Compensation & Benefits Specialist

Why You'll Love This Job

The Compensation Specialist is responsible for managing and overseeing compensation structures, including merit increases, bonus plans, and salary adjustments. This role will also involve analyzing compensation data, ensuring internal equity, and helping to create competitive compensation packages that align with the company’s goals and industry standards.

Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Atlantic Aviation welcomes customers at more than 100 fixed base operator (FBO) locations – from the Hawaiian Islands to Caribbean islands and all points in between throughout the US. We offer a wide range of aircraft ground handling and flight hospitality services, including fueling and line services, hangar and ramp storage, modern executive terminals for passengers and crews, and much more. We are firmly committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our network and aspire to be the employer of choice in our dynamic segment of aviation. We invest in enhancements to our safety, service, technology, and strategic infrastructure in order to provide more choices, improved experiences, and better value for customers. Atlantic Aviation intends to lead the way to a more sustainable future for business and general aviation. Atlantic Aviation is “local everywhere” - providing a safe, friendly, and familiar experience across North America. To learn more about Atlantic Aviation or to make a reservation at any of our 100 FBOs, visit AtlanticAviation.com.

Website

http://www.AtlanticAviation.com

Essential duties and responsibilities include (but not limited to):

Compensation:

• Merit Compensation Management: Process wage and salary changes resulting from merit increases, promotions, or other job changes. Validate the merit file, complete the upload to the system, and audit the results.
• Collaboration with HR and Leadership: Work closely with HR business partners, leadership, and department heads to provide recommendations for salary adjustments, promotions, and compensation-related decisions, ensuring internal equity and employee satisfaction.
• Salary Structure Design: Assist in developing and managing compensation structures, including base salaries, bonuses, and incentive programs.
• Compensation Analysis: Research, analyze, and evaluate salary data and compensation trends within the industry to ensure competitiveness and compliance.
• Market Research: Assist with internal and external salary surveys and benchmarking studies to identify industry compensation trends, program analysis, job evaluations, and job descriptions.
• Job Evaluations: Maintains job descriptions and grades for all positions within the organization. Conduct job analysis and classification for new positions as needed, ensuring positions are appropriately categorized within the compensation structure.
• Compensation Policy Development: Develop, recommend, and implement compensation policies and procedures in alignment with company goals and legal requirements.
• Collaboration with HR and Leadership: Work closely with HR business partners and department heads to support hiring, retention, and pay decisions.
• Relocation Packages: Assist in managing relocation packages for employees required to move for new roles or assignments.
• Job Leveling: Work closely with department heads to assess job roles and recommend appropriate job levels based on responsibilities, skills, and experience required. Align job levels with appropriate salary bands, ensuring that each position’s pay is consistent with its classification within the company’s compensation structure. Maintain detailed records of job level criteria, job descriptions, and the reasoning behind the job level classification for each role. Ensure that job-level documentation is up to date and accessible for reference.
• Bonus Plan Design & Administration: Assist in the design and implementation of bonus plans. Work with leadership to ensure the bonus structure aligns with company objectives, employee performance, and market practices.
• Compensation Statements: Create and design clear, user-friendly compensation statement templates that effectively communicate all elements of employee compensation, including base salary, bonuses, benefits, retirement contributions, and other perks. Oversee the integrity of compensation data used in the creation of compensation statements.

Benefits:

• Assist with creating and distributing benefits communications.
• Assist with annual renewal and Open Enrollment process.
• Ensure accurate benefit administration and compliance of plans, escalating complex issues as needed.
• Assist with benefit plan audits and integrations.
• Monitor and audit benefits systems and electronic data files to vendors.
• Reconcile and process payment of monthly carrier billing for benefit plans timely and accurately.
• Assist with benefit administration of all benefit plans including Health & Welfare, Life & Disability, 401(k), Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts and COBRA.

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration (or other related area) preferred, but not required.
• 2-4 Years of compensation experience.
• Organization and problem resolution skills are a must.
• Attention to detail, accuracy, and ability to manage multiple projects at one time required.
• Possess excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
• Able to work independently.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with other management staff and employees.
• Strong computer skills including MS Office applications including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook
• Experience with HR database systems (HRIS) and Payroll Systems (i.e. - ADP, Paycom, etc.) is desired.
• Possess high level of maturity, professionalism, and treatment of confidential matters.

POSITION TYPE/EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK

This is a full-time position and operates in a professional office environment. Typical hours of operation are Monday through Friday 8am to 5pm CST. This position may require overtime and occasional weekend work as job duties demand. Some travel is required with this role. Hybrid schedule allows for two days per week of remote work and three days in the office.