Senior Compensation Analyst

Company Description

We are SGS – the world's leading testing, inspection and certification company. We are recognized as the global benchmark for sustainability, quality and integrity. Our 99,600 employees operate a network of 2,600 offices and laboratories, working together to enable a better, safer and more interconnected world.

Job Description

• Acts as a trusted compensation advisor to senior leaders, HR Business Partners, and other stakeholders for assigned client groups, providing guidance on complex compensation decisions, organizational changes, talent retention strategies, and broader reward challenges.
• Provides strategic consultation on job evaluation and leveling, organizational design, pay recommendations, offers, promotions, retention actions, career paths, and other workforce and talent decisions.
• Leads compensation workstreams associated with organizational change, business growth, restructuring, and broader people initiatives, coordinating stakeholders and translating business needs into practical compensation solutions.
• Leverages compensation data, market intelligence, and workforce analytics to deliver clear, data-driven insights and recommendations that support leadership decision-making and strategic workforce planning.
• Partners with business and HR leaders to review and enhance compensation structures, job frameworks, incentive programs, and related practices for assigned client groups.
• Develops compensation communications, educational materials, tools, and guidance that strengthen understanding and consistent application of compensation programs across the business.
• Identifies opportunities to improve compensation processes, stakeholder experience, technology utilization, analytics, and reporting capabilities.
• Serves as the designated lead for one or more compensation programs, processes, or capability areas, with responsibility for planning, analysis, governance, stakeholder coordination, education, reporting, execution, and continuous improvement.
• Leads assigned compensation processes from planning through execution, establishing timelines, coordinating inputs and dependencies, monitoring progress, resolving issues, and ensuring accurate and timely delivery.
• Supports the development and evolution of the North America compensation strategy, frameworks, governance approach, and operating practices through assigned program ownership and client-group insights.
• Partners with other Compensation team members to ensure program, process, and client-group decisions are applied consistently and align with the broader North America compensation strategy.
• Interprets and applies compensation policies, guidelines, governance requirements, and relevant legislation. Coordinates implementation activities related to minimum wage, pay equity, pay transparency, FLSA, and other compensation requirements.
• Partners with HR Operations, Payroll, Finance, Legal/Compliance, and external providers to coordinate compensation activities and support timely, accurate execution.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• University degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Economics, Finance, or a related field required.
• Minimum 7 years of hands-on compensation experience supporting Canadian and U.S. compensation programs in a large corporate environment required.
• Advanced Excel skills, including complex formulas, lookups, pivot tables, data analysis, and modeling, required.
• Experience supporting client groups and leading compensation programs, processes, or projects strongly preferred.
• Professional compensation certification, such as Certified Compensation Professional (CCP), strongly preferred.

Knowledge/ Skills/ Abilities

• Advanced knowledge of compensation principles, market pricing, job evaluation, salary structures, broad-based programs, and pay equity practices.
• Experience with Compensation management and Salary benchmarking tool preferred.
• Strong knowledge of compensation legislation and regulatory requirements in Canada and the United States.
• Ability to manage a portfolio of program or process ownership while providing responsive client-group support.
• Advanced analytical, problem-solving, and data interpretation capabilities.
• Strong consultation, communication, influencing, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and maintain confidentiality in sensitive matters.
• Advanced proficiency with HR systems, Microsoft Office applications, and reporting tools.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects in a fast-paced, highly professional environment.

 

Additional Information

Compensation

The expected salary range for this position is $90,000 – $120,000 USD annually. This range represents the minimum and maximum base salary we reasonably expect to pay for this role. Actual compensation within the range will depend on skills, experience, and qualifications.

Our Benefits

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role.

• Health: Medical, dental and vision insurance, life insurance, employee assistance programs.
• Wealth: In addition to base pay, we offer 401(k) with company match (immediate vesting upon enrollment).
• Happiness:
  • Professional Growth: Online training courses, virtual and classroom development experiences, tuition reimbursement program
  • Work-Life Balance: Paid-time off and family leave

In compliance with applicable state and local pay transparency laws, we provide clear and equitable compensation information for all applicants.

Position anticipated to close November 25, 2026.

SGS is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such we recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristics protected by law.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodations. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required.

This job description should not be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements, but a general description of the job. Nothing contained herein restricts the company’s rights to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

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