Blackstone Talent Group, an award-winning technology consulting and talent agency is seeking a Manager, Compensation to join our Client's team.
Position Summary
The Global Compensation team is seeking a temporary Sr Compensation Specialist to provide experienced compensation support during a period of increased workload and peak annual planning activity. This role will support global compensation programs and projects with a primary focus on compensation planning, market analysis, reporting, testing, compensation operations, and process execution.
The ideal candidate will possess strong broad-based compensation experience, a hands-on approach, and the ability to independently manage assigned workstreams while maintaining a high degree of accuracy, confidentiality, and customer service.
Key Responsibilities
Compensation Planning & Administration
- Support annual compensation planning activities, including salary increase, bonus, promotion, and long-term incentive processes.
- Coordinate compensation planning data preparation, validation, and reconciliation activities.
- Support HR Business Partners during compensation planning cycles.
- Support sales compensation planning administration and reporting activities.
- Assist with compensation statement testing, validation, and quality assurance reviews.
Market Pricing & Compensation Analysis
- Conduct market pricing analyses using external compensation survey data.
- Support salary range administration and maintenance.
- Assist with job evaluations and compensation benchmarking.
- Conduct compensation research and provide analytical support for ongoing business needs.
Compensation Operations
- Support compensation-related inquiries from HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, and business leaders.
- Prepare compensation analyses related to offers, promotions, transfers, and employee movement. Assist with offer worksheet preparation and compensation documentation.
- Track compensation-related commitments, guarantees, and special arrangements.
- Support compensation audits, compliance activities, and documentation efforts.
Systems & Testing
- Support Oracle Workforce Compensation administration, testing, and validation activities.
- Execute User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and document test results.
- Review compensation reports and system outputs for data accuracy.
- Assist with troubleshooting compensation-related system issues and data discrepancies
Project & Process Support
- Maintain project plans, issue logs, action trackers, and process documentation.
- Assist with compensation communications and training materials.
- Support process improvement initiatives and operational efficiencies.
- Support year-end compensation cycle execution and readiness activities.
Required Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, Economics, or related field.
- 3-5+ years of compensation experience supporting broad-based compensation programs.
- Experience supporting annual compensation planning processes.
- Experience conducting market pricing and compensation analysis.
- Experience utilizing compensation survey and market data sources such as Radford, WTW (Willis Towers Watson), and market pricing tools like salary.com.
- Experience working with HCM systems and/or compensation planning platforms (e.g., Oracle HCM, Oracle Workforce Compensation, or similar solutions).
- Advanced Excel skills, including data analysis, lookups, formulas, reporting, reconciliation, and large data set management.
- Experience partnering with HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, and business leaders on compensation-related matters.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple competing priorities.
Preferred Experience & Skills
- Experience supporting global compensation programs and geographically diverse employee populations, including Americas, APAC, and/or EMEA.
- Proficiency with Oracle HCM and Oracle Workforce Compensation
- Experience supporting salary structure administration, promotions, job evaluations, and compensation analytics
- Experience supporting compensation audits, pay transparency initiatives, compliance activities, and compensation governance processes.
- Experience managing multiple projects and compensation workstreams in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, stakeholder management capabilities, and professional judgment.
- Experience leveraging AI-enabled tools, including Microsoft Copilot and other productivity technologies, to support analysis, reporting, documentation, communications, process automation, and operational efficiency.
Intake Notes
Required:
- 3-5+ years of dedicated compensation experience.
- Experience supporting annual compensation planning cycles (merit, bonus, promotions).
- Market pricing/benchmarking experience using Radford, WTW, Salary.com, or similar.
- Oracle HCM and/or compensation planning systems experience.
- Advanced Excel skills with strong compensation analytics experience.
Differentiators:
- Direct Oracle Workforce Compensation experience.
- Global compensation experience (Americas, APAC, EMEA).
- Salary structure administration, job evaluations, or compensation governance experience.
- Compensation audit, compliance, or pay transparency experience.
- Demonstrated ownership of compensation programs, annual compensation cycles, and multiple concurrent compensation projects.
Security Clearance Required: N/ABlackstone Talent Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of Blackstone Technology Group, a global IT services and software firm that implements technological solutions across commercial industry verticals and the US Federal Government. Blackstone's global talent augmentation practice was founded in 1998. Blackstone Talent Group has offices in San Francisco, Denver, Houston, Colorado Springs, and Washington, DC. We specialize in providing clients the best talent across a variety of industries and sectors.
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