Compensation Manager

Summary

Join ezCater as their Compensation Manager and become a key partner in shaping their compensation philosophy and programs. You will be responsible for managing the design, implementation, and communication of compensation programs, ensuring internal equity and external competitiveness. This role requires strong analytical and communication skills, experience with compensation plan designs, and the ability to partner with various stakeholders. You will leverage your expertise in salary benchmarking, equity programs, and pay transparency initiatives. The ideal candidate will have 6-8 years of related experience, including 4+ years directly in compensation. ezCater offers a competitive salary, stock options, comprehensive benefits, flexible work arrangements, and a collaborative work environment.

Requirements

• 6-8 years of in a related, analytical position
• 4+ years experience working on compensation directly
• Total Rewards mindset and practical knowledge of the interplay between compensation, talent acquisition, and retention
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills, and thorough knowledge of compensation plan designs and administration
• Experience managing compensation programs for small and large organizations, preferably in both pre-public and public companies, with the ability to adapt design elements based on the law or regulations, business needs and values
• An ability to anticipate needs and offer strategic solutions that work within our business culture
• A Growth Mindset and understanding of how to apply those principles in everything you do
• An agile approach to pivoting in an ever changing environment, while “keeping it light” and laughing along the way
• An understanding of how to account for diversity, equity and inclusion when making recommendations
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal, attention to detail, and the ability to prioritize multiple competing tasks with exceptional organizational, follow through, and people skills
• Demonstrated strength in building relationships both internally and externally, with a diverse group of employees at all levels
• Experience partnering with leaders to create organizational change, including creating a change plan and communications
• An eagerness and willingness to give and receive feedback, because we all love learning from each other

Responsibilities

• Manage the design, administration, implementation, and communication of compensation programs consistent with company culture, strategy and long-term goals
• Assess the current state of compensation strategy and operations, make recommendations and partner with colleagues to craft a roadmap for the next 12-18 months
• Commit to maintain internal equity and external competitiveness of the company’s compensation programs through regular monitoring of business conditions, competitive practices, legal requirements, and an ongoing understanding of industry best practices
• Partner closely with Talent Leaders and recruiters for benchmarking needs, offer guidance, internal postings, and all compensation related matters
• Partner with our People Business Partners to align job descriptions with compensation practices
• Consult with leaders and managers on compensation reviews and make recommendations on promotion requests, salary adjustments, off-cycle changes, variable payments, and salary offers for incoming hires
• Monitor equity burn rate and prepare data based reports for internal audiences. Assist with Compensation Committee material preparation
• Build, design, deploy, optimize and operate compensation database technologies
• Project management, to include requirements definition, translating requirements into measurable goals and outcomes, documenting milestones and outcomes and planning and scheduling implementation activities
• Coordinating and developing communication plans, planning for and providing for employee development, and planning for and providing information sharing sessions with managers and team members
• Conduct training and/or create quick reference guides and other tools/resources for compensation courses and/or system enhancements
• Develop meaningful analytical tools and reports that move ezCater, its managers and its People Team toward goal achievement through innovation and continuous improvement of processes and programs
• Collaborate with HR/People/Talent peers, IT, legal, compliance, finance, benefits, payroll, and tax department staff, and external vendors and consultants
• Conduct statistical, operational, and/or financial planning and reporting
• Lead annual Pay Equity Analysis process

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with CompTool/Pequity preferred but not required
• Experience with Carta preferred but not required
• CCP (Certified Compensation Professional) a plus but not required

Benefits

• Market salary
• Stock options
• The usual holidays
• All-you-can-eat vacation
• 401K with ezCater match
• Health/dental/FSA
• Long-term disability insurance
• Remote-hybrid work from our awesome Boston or Denver offices OR your home OR a mixture of both home and office (you choose!)
• Cupcakes (and many more goodies) when you’re in one of our offices