Total Rewards Manager (Hybrid)

InPwr Inc.; Indianapolis (IN); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

InPwr, Inc. is seeking a Compensation & Benefits Manager to lead the design, development, implementation, and continuous improvement of our Total Rewards strategy.

You will serve as the expert on compensation, benefits, job architecture, and incentive programs across the enterprise. You will partner with executive leadership, Finance, Payroll, Talent Acquisition, and HR leaders to ensure programs attract, retain, and motivate top talent while maintaining market competitiveness and regulatory

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's preferred.
• CCP, CEBS, SHRM-SCP, and/or SPHR.
• 5+ years progressive compensation and benefits experience.
• Experience with compensation design, benefits administration, job architecture, incentive programs, and preferably sales compensation and executive compensation.
• Financial modeling, advanced Excel, HRIS, analytics, project management, communication, confidentiality, and executive influence.
• Construction, engineering, manufacturing, or project-based industry experience preferred.
• ERP optimization or implementation experience; familiarity with Spectrum or comparable construction platforms is a plus.
• Experience evaluating acquisitions, leading diligence, or integrating acquired businesses is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Design, administer, and continuously improve the Company's overall compensation philosophy and programs.
• Develop and maintain market-competitive salary structures, pay grades, and compensation ranges.
• Conduct market pricing using multiple salary survey sources.
• Lead annual compensation planning, including merit increases, promotional increases, market adjustments, and compensation budgeting.
• Partner with Finance on annual labor cost forecasting and compensation modeling.
• Analyze internal pay equity and external market competitiveness.
• Ensure compliance with applicable pay regulations.
• Prepare executive compensation recommendations and analyses.
• Maintain enterprise-wide job architecture – including job families, functions, career levels, career ladders, job profiles, position descriptions, and standardized job titles.
• Establish compensation bands tied to organizational levels.
• Evaluate new positions and organizational changes.
• Maintain governance over position creation and classification.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition and HR leadership to ensure consistent application.
• Design and administer annual incentive, management incentive, short-term incentive (STI), long-term incentive (LTI), executive incentive, project bonus, recognition, spot bonus, and retention bonus programs.
• Establish program rules, financial models, performance calculations, award administration, executive reporting, and program effectiveness analysis.
• Own sales commission plan design, administration, audits, documentation, and annual updates in partnership with leadership.
• Oversee all company-sponsored employee benefit programs including medical, dental, vision, prescription, life, disability, FSA, HSA, EAP, wellness, voluntary benefits, retirement, and PTO or leave programs.
• Manage open enrollment, vendor relationships, employee communications, eligibility, compliance, and issue resolution.
• Partner with the CHRO to manage annual benefit and compensation budgets, vendor negotiations, renewal analysis, forecasting, financial reporting, utilization analysis, and cost containment initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with ERISA, ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, FMLA, IRS, DOL, Equal Pay Act, FLSA, state wage laws, and pay transparency requirements.
• Assist in internal and external audits as needed.
• Partner with HR, Payroll, and Finance to outline the technology roadmap including HRIS and payroll system(s). Participate in implementation and maintenance of systems.
• Ensure accurate administration and reporting.
• Partner with the Automation Team to develop dashboards covering compensation, benefits, labor costs, pay equity, and executive reporting.
• Partner with executive leadership, HR Ops, Finance, Payroll, Talent Acquisition, managers, and external vendors as the Company's Total Rewards expert.

Skills

Compensation & benefits experience

Financial modeling

Advanced Excel

HRIS

Analytics

Project management

Communication

Confidentiality

Executive influence

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Spectrum ERP

Job description

InPwr, Inc. is seeking a Compensation & Benefits Manager to lead the design, development, implementation, and continuous improvement of our Total Rewards strategy.

You will serve as the expert on compensation, benefits, job architecture, and incentive programs across the enterprise. You will partner with executive leadership, Finance, Payroll, Talent Acquisition, and HR leaders to ensure programs attract, retain, and motivate top talent while maintaining market competitiveness and regulatory