Senior Compensation Specialist

Tier4 Group; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 62,000; Part time

Job summary

Tier4 Group is seeking a Senior Compensation Specialist for a Downtown Dallas, TX hybrid role, 40-45/hr on a 6+ month contract. You will support a global compensation team with planning, market pricing, operations, reporting, testing, and governance across a large organization.

The ideal candidate brings broad compensation experience, strong analytic skills, and the ability to handle multiple initiatives with accuracy, confidentiality, and excellent customer service in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• 35+ years of dedicated compensation experience supporting broad-based compensation programs.
• Experience supporting annual compensation planning cycles, including merit increases, bonuses, and promotions.
• Experience conducting market pricing, compensation benchmarking, and compensation analysis.
• Experience utilizing compensation survey data and market pricing resources.
• Experience working with Human Capital Management (HCM) systems and compensation planning platforms.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including formulas, lookups, reporting, reconciliation, and large dataset analysis.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and data management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support annual compensation planning activities, including merit increases, bonus programs, promotions, and incentive compensation processes.
• Prepare, validate, reconcile, and analyze compensation planning data.
• Partner with HR and business stakeholders throughout compensation planning cycles.
• Support compensation statement testing, validation, and quality assurance activities.
• Assist with compensation reporting and administration activities.
• Conduct market pricing and compensation benchmarking analyses using industry compensation surveys and market data.
• Support salary structure administration and compensation program maintenance.
• Participate in job evaluations and compensation research initiatives.
• Provide analytical support for compensation-related business decisions.
• Respond to compensation-related inquiries from HR, Talent Acquisition, and business leaders.
• Prepare compensation analyses supporting offers, promotions, transfers, and employee movement.
• Assist with compensation documentation and approval processes.
• Track compensation commitments, special arrangements, and related activities.
• Support compensation compliance, audit, and governance efforts.
• Support compensation planning system administration, testing, and validation activities.
• Execute User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and document results.
• Review compensation reports and system outputs for accuracy and completeness.
• Investigate and resolve compensation-related data discrepancies and system issues.
• Develop and maintain compensation reports, dashboards, and analytical outputs.
• Maintain project plans, issue logs, action trackers, and process documentation.
• Support compensation communications, training materials, and stakeholder education efforts.
• Assist with process improvement initiatives and operational efficiency projects.
• Contribute to year-end compensation readiness and execution activities.
• Manage multiple concurrent compensation workstreams and deliverables.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Data management

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Independent work

Multi-priority management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

HCM systems

Oracle HCM

Job description

Job Title: Senior Compensation Specialist
Location: Downtown Dallas, TX (Hybrid - Standard business hours, 40 hours/week)
Duration: 6 Months+ Contract
Pay Rate: $40-45/hr

About the Opportunity:
Seeking an experienced Senior Compensation Specialist to support a global compensation team during a high-volume compensation planning cycle. In this role, you will play a key part in compensation planning, market analysis, compensation operations, reporting, testing, and process execution across a large, complex organization.

The ideal candidate will bring strong broad-based compensation experience, advanced analytical skills, and the ability to independently manage multiple compensation initiatives while maintaining a high degree of accuracy, confidentiality, and customer service.

Key Responsibilities

Compensation Planning & Administration

• Support annual compensation planning activities, including merit increases, bonus programs, promotions, and incentive compensation processes.
• Prepare, validate, reconcile, and analyze compensation planning data.
• Partner with HR and business stakeholders throughout compensation planning cycles.
• Support compensation statement testing, validation, and quality assurance activities.
• Assist with compensation reporting and administration activities.

Market Pricing & Compensation Analysis

• Conduct market pricing and compensation benchmarking analyses using industry compensation surveys and market data.
• Support salary structure administration and compensation program maintenance.
• Participate in job evaluations and compensation research initiatives.
• Provide analytical support for compensation-related business decisions.

Compensation Operations

• Respond to compensation-related inquiries from HR, Talent Acquisition, and business leaders.
• Prepare compensation analyses supporting offers, promotions, transfers, and employee movement.
• Assist with compensation documentation and approval processes.
• Track compensation commitments, special arrangements, and related activities.
• Support compensation compliance, audit, and governance efforts.

Systems, Reporting & Testing

• Support compensation planning system administration, testing, and validation activities.
• Execute User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and document results.
• Review compensation reports and system outputs for accuracy and completeness.
• Investigate and resolve compensation-related data discrepancies and system issues.
• Develop and maintain compensation reports, dashboards, and analytical outputs.

Project & Process Support

• Maintain project plans, issue logs, action trackers, and process documentation.
• Support compensation communications, training materials, and stakeholder education efforts.
• Assist with process improvement initiatives and operational efficiency projects.
• Contribute to year-end compensation readiness and execution activities.
• Manage multiple concurrent compensation workstreams and deliverables.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• 35+ years of dedicated compensation experience supporting broad-based compensation programs.
• Experience supporting annual compensation planning cycles, including merit increases, bonuses, and promotions.
• Experience conducting market pricing, compensation benchmarking, and compensation analysis.
• Experience utilizing compensation survey data and market pricing resources.
• Experience working with Human Capital Management (HCM) systems and compensation planning platforms.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including formulas, lookups, reporting, reconciliation, and large dataset analysis.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and data management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting global compensation programs across multiple geographic regions.
• Experience with Oracle HCM and compensation planning solutions.
• Experience administering salary structures and supporting job evaluation initiatives.
• Experience supporting compensation governance, compliance, audit, or pay transparency programs.
• Experience managing multiple compensation projects simultaneously.
• Experience partnering with HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition teams, and business leaders.
• Experience leveraging AI-enabled productivity tools to improve reporting, documentation, analysis, and operational efficiency.

Ideal Candidate

This role is best suited for a compensation professional who enjoys both analytical and operational work, has experience supporting annual compensation cycles, and is comfortable working with large data sets, compensation systems, and executive stakeholders. Candidates with strong compensation planning, market pricing, compensation analytics, and Oracle-related experience will be particularly well-positioned for success.

Please Note

This position is focused exclusively on compensation. Candidates whose experience is primarily concentrated in benefits administration will not be a fit for this opportunity.