Lead Compensation Consultant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee the expertise and governance aspects of the Compensation function.

• Develop advanced compensation governance systems, including EIB security controls, data-quality standards, approval protocols, audit requirements, and sustainable operating controls.

• Lead the architecture of Skills Cloud, focusing on taxonomy alignment, proficiency governance, job-profile integration, and its connection to career frameworks and workforce-planning processes.

• Review significant role changes and manage the governance of job family and career-level classifications.

• Uphold job architecture standards and make formal FLSA determinations.

• Implement organization-wide compensation modeling and analyze department pay compression.

• Assess enterprise implications and craft defensible structural recommendations for leadership decisions.

• Review and supervise ServiceNow compensation requests.

• Administer Job Architecture Hub compliance, update executive dashboards, identify control exceptions, and guide corrective actions.

• Act as a trusted compensation advisor on complex governance, job architecture, modeling, policy, regulatory, and system issues.

• Suggest industry best practices and enterprise solutions.

• Lead cross-functional projects through design, implementation, and adoption phases.

• Set strategic direction, integrate cross-functional efforts, and address complex escalations with significant organizational consequences.

• Provide authoritative technical direction, quality oversight, coaching, and governance guidance to Compensation team members and cross-functional resources.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management, Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Data Analytics, or a related field.

• A minimum of eight (8) years of progressive experience in compensation.

• Extensive experience in broad-based compensation, job architecture, compensation systems, and enterprise governance within complex organizations.

• Proven track record in establishing advanced system compensation controls, governing job and skills architecture, and designing sustainable standards, audit mechanisms, and decision frameworks.

• Experience in executing organization-wide compensation modeling and pay-compression analysis.

• Background in advising senior leadership, addressing high-impact escalations, and leading multi-resource functional initiatives.

• Expert-level knowledge in compensation governance, job architecture, job family and career-level classification, market pricing, salary structures, pay compression, organization-wide modeling, and executive decision support.

• Advanced understanding of Workday compensation governance, EIB security controls, Skills Cloud architecture, Job Architecture Hub compliance, ServiceNow workflows, data integrity, executive dashboards, and audit-ready controls.

• Familiarity with federal and state compensation laws and regulations, including FLSA classification, pay equity, pay transparency, recordkeeping, and governance controls.

• Proficiency in compensation modeling, systems governance, job architecture, data interpretation, risk assessment, control design, and enterprise problem-solving skills.

• Capability to establish enterprise direction and governance standards for compensation systems, job architecture, skills architecture, controls, and complex compensation decision-making.

• Skill in synthesizing complex business, workforce, market, regulatory, and system information into authoritative recommendations.

• Ability to lead multi-resource initiatives, influence across functions without direct authority, make decisions in ambiguous situations, and resolve complex compensation escalations.

• Preferred: Certified Compensation Professional (CCP), Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS), SHRM certification, or equivalent professional credential.

• Preferred: Advanced knowledge of Workday Compensation, Skills Cloud, reporting, EIB processes, Job Architecture Hub governance, and ServiceNow workflows.

• Preferred: Understanding of ACG Human Resource policies, procedures, systems, compensation programs, and external compensation survey practices.

• No specific license or certification is required.

• Must agree to a background check and drug screening if offered employment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical plans with various coverage options, including HSA eligibility.

• Prescription drug coverage.

• Dental and vision benefits.

• Employee Assistance Program.

• Company-paid basic life insurance.

• Optional supplemental life insurance and dependent coverage.

• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.

• Critical illness, accident, and pet insurance options.

• 401(k) plan with 3% automatic deferral upon eligibility.

• Company match of 50% on employee contributions up to 6% of pay.

• Additional company contribution of 4% of pay each pay day.

• Immediate vesting of the company match; additional company contribution 100% vested after three years of service.

• Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).

• Paid Time Off (PTO), accruing with tenure and eligible at 90 days.

• Up to 12 PTO days annually for full-time new employees.

• 10 company-paid holidays annually for full-time employees.

• 1 mental health day, 2 floating holidays, and 1 volunteer day for full-time employees.

• Paid leave programs, including parental, bereavement, jury duty, and military leave.

• Tuition assistance.

• Professional certification support with 100% reimbursement for eligible programs.

• Opportunities for career development and advancement.

• Complimentary AAA membership with roadside assistance and travel discounts.

• Adoption assistance program.

• Annual bonus potential based on performance.