manage survey participation · Assist with the following: • Modeling various scenarios and presentations in preparation for Senior Leadership meetings; and • Drafting salary administration guidelines and procedures

DELIVERABLES & DUE DATES

1. Finalize assigned job family from assignment, slotting, grade recommendation and costing
2. Meet with stakeholders to obtain buy-in and approval of finalized job family grade assignments and recommendations

QUALIFICATIONS EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION • Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business, a social science, or analytics, or related field. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered in place of a degree • Minimum of five years of broad-based compensation or Human Resources experience, including at least two or more of the following: experience in administering compensation programs, including conducting salary surveys, job evaluation/classification, determining FLSA status, compensation analysis, developing job descriptions, or designing organizational structures • Familiarity with Project management concepts and principles • Strong Excel skills to include experience working with pivot tables, v-lookups, and conditional formatting • Strong attention to detail • Prior experience drafting presentations and working with PowerPoint • Preferred: • Master’s degree in a related field • CCP, HRCI (SPHR/PHR) or SHRM (SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP) certification • Experience with managing up to a team of 4-5 • Experience working with all levels of management • Strong familiarity with job description development, job evaluation, and market pricing, • Experience with modeling, macros, and analytics in Excel would be helpful

Flexible work from home options available.