Senior Compensation Analytics & Automation Lead

Rainfall Ventures; Menlo Park (CA); Hybrid; USD 136,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% paid health insurance for depend.

Equity ownership

401(k) matching

Flexible benefits wallet

Office perks and meals

Job summary

Robinhood, based in Menlo Park, CA, is building the future of finance and seeks a Senior Compensation Analyst to own compensation analytics and the systems behind base pay and incentives. You’ll build models, run tooling for People and Recruiting, and leverage automation and AI to improve operations.

You’ll collaborate with People Partners, HRIS, Finance, and Legal, design scalable compensation processes, and contribute to M&A integrations.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years of compensation experience.
• Advanced Excel/Google Sheets modeling with large datasets.
• Hands-on experience with HRIS, compensation data, and benchmarking tools.
• Fluency with AI tools and a bias for automating analytical work.
• Experience administering broad-based and variable/incentive compensation.
• Clear communication — you turn complex analysis into actionable recommendations.
• Sharp attention to detail, sound judgment with sensitive data, and strong ownership.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain compensation models. Develop scalable models that support market benchmarking, budget planning, scenario analysis, and data reconciliation, delivering data-driven insights that inform compensation strategy and business decisions.
• Lead compensation analytics. Drive survey participation, job matching, market pricing, and trend analyses to evaluate pay competitiveness and inform salary structures, equity bands, and compensation recommendations across global markets.
• Design and maintain reporting and trackers. Create and maintain compensation trackers, dashboards, and budgets, delivering accurate, timely reporting that stakeholders can rely on.
• Administer broad-based compensation. Support annual merit, promotion, and variable/incentive compensation cycles end to end, including planning, modeling, award generation, payroll/equity reconciliation, and post-cycle analysis.
• Build and improve compensation systems. Maintain and enhance the compensation tooling, job catalog, and databases used by the People and Recruiting teams, and design automations that reduce manual work and error.
• Support M&A integration. Provide compensation analysis and support for mergers and acquisitions, including due diligence, harmonizing pay structures, and integrating acquired employees into Robinhood's programs.
• Further AI and automation across the function. Use AI and modern tooling to enhance benchmarking, analysis, communications, and reporting, making processes faster and more accurate.
• Partner cross-functionally. Work with People Partners, HRIS, Finance, and Legal on year-round initiatives and ad-hoc analyses, ensuring clean data flows and clear communication.

Skills

Compensation analytics

Advanced Excel/Sheets

HRIS experience

AI tooling familiarity

Incentive compensation

Clear communication

Tools

HRIS systems

Job description

Robinhood, based in Menlo Park, CA, is building the future of finance and seeks a Senior Compensation Analyst to own compensation analytics and the systems behind base pay and incentives. You’ll build models, run tooling for People and Recruiting, and leverage automation and AI to improve operations.

You’ll collaborate with People Partners, HRIS, Finance, and Legal, design scalable compensation processes, and contribute to M&A integrations.