Manager, Compensation and Benefits

Affiliated Monitoring; Union (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Affiliated Monitoring seeks an experienced Senior Compensation & Benefits Leader to design, administer, and evolve our total rewards programs. You will drive market analyses, set salary structures, and partner with leaders on hiring decisions to ensure equity and competitiveness.

You will manage annual compensation planning and benefits renewals, leveraging analytics to optimize costs and outcomes. This role requires strong collaboration across HR and finance to align with business strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, Finance, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of progressive compensation, benefits, or total rewards experience.
• Strong knowledge of compensation benchmarking, salary structures, and market pricing.
• Hands-on experience administering and evaluating employee benefit programs.
• Experience working with benefits brokers, carriers, and survey providers.
• Strong analytical skills with data-driven decision-making.
• Advanced Excel and familiarity with HR systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, administration, and ongoing evolution of the company's compensation programs.
• Conduct market analyses and benchmarking to ensure compensation remains competitive.
• Develop and maintain salary structures, job levels, pay ranges, and compensation guidelines.
• Partner with HR and business leaders on compensation decisions for hires and promotions.
• Lead or support annual compensation planning, including merit increases and incentives.
• Analyze compensation data to identify trends, equity, and improvement opportunities.
• Ensure compliance with pay transparency and related regulations.
• Oversee benefits programs, renewals, costs, and vendor relationships.

Skills

Compensation strategy

People analytics

Advanced Excel

HRIS proficiency

Regulatory compliance

Vendor management

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business or related field

Tools

HRIS

Benefits administration systems

Job description

Affiliated Monitoring keeps millions of people safe by monitoring the health and security systems that protect them. Recently awarded our industry’s highest honor, and with over fifty years of success, we are a rock-solid company that is lucky to leverage today’s technologies to enjoy continued aggressive growth. We are based in New Jersey and Texas with a national presence.

From the moment you walk into our beautiful offices, you’ll get a positive entrepreneurial vibe with the excitement you’d expect. However, Affiliated is serious about fostering a healthy work/life balance and time spent with the team will confirm that. Most importantly you will have the chance to surround yourself with some of the best and brightest, working together protecting people and their livelihoods.

• Lead the design, administration, and ongoing evolution of the company's compensation programs.
• Conduct market analyses and benchmarking to ensure compensation remains competitive and aligned with our talent strategy.
• Develop and maintain salary structures, job levels, pay ranges, and compensation guidelines.
• Partner with HR and business leaders on compensation decisions for new hires, promotions, transfers, and other employee changes.
• Lead or support annual compensation planning, including merit increases and incentive programs.
• Analyze compensation data to identify trends, internal equity considerations, and opportunities for improvement.
• Provide thoughtful guidance to leaders on compensation practices and help translate complex compensation concepts into clear recommendations.
• Monitor evolving pay transparency and compensation-related requirements and help ensure company practices remain compliant.
• Manage the administration and ongoing evaluation of employee benefit programs, including health and welfare, retirement, leave, and other offerings.
• Lead annual benefits renewal and open enrollment activities, partnering closely with brokers, carriers, vendors, and internal stakeholders.
• Evaluate plan utilization, costs, market competitiveness, and employee needs to recommend benefit enhancements and cost-effective solutions.
• Manage vendor relationships and hold partners accountable for service, accuracy, and results.
• Oversee benefits communications and help employees understand and appreciate the value of their total rewards package.
• Ensure benefits programs are administered accurately, consistently, and in accordance with applicable regulations.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, technology, reporting, and the overall employee benefits experience.

Analytics, Compliance & Partnership

• Develop meaningful compensation and benefits reporting, dashboards, and analytics to support decision-making.
• Partner with Finance on budgeting, forecasting, and analysis of compensation and benefit costs.
• Maintain strong controls and data integrity across compensation and benefits processes.
• Stay current on market trends, regulatory developments, and emerging total rewards practices.
• Serve as a subject-matter expert and trusted resource for employees and leaders.
• Balance business needs, employee experience, competitiveness, compliance, and cost when developing recommendations.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 10+ years of progressive compensation, benefits, or total rewards experience, including experience managing complex programs.
• Strong knowledge of compensation benchmarking, salary structures, job evaluation, and market pricing.
• Hands-on experience administering and evaluating employee benefit programs.
• Experience working with benefits brokers, carriers, compensation survey providers, and other external partners.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to turn data into clear insights and practical recommendations.
• Advanced Excel skills and comfort working with HRIS, benefits, and compensation systems.
• Working knowledge of applicable compensation and benefits regulations and compliance requirements.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain technical topics clearly to employees and leaders.
• Strong project management skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• A collaborative, service-oriented approach combined with the confidence to provide expert recommendations and challenge assumptions when appropriate.

Required: CCP, CEBS, SHRM-CP/SCP, PHR/SPHR, or other relevant professional certification.

What Success Looks Like

You'll be successful in this role when our compensation and benefits programs are competitive, equitable, financially responsible, well understood, and exceptionally well administered. You'll give leaders better information for making people decisions, create an easier experience for employees, and continuously look for ways to make our total rewards programs stronger.

Compensation: 140-170K

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce, one that reflects the varied communities we serve.

The services we offer and the products we build greatly benefit from a range of perspectives, which can only come from diversity of all types at all levels of the organization.

Achieving true diversity and inclusion is the right thing to do and is also the smart thing for our business.

We strongly encourage women, veterans, people with disabilities, people of color and gender nonconforming candidates to apply.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law.

All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics.