Compensation Manager

Compensation Manager — Sterling Retail Group

Chicago, IL | January 2024 – Present

• Led the annual merit cycle and incentive planning process for 2,400 employees across 12 offices, completing the cycle 10 days ahead of schedule and within 99.4% of the budgeted salary adjustments.
• Conducted pay equity audits across 15 job families, identifying and resolving pay disparities for 42 employees, which reduced compliance audit risks and aligned internal salaries within a 5% margin.
• Benchmarked 320 unique roles against salary survey data using MarketPay, adjusting salary bands to reduce employee attrition in high-demand positions by 18% over a 12-month timeframe.
• Designed and delivered compensation training modules to 85 people managers, improving internal surveys on salary communication clarity from 64% approval to 89% approval.

Compensation Analyst — Oakridge Health Partners

Chicago, IL | June 2020 – December 2023

• Participated in 6 annual salary surveys and mapped 450 distinct positions to external titles, improving benchmark match rates by 22% and reducing annual data acquisition costs by $14,000.
• Analyzed and reclassified 180 outdated job descriptions using standard evaluation systems, creating a standardized grading framework that cut job evaluation turnaround times by 32%.
• Assisted in the modeling of a new sales incentive plan for 140 sales representatives, which contributed to a 12% increase in sales goal attainment over two fiscal quarters.
• Audited HR database entries for compensation fields, correcting 115 salary record anomalies and improving the payroll reporting accuracy rate from 98.2% to 99.9% prior to ERP migration.

Job evaluation, Pay equity analysis, Salary survey benchmarking, FLSA classification, Variable incentive design, Merit cycle management, Market pricing, Salary structure modeling, Workday HCM, PayScale MarketPay, Excel modeling, Compensation Tool, HR analytics, Stakeholder communication

Pay Equity Audit & Realignment

Role: Lead Compensation Analyst

Tools: MarketPay, Excel, Workday

Conducted a comprehensive gender and racial pay equity review for 1,800 employees, identifying adjustments that eliminated statistically significant pay gaps and cost $240,000 to implement.

Global Salary Band Restructuring

Role: Compensation Project Lead

Tools: Workday HCM, MarketPay, Excel

Redesigned compensation structures across 4 global offices, mapping 85 job families to new pay ranges, which reduced administrative complexity by 25% and saved 140 management hours.

• Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) (2023)
• Professional in Human Resources (PHR) (2021)

• Languages: English (Native)
• Volunteer Work: Career advisor for Chicago youth HR development program (2022-present)
• Availability: 2 weeks notice