Total Rewards Lead: Strategy, Equity & Benefits

Sequoia Financial Group; Akron, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Sequoia Financial Group, a growing Registered Investment Advisor headquartered in Northeast Ohio, seeks a Total Rewards Department Lead in Akron to own compensation design, job architecture, governance, and analytics. You will partner with Finance, M&A, and the Advisor organization to harmonize pay decisions and equity terms.

The role requires leadership across compensation and benefits programs, designing plans for business units, and maintaining program documentation.

Qualifications

• Progressive experience in compensation and benefits program design and administration, including leadership.
• Experience building or maintaining job architecture and salary structures.
• Strong analytic skills including pay equity analysis and benchmarking methodology.

Responsibilities

• Own salary range construction, refresh cadence, and off-cycle updates.
• Design compensation plans for business units and M&A needs; lead annual plan reviews.
• Maintain plan documentation and governance; resolve exceptions within thresholds.
• Own advisor compensation philosophy and related plan design; ensure transparency of methods.

Skills

Compensation design

Job architecture

Pay equity analysis

Leadership

Salesforce familiarity

Education

MBA or related advanced degree

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Sequoia Financial Group, a growing Registered Investment Advisor headquartered in Northeast Ohio, seeks a Total Rewards Department Lead in Akron to own compensation design, job architecture, governance, and analytics. You will partner with Finance, M&A, and the Advisor organization to harmonize pay decisions and equity terms.

The role requires leadership across compensation and benefits programs, designing plans for business units, and maintaining program documentation.