Director, Compensation Strategies

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KPMG is currently seeking a Director, Compensation Strategies to join our Talent & Culture organization.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and set the overall strategic direction for compensation programs that are market competitive while supporting overall business objectives, working collaboratively with senior Business Process Group (BPG) leaders on this strategy, providing advice and recommendations on competitive compensation
• Create strategic presentations to leadership that includes insightful recommendations based on market competitive trends and data
• Establish the direction for the year-end compensation strategy for BPG, including the strategy around merit and variable compensation budgets, guidelines and pay for performance; oversee presentations to compensation decision makers and communicators offering advice in regard to the process
• Act as organizational consultant for BPG leadership, helping leaders assess changes in organization/talent models by leading benchmarking related efforts and making recommendations on pay levels for jobs, aligning jobs to job levels and career architecture based on latest market trends
• Monitor the promotion process within BPG, including promotion tools, promotion analysis and due diligence with leadership and HR Business Partners
• Be a Performance Manager of record for other professional(s) involved in BPG compensation benchmarking and strategy; provide guidance to other team members on benchmarking efforts as needed
  
  

Qualifications:

• Minimum ten years of recent broad based compensation experience with expertise in base pay and variable compensation programs
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university
• Experience in a business/financial services consulting environment or other high growth industry
• Superior consultative, analytical, and organizational skills are critical; ability to think strategically and to link action plans to critical business priorities
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and relationship building skills required to consult and partner with executive level leaders
• Demonstrated experience in the development and implementation of leading-edge compensation strategies; must have strong analytical, business and influencing skills; ability to thrive and be successful in a dynamic changing environment
  
  

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