Total Rewards Lead - Strategy, Equity & Benefits

Sequoia Financial Group; Akron (OH); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Sequoia Financial Group, a growing Registered Investment Advisor based in Northeast Ohio, seeks a Total Rewards Department Lead to own compensation design, governance, and analytics across the firm. The role reports to the leadership team and partners with Finance, M&A, Compliance, and the Advisor organization to ensure fair pay and scalable programs.

You will drive equity-based compensation design, benefits strategy, and pay-structure governance while guiding job leveling and plan documentation

Qualifications

• Progressive experience in compensation and benefits program design and administration, with leadership experience.
• Experience building or maintaining job architecture, leveling frameworks, and salary structures.
• Experience designing incentive or variable compensation plans, including plan documentation and governance.
• Strong analytical skills, including pay equity analysis and market benchmarking methodology.
• Ability to translate complex compensation mechanics into plain, explainable terms for employees and managers.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end compensation cycle process and published cycle calendar.
• Design incentive or variable compensation plans and governance.
• Lead the post-close compensation terms integration in M&A.
• Develop and maintain job architecture, leveling, and salary structures.
• Provide per-role market cost inputs for hiring plans.

Skills

Compensation leadership

Job architecture

Salary structures

Benchmarking methodology

Pay equity analysis

Incentive plan design

Governance & policy

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Sequoia Financial Group, a growing Registered Investment Advisor based in Northeast Ohio, seeks a Total Rewards Department Lead to own compensation design, governance, and analytics across the firm. The role reports to the leadership team and partners with Finance, M&A, Compliance, and the Advisor organization to ensure fair pay and scalable programs.

You will drive equity-based compensation design, benefits strategy, and pay-structure governance while guiding job leveling and plan documentation