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Sr. Compensation & Data Analyst (Remote)
The Sr. Compensation and Data Analyst is a subject matter expert who partners closely with the Director of Compensation to provide insights and recommendations that inform compensation decisions and talent strategy. Owns benchmarking and market analyses to assess the competitiveness of the organization’s pay practices, including base pay, short-term incentives, and other compensation programs. Leads compensation process design, governance, and standard operating procedures to ensure consistent, compliant, and scalable compensation practices across Niagara.
Essential Functions
- Serves as a trusted advisor and SME on compensation principles, policies, and procedures; provides clear recommendations to enable timely, consistent decision-making
- Drives evaluation of pay practices and programs across the organization; synthesizes data and stakeholder input to deliver actionable recommendations that improve competitiveness, internal equity, and program effectiveness
- Owns complex compensation analyses and interprets trends to provide executive-ready insights, scenarios, and recommendations to HR leadership
- Leads end-to-end, organization-wide compensation projects and annual compensation cycle planning (e.g., merit), owning project plans, timelines, communications, data quality controls, and stakeholder alignment through execution
- Owns market pricing for company jobs: determines benchmark matches, recommends job leveling/classification, and establishes recommended pay ranges; documents methodology and pricing rationale to support consistent governance and decision-making
- Leads job description review to ensure responsibilities and requirements are complete, consistent, and aligned to job levels/role expectations; recommends edits to support accurate market pricing and internal equity
- Establishes, maintains, and enforces SOPs and data/document maintenance standards (governance, version control, and audit readiness); drives adoption to ensure business continuity and consistent execution of compensation processes
- Owns preparation and submission of organizational data for compensation and total rewards surveys, ensuring data validation, audit trail documentation, and on-time delivery
- Stays current on industry best pra