Sr. Physician & Faculty Compensation Advisor

University of Miami; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Miami seeks a Sr. Physician & Faculty Compensation Advisor to lead end-to-end compensation consultation for physician, faculty, and advanced practice provider roles.

You will conduct market, internal, financial, and productivity analyses, develop defensible recommendations, and guide leaders through resolution in a pooled service model. Responsibilities include managing cases from intake to final recommendation, evaluating offers, modeling financial impact, and aligning with

Qualifications

• Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols and adapt to changing priorities.
• Collaborative work style with others to contribute to a team environment.
• Proficient with office software and relevant computer applications.
• Strong written and verbal communication for interacting with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manages compensation requests from intake through final recommendation and resolution.
• Assesses scope, urgency, documentation needs, and applicable pay policies.
• Performs analyses, communicates status, and documents assumptions and outcomes.
• Evaluates recruitment offers and compensation packages including base pay and incentives.
• Develops alternative compensation scenarios based on market and internal comparators.
• Recommends competitive and equitable offer packages in line with standards.
• Evaluates retention requests, market adjustments, and internal equity concerns.
• Models adjustments, analyzes total financial impact, and suggests actions.
• Conducts market analyses using reputable compensation survey sources.
• Selects market matches and interprets percentile trends to guide decisions.
• Advises on plan design, payout structures, and pay practices with governance considerations.
• Partners with Legal, Compliance, and Finance for complex costings.
• Presents data-driven recommendations to Chairs, SAOs, Faculty Affairs, and HR.
• Applies compensation philosophy, meets SLAs, and participates in workload management.

Skills

Learning Agility

Teamwork

Technical Proficiency

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field

Job description

CORE JOB SUMMARY

The Sr. Physician & Faculty Compensation Advisor provides end-to-end compensation consultation and analytical support for physician, faculty and applicable advanced practice provider compensation matters. This role independently evaluates requests, conducts market, internal, financial and productivity analyses, develops defensible recommendations, advises leaders and manages assigned cases through resolution within a pooled, capacity-based service model.

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS

1. Manages assigned compensation requests from initial intake through final recommendation and resolution.
2. Assesses request scope, urgency, documentation requirements, and applicable pay policies to formulate case strategies.
3. Conducts detailed analyses, communicates case status throughout the request lifecycle, and documents all assumptions, approvals, and outcomes.
4. Evaluates proposed recruitment offers and compensation packages, reviewing base pay, productivity expectations, incentives, and supplemental components.
5. Develops alternative compensation scenarios by assessing market competitiveness, internal comparators, and recruitment complexity.
6. Recommends competitive and equitable offer packages aligned with institutional compensation standards.
7. Evaluates retention requests, counteroffers, market adjustments, and internal equity concerns by analyzing compensation history and role scope.
8. Models compensation adjustments, assesses total financial impact, and recommends appropriate corrective actions.
9. Conducts market analyses using reputable physician, faculty, healthcare, and academic compensation survey sources.
10. Selects appropriate market matches and interprets percentile trends, prevalence data, and productivity relationships to guide leadership decision-making.
11. Advises stakeholders on plan design, policy application, payout structures, and pay practices while evaluating administrative feasibility.
12. Partners with directors, program analysts, Legal, Compliance, and Finance when complex costing or regulatory review is required.
13. Presentes data-driven recommendations and guidance directly to department chairs, SAOs, Faculty Affairs, and HR partners.
14. Applies approved compensation philosophy consistently, meets established service-level agreements, and participates in pooled workload management and cross-training.
15. Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in relevant field required
• Experience: Minimum 5 years of relevant experience required
• Certification and Licensing: Refer to department description for applicable certification requirements

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols, and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
• Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.
• Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
• Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders.

This is a core job profile description and is not reflective of all duties that may be assigned to a specific position in each individual department. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and primary responsibilities of this core job profile. Specific duties and tasks may vary based upon departmental needs. Other duties may be assigned to the above consistent with the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for the job.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

Job Status: Full time Employee Type: Staff

The mission of the University of Miami is to transform lives through education, research, innovation, and service. A vibrant and diverse academic and healthcare community, the University of Miami and the University of Miami Health System ("UHealth") have rapidly progressed to become one of the nation’s top research universities and academic medical centers in the nation. The University comprises 12 schools and colleges serving undergraduate and graduate students in more than 350 majors and programs. Visit welcome.miami.edu/about-um to learn more about our points of pride.

The University ranks No. 55 on U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Colleges list and ranked No. 49 in the 2022 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is ranked the #1 eye hospital in the USA and offers some of the nation's premiere eye doctors to treat every eye condition for adults. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer, part of the Miller School of Medicine, received the prestigious National Cancer Institute designation in 2019. The University of Miami and UHealth have also ranked among the Forbes Best Employers and Best Employers for Women on several occasions, most recently in 2022. With more than 17,000 faculty and staff, the University strives for excellence, and is driven by a powerful mission to transform and impact the lives of its students, patients, members of the community, and people across the globe.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.