Senior Compensation Specialist

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote (USA or Canada - EST/CST preferred)
• Job Type: Full-time
• Salary: Not specified

As a Senior Compensation Specialist at Harbor, you will be responsible for supporting the strategy, design, analysis, and administration of Harbor’s global compensation programs, including base salary, bonus compensation, and incentives, ensuring regulatory compliance and alignment with business goals. This role is within a high-growth, entrepreneurial environment that balances scale with stability.

Responsibilities

• Manages compensation data, providing data-driven insights to support decision-making and strategic planning.
• Provides insights into pay structures, fixed and variable pay, allowances, and overall compensation practices across different regions.
• Conducts detailed pay gap analyses to identify disparities in compensation based on various metrics, demographics, and regions; presents recommendations to address any gaps.
• In collaboration with the Learning & Development team, builds and maintains the job architecture to ensure a structured framework for organizing and defining jobs, responsibilities, skills, and career paths as well as associated compensation programs.
• Conducts market analysis, participates in salary surveys, and establishes salary structures using market data and internal benchmarks.
• Builds, configures, maintains, and utilizes compensation software (e.g., Payfactors).
• Leads critical compensation processes, including salary reviews, adjustments, and incentive calculations.
• Seeks continuous process enhancements and automation to improve organizational effectiveness.
• Ensures compliance with global compensation regulations and reporting requirements.
• Creates compensation and associated reports for audits, leadership team, and business needs, as they arise.
• Completes audits and reconciliations between various systems to ensure compensation data accuracy.
• Assists with compensation and bonus calculations and allocations to provide monthly bonus accruals to finance.
• Ensures accuracy of compensation information within all systems.
• Collaborates with the global payroll team to ensure accurate and updated data.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related field or relevant experience.
• Experience: At least 5 years of hands-on compensation experience.
• Skills:
  • Experience building and maintaining a job architecture.
  • Proven knowledge and experience with global compensation policies and practices.
  • Experience with HRIS systems and compensation modules/tools.
  • Experience working in a fast-paced, high-growth, global organization.

Company Information

• Company: Harbor (A high-growth, entrepreneurial organization)