Senior Compensation Strategist - Data-Driven Pay

Advocate Health; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocate Health seeks a Senior Compensation Analyst to design, analyze, and optimize compensation programs across a multi-state health system. You will drive pay equity, market competitiveness, and workforce planning using advanced analytics and enterprise data.

You will partner with HR, Finance, Technology, and leadership to implement pay structures, reporting, and dashboards in Workday and Snowflake, delivering actionable insights and ensuring data integrity across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Finance, Business, Economics, Statistics, Analytics, or a related field.
• Minimum five years of progressive compensation experience in a large, multi-state organization.
• Experience administering compensation programs, salary structures, and market pricing processes.
• Experience partnering with leaders and influencing decisions through data-driven recommendations.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Support administration of compensation programs and annual cycle activities (merit planning, wage adjustments, compression analyses, market pricing).
• Lead or participate in compensation initiatives, system enhancements, and data governance.
• Conduct analyses and develop recommendations for individuals, departments, and groups.
• Apply data techniques to assess pay equity, market competitiveness, and salary structures.
• Utilize Workday, Snowflake, Power BI, and other enterprise tools for data gathering and reporting.
• Collaborate with HR Tech, Payroll, and other HR functions on compensation systems and dashboards.
• Support job evaluation activities and market surveys; assist leadership with analyses and materials.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Data-driven decisions

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Finance/Business/Economics/Statistics/Analytics

Tools

Workday

Oracle

SAP

SuccessFactors

CompAnalyst

PayFactors

MarketPay

Power BI

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Advocate Health seeks a Senior Compensation Analyst to design, analyze, and optimize compensation programs across a multi-state health system. You will drive pay equity, market competitiveness, and workforce planning using advanced analytics and enterprise data.

You will partner with HR, Finance, Technology, and leadership to implement pay structures, reporting, and dashboards in Workday and Snowflake, delivering actionable insights and ensuring data integrity across the organization.