Senior Compensation Architect Enterprise Programs

Corpay; United States; On-site; USD 116,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision benefits

401(k) plan

Virtual fitness classes

Generous PTO

Employee discounts

Philanthropic support

Fun culture

Job summary

Corpay in Atlanta, GA is seeking a Senior Compensation Partner to lead enterprise compensation programs, advise HR and business leaders, and own the annual compensation cycle. This hands-on role requires strong expertise in market pricing, job leveling, and incentive design, with the ability to translate complex data into practical recommendations.

Experience with Workday is helpful but not required; strong partnership and communication are essential.

Qualifications

• 4-6 years of significant progressive compensation experience in broad-based compensation.
• Strong knowledge of market pricing, salary structures, job evaluation and leveling, annual compensation processes, incentive programs, and compensation analytics.
• Experience independently advising HR and business stakeholders on complex compensation matters.
• Experience leading or owning significant compensation programs or processes from planning through execution.
• The ability to balance sound technical judgment with practical business partnership.
• Strong analytical skills and comfort working with complex compensation data.
• Advanced Excel skills or equivalent ability to efficiently analyze, validate, and communicate data.
• Experience improving processes, creating structure, and bringing order to work that may not yet be fully defined.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• The judgment to know when to resolve an issue independently and when to elevate.
• Experience administering incentive programs through Workday or implementing compensation processes in Workday is helpful but not required.

Responsibilities

• Serving as the primary compensation partner for assigned business groups and HR Business Partners.
• Advising on market positioning, offers, promotions, retention actions, reorganizations, job leveling, job mapping, compression, and compensation exceptions.
• Turning complex and sometimes incomplete information into clear, practical recommendations.
• Providing thoughtful challenge when a proposed action does not align with compensation philosophy, job architecture, internal equity, or established governance.
• Partnering closely with Talent Acquisition, HRBPs, HRIS, Finance, Payroll, and business leaders to resolving compensation needs and supporting decisions.
• Leading designated enterprise compensation programs from planning through execution, governance, and continuous improvement.
• Owning the corporate bonus program, including objective-setting, stakeholder coordination, participant communications, results collection, payout calculations, approval materials, training, resources, and process governance.
• Working with Finance and HR partners to ensuring program inputs and outcomes are accurate, complete, and delivered on time.
• Identifying opportunities to strengthening program design, controls, efficiency, and participant experience.

Skills

Compensation expertise

Market pricing

Job leveling

Annual comp processes

Incentive programs

Compensation analytics

Advanced Excel

Communication skills

Workday knowledge

Tools

Workday

Job description

Corpay in Atlanta, GA is seeking a Senior Compensation Partner to lead enterprise compensation programs, advise HR and business leaders, and own the annual compensation cycle. This hands-on role requires strong expertise in market pricing, job leveling, and incentive design, with the ability to translate complex data into practical recommendations.

Experience with Workday is helpful but not required; strong partnership and communication are essential.