
Senior Compensation Analyst
Cincinnati, OHJobSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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The Senior Compensation Analyst supports the design, administration, analysis, and governance of the organization’s compensation programs. The role provides analytical and consultative support for incentive plans, salary structures, market pricing, job reviews, and forecasting. It partners with HR, Finance, business leaders, and other stakeholders to deliver compensation insights and support equitable, market-competitive pay practices aligned with business objectives, policies, and regulatory expectations.
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We do the right things, right now. We do them in a way that is relevant to our clients. Become a part of our history as it continues to be written! If you are interested and qualified for this role, we invite you to apply. The Senior Compensation Analyst supports the design, administration, analysis, and governance of the organization's compensation programs. This role provides analytical and consultative support for corporate short-term incentive, merit, long-term incentive, salary structure, market pricing, job reviews, incentive design, incentive governance and compensation forecasting processes. The role partners with Human Resources, Finance, business leaders, and other stakeholders to deliver accurate compensation insights, support equitable and market-competitive pay practices, and ensure compensation programs are administered consistently and in alignment with business objectives, internal policies, and regulatory expectations. Essential Functions/Responsibilities * Support administration and analysis of annual compensation programs, including merit, short-term incentive, long-term incentive, salary structure updates, and compensation planning processes. * Conduct market pricing, salary survey submissions, benchmarking, and competitive pay analyses using external survey data and internal compensation information. * Evaluate jobs and provide compensation recommendations related to new roles, reorganizations, promotions, transfers, and other job review requests. * Partner with HR Business Partners and business leaders to provide compensation guidance, modeling, and consultation on pay decisions and program application. * Prepare compensation analyses, reports, dashboards, and presentations to support leadership decision-making. * Assist with incentive plan design, governance, documentation, eligibility review, performance tracking, and modeling. * Support compensation governance practices by ensuring program consistency, documentation quality, data integrity, and compliance with applicable policies and regulations. * Maintain and audit compensation data in Workday and other HR, finance, survey, and reporting systems. * Identify process improvement opportunities and support enhancements to compensation tools, reporting, workflows, and overall program administration. * Participate in compensation-related projects, including pay equity analysis, job architecture, salary structure design, incentive modeling, and system/process improvements. Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Needed to Perform Essential Functions of the Job * Strong knowledge of compensation principles, market pricing, salary structures, incentive compensation, job evaluation, and compensation administration. * Ability to analyze complex compensation data, identify trends, develop insights, and present recommendations clearly and accurately. * Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including formulas, pivot tables, lookups, modeling, and data validation. * Strong attention to detail, data integrity, organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines. * Ability to communicate effectively with HR partners, managers, business leaders, Finance, and other stakeholders. * Sound judgment and discretion in handling confidential employee, compensation, and business information. * Understanding of applicable employment laws, pay practices, and compensation compliance considerations. * Ability to work independently while appropriately escalating issues, risks, and policy exceptio
How this job compares
Set against the 5,871 open Human Resources jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Ohio median$79–128K/yr80 salary ranges
- Ohio median$20–27/hr23 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 303 open Human Resources jobs in Ohio and 5,871 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Ohio
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- Experience
- Human Resources postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 7 years (4,406 postings).
- Education
- 1,584 of the 5,871 open Human Resources jobs (27%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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