Sr. Analyst Compensation

Global Sports Jobs Limited; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and benefits

Hybrid work model (LA or NYC)

Discretionary bonus eligibility

Job summary

Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in Los Angeles is seeking a Compensation Leader to shape pay strategy across base pay, incentives and total rewards. You will manage job architecture, levelling, benchmarking, and compliance while partnering with HR leadership and clients to ensure equity and market competitiveness.

You will own compensation policies, lead system administration in Workday and Salary.com, and guide analytics, dashboards, and annual planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 4+ years of experience in compensation.
• Strong Excel and data analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop, analyse, and manage compensation programmes and total rewards.
• Lead job levelling, grades, and career ladders; ensure consistency as roles evolve.
• Administer job and salary structures in Workday and Salary.com; maintain pay ranges.

Skills

Strong Excel and data analysis skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Workday Comp or other HR compensation systems

Job description

About the Role

This position plays a key role in shaping how the organisation pays its people, with responsibility for developing, analysing, and managing compensation programmes covering base pay, incentives, and total rewards. The role works closely with HR leadership and business unit stakeholders to keep pay structures internally equitable, competitive, and compliant with evolving regulatory requirements. It spans job architecture and levelling, compensation systems and processes, client support, reporting and analytics, and compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the management of the organisation's job levelling framework, job families, grades, and career ladders, keeping them consistent as roles and departments evolve.
• Audit job structures and pay ranges for assigned clients periodically to identify drift, such as roles that have grown beyond their assigned level or grade, and recommend corrections.
• Draft new job descriptions and partner with HRBPs and recruiting to maintain the job description library.
• Evaluate new and existing roles to determine appropriate FLSA status (exempt versus non-exempt), classification, and level.
• Lead the day-to-day administration of job and salary structures in Workday, including maintaining accurate job profiles, job codes, and pay ranges.
• Lead the day-to-day administration of the Salary.com pay benchmarking system, conducting periodic audits of salary structures, employee job codes, and other exchanged data, and leading troubleshooting, testing, and remediation with HRIS and the vendor's account executives.
• Lead feasibility assessments and testing of new tools and software to improve the efficiency of compensation operations, and partner with HRIS to test, implement, and train users on new software and systems.
• Own the documentation of compensation policies and processes to ensure pay and incentive programmes are administered consistently.
• Support assigned clients with analysis and recommendations on job evaluation, architecture, incentive design, and pay benchmarking to support workforce planning.
• Participate in industry compensation surveys, submitting and refreshing data with providers and using the results to inform pricing and structure decisions, and benchmark and price new roles, promotions, and reclassifications against market data.
• Track and document job changes over time, maintaining records that support compensation KPIs and reporting on job structure health.
• Conduct data and trend analysis and prepare compensation analyses, planning worksheets, and supporting materials for year-end salary and bonus planning, and support the development of compensation dashboards and analytics to assess pay competitiveness and programme effectiveness.
• Monitor emerging compensation-related legislation and partner with Legal to interpret new and pending regulations, translating them into practical guidance for HR and business leaders and recommending changes to current pay practices.
• Support periodic audits and documentation processes to ensure compliance with wage and hour, FLSA, and pay equity requirements.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 4+ years of experience in compensation.
• Strong Excel and data analysis skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in Workday Comp or other HR compensation systems.

Workplace

• Hybrid role based out of the Los Angeles office or the New York office.

Salary

• Los Angeles, CA: $116,000 - $125,000 annual base salary.
• New York, NY: $118,000 - $131,000 annual base salary.
• Final salary may vary based on factors including relevant experience, time in the role, business sector, and geographic location, among other criteria.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive compensation and benefits package for all regular full-time employees.
• Company pays 80%-100% of the cost of medical, basic life and AD&D insurance, telemedicine, employee assistance and mental health counselling (in person, virtually, or by text), paid vacation and holidays, paid sick time, paid parental leave and other paid leaves of absence, NICU leave, bereavement resources, adoption benefits, educational assistance, mental health resources
• And an employee assistance plan.
• Voluntary benefits employees may elect to participate in include dental and vision insurance, a 401K plan, flexible spending accounts (health care and dependent care), a health savings account, voluntary life and AD&D insurance, employee perks, and commuter benefits.
• Eligibility for a discretionary bonus.
• Other statutory mandated benefits.

About the Company

Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is the leading entertainment and sports agency, with global expertise in filmed and live entertainment, digital media, publishing, sponsorship sales and endorsements, media finance, consumer investing, fashion, trademark licensing, and philanthropy. Founded in 1975, CAA is headquartered in Los Angeles and has offices in New York, Nashville, Memphis, Chicago, Miami, London, Munich, Geneva, Stockholm, Shanghai, and Beijing, among other locations globally.