Senior Compensation & People Strategy Analyst

BDO USA; Rosemont (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

Total Rewards benefits

Employee stock ownership

Job summary

BDO USA in Rosemont, IL seeks a People & Culture Senior Analyst Compensation to lead enterprise-wide compensation programs within the Performance and Compensation COE. You will drive improvements, analyze data, and ensure regulatory compliance while partnering with P&C and business leaders across the firm.

The role requires five+ years in base compensation, experience with market trends, data analysis, and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Master’s degree in business, human resources, or organizational development preferred.
• Five or more years of experience in base compensation program management.
• Experience evaluating market trends affecting pay practices and developing business solutions.
• Data analysis experience required.
• Experience applying regulatory and/or compliance standards to daily work.
• Experience managing organization-wide projects or programs.
• Experience with incentive pay design preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leads firm-wide employee compensation programs, including but not limited to annual compensation cycle, benchmarking and market trend analyses, and recommendations on program design
• Executes complex analyses of internal and external compensation data
• Leads annual compensation cycle activities, including planning, data preparation, system configuration, manager guidance, approval reporting, and post-cycle analysis
• Administers salary survey participation, including survey selection, benchmarking, job matches, data validation, submission, and results analysis
• Interprets and applies pay transparency requirements and leads compliance discussions and related projects from the compensation team
• Evaluates job descriptions and applies job evaluation criteria to correctly classify roles under wage and hour laws and to support job architecture, job leveling, and compensation decisions
• Diagnoses opportunities for improvement, makes policy or program enhancement recommendations and implements approved process improvements
• Develops and implements communication strategy, project plans and standard operating procedures for assigned programs
• Stays abreast of organizational changes and best practices and incorporates knowledge into project planning
• Maintains compliance with applicable regulatory obligations and internal policies
• Evaluates HCM Cloud capability for supporting program goals and deliverables and collaborates with P&C System counterpart on implementing solutions
• Lends expertise to compensation projects and initiatives
• Develops compensation reports, dashboards, presentations, and executive-level summaries
• Other duties as required

Skills

Base compensation

Data analysis

Regulatory compliance

Project management

Power BI

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

HCM Cloud

Excel

Power BI

Job description

BDO USA in Rosemont, IL seeks a People & Culture Senior Analyst Compensation to lead enterprise-wide compensation programs within the Performance and Compensation COE. You will drive improvements, analyze data, and ensure regulatory compliance while partnering with P&C and business leaders across the firm.

The role requires five+ years in base compensation, experience with market trends, data analysis, and regulatory standards.