Compensation Analyst

Avera Health

Worker Type:

Regular

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Pay Range:

The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.

$70,720.00 - $106,600.00

Position Highlights

You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

A Brief Overview

The Compensation Analyst leverages strong analytical skills and Workday expertise to support the design, administration, and optimization of compensation programs. This role assists in evaluating job structures, conducting salary benchmarking, and supporting market competitiveness through data analysis and reporting. The analyst will collaborate with others to support compensation processes, optimize system functionality within Workday, and assist with data analysis and modeling to inform compensation strategies. Additional responsibilities include assessing premium pay programs, supporting annual compensation planning, and contributing to the development and implementation of equitable and strategic compensation practices in a dynamic and growing organization.

What you will do

• Under the guidance of senior team members, provides comprehensive analytical support for the design and administration of employee compensation programs, job evaluations, salary recommendations, and other department projects and initiatives.
• Participates in salary surveys. Reviews results of salary surveys, evaluates market and economic trends, compiles, analyzes and interprets data to recommend salary ranges, adjustments and hiring rates for salary structures and individual rates.
• Evaluate requests for existing, new, or modified jobs by completing thorough job evaluations. Reviews job duties, qualifications, and licensure requirements and performs comparative analyses of positions to assess the level and complexity of the position and for placement at the appropriate salary/pay level.
• Support the annual compensation planning process with data preparation, testing, analysis and reporting in Workday.
• Analyzes premium pay programs such as bonuses, shift differentials, on-call pay or special pay plans for appropriateness, equity, and market competitiveness.
• Completes analytics/modeling around various compensation topics including but not limited to budgets, internal equity, compression, and merger and acquisitions due diligence and integration activities.
• Consolidate and analyze data sets to diagnose and identify opportunities, model alternatives and inform compensation decisions.
• Collaborate with HRIS team to configure and maintain Workday Compensation modules, including base pay, merit, bonuses, allowances and other compensation-related components.
• Support the design and implementation of compensation plans and structures (e.g., pay ranges, step tables, bonus plans, incentive pay).
• Work closely with the HR Insights team to develop/enhance reports, dashboards, and communications in Workday.

Essential Qualifications

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in compensation analysis, preferably within healthcare and/or a large organization.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

• Bachelor's in Human Resources or Business related field.
• Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) - World at Work or
• Workday Pro Compensation Certification - Workday
• Professional in Human Resources (PHR) - Human Resource Standards Institute (HRCI) or
• SHRM-Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) - Society For Human Resource Management (SHRM)
• Expertise in Workday Compensation configuration.
• Experience with market pricing software such as PayScale/MarketPay/Payfactors.
• Exceptional organizational, analytical, and financial modeling skills.
• Strong analytical and technical skills.
• Strong understanding of compensation theory, practices, and structures.

Expectations and Standards

• Commitment to the daily application of Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.
• Promote Avera’s values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
• Uphold Avera’s standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable.

Benefits You Need & Then Some

Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.

• PTO front-loaded for eligible hires

• Free health insurance options, for full-time single coverage on Avera High Deductible Health Plan

• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement

• Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship

Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-605-504-4444 or send an email to talent@avera.org .