Total Rewards Director: Compensation, Benefits & Payroll

IRONCLAD Powered by Mersino; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

IRONCLAD Powered by Mersino seeks a Senior Director, Compensation, Benefits & Payroll to lead enterprise Total Rewards. You will shape compensation strategy, benefits design, payroll governance, and HRIS administration for 1,100+ employees across 70+ locations.

You will partner with Finance, Operations, HRBPs, Payroll, and executives to build scalable programs that attract, retain, and reward talent while ensuring compliance, financial discipline, and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive Total Rewards, Compensation, Benefits, or Payroll leadership experience.
• Experience supporting 1,000+ employees across multiple locations.
• Industrial services, construction, manufacturing, equipment rental, logistics, or field services experience preferred.
• Experience leading compensation strategy, benefits administration, and payroll governance.
• Certifications such as CCP, CEBS, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, or CPP preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute enterprise compensation philosophy and total rewards strategy.
• Lead annual compensation planning including merit, promotions, market adjustments, and incentives.
• Design salary structures, job grades, pay bands, and market pricing methodology.
• Conduct pay equity analyses and recommend corrective actions.
• Partner with Finance on labor budgeting and workforce planning.
• Support acquisitions and compensation harmonization.
• Lead health and welfare benefit programs including medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, FSA/HSA, and 401(k).
• Manage brokers, consultants, insurance carriers, and third-party administrators.
• Lead annual renewals and Open Enrollment.
• Develop employee communications and education materials.
• Monitor utilization, costs, and vendor performance.
• Provide strategic oversight of multi-state payroll operations.
• Ensure timely, accurate payroll processing.
• Strengthen payroll controls, audits, and compliance.
• Ensure compliance with ACA, ERISA, COBRA, HIPAA, IRS reporting, and applicable laws.
• Maintain enterprise job architecture, career frameworks, and salary grades.
• Support organizational design and workforce planning initiatives.
• Develop executive dashboards and KPIs; analyze compensation, benefits, and labor cost trends.
• Present recommendations to executive leadership.
• Partner with HRIS to optimize Paycom compensation and benefits modules.
• Improve automation, reporting, and data integrity.
• Lead compensation and benefits integration for acquisitions.
• Standardize programs across legacy organizations.
• Lead and develop the Total Rewards team.
• Develop manager and employee education related to compensation, payroll, and benefits.

Skills

Enterprise compensation strategy

Benefits plan design

Payroll governance

Job architecture

Market pricing

Vendor negotiations

Financial acumen

HR analytics

Paycom or HRIS

Multi-state compliance

Executive communication

Project management

Continuous improvement

Change leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Paycom or comparable HRIS

Job description

IRONCLAD Powered by Mersino seeks a Senior Director, Compensation, Benefits & Payroll to lead enterprise Total Rewards. You will shape compensation strategy, benefits design, payroll governance, and HRIS administration for 1,100+ employees across 70+ locations.

You will partner with Finance, Operations, HRBPs, Payroll, and executives to build scalable programs that attract, retain, and reward talent while ensuring compliance, financial discipline, and operational excellence.