Strategic Compensation Analyst

AppFolio, Inc.; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 78,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

AppFolio is seeking a Compensation Analyst to drive merit, promotion, and equity analytics for its Grow cycle, with a focus on market data benchmarking and competitive salary structuring.

You will handle confidential data, build predictive pay models, and support leadership with timely pay information while collaborating with HRBPs, Talent Acquisition, and business leaders. Hybrid work arrangements are available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 2–4 years of compensation/total rewards or related analytics experience.
• Advanced Excel skills with complex modeling, lookups, and pivot analysis.
• Working knowledge of Google Workspace.
• Strong written and verbal communication; ability to explain data to non-technical partners.
• Organized and able to manage deadlines across multiple workstreams.
• Sound judgment with confidential data.

Responsibilities

• Be the market data expert; benchmark roles against market data and suggest job matches and pay grades.
• Build and QA models for merit, promotion, and bonus decisions in the Grow cycle.
• Support market pricing and salary structure analyses to keep job architecture current and competitive.
• Own survey submission readiness; prepare and validate submissions on time.
• Support non-sales short-term incentive plans with calculations and reporting.
• Prepare eligibility, guidelines, and budget data for annual equity refresh.
• Provide data support for pay equity reviews.
• Maintain dashboards and reports for leadership with timely pay information.
• Support labor law reporting and audits.
• Document models and processes clearly; identify automation opportunities.

Skills

Analytical skills

2-4 years compensation analytics

Advanced Excel

Google Workspace

Clear communication

Organization under pressure

Confidential data handling

Data storytelling

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Workday

Survey vendors exposure

Equity plans exposure

Job description

AppFolio is seeking a Compensation Analyst to drive merit, promotion, and equity analytics for its Grow cycle, with a focus on market data benchmarking and competitive salary structuring.

You will handle confidential data, build predictive pay models, and support leadership with timely pay information while collaborating with HRBPs, Talent Acquisition, and business leaders. Hybrid work arrangements are available.