Principal Compensation Analyst

Principal Compensation AnalystAs a key strategic partner within our global People Operations function, the Principal Compensation Analyst designs, optimizes, and executes data-driven compensation strategy across a diverse global footprint. Joining a commercially savvy team, you will blend analytical rigor with consulting acumen to ensure our rewards programs remain highly competitive, internally equitable, and compliant.This role requires a sophisticated understanding of broad-based compensation, market realities, and the ability to translate complex data into actionable, business-focused insights for executive leadership.Key ResponsibilitiesBusiness Consultation: Act as a high-impact internal consultant to People Business Partners and business leaders, providing data-backed recommendations on complex compensation challenges, offer formulations, and retention strategies.Job Architecture & Scaling: Drive the evolution of job family structures, career paths, and job leveling frameworks to support organizational scale, clarity, and internal equity.M&A Support: Provide strategic oversight for Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), leading reward integration, role mapping, and total rewards harmonization across newly acquired entities.Program Management & ExecutionCyclical Reward Leadership: Lead the execution of global annual compensation planning (merit, promotions, bonuses, and Long-Term Incentives/LTI). Direct data validation, process automation, and the creation of executive-ready presentations for leadership approval.Market Intelligence & Benchmarking: Architect comprehensive total rewards benchmarking studies using global salary surveys and internal analytics to continuously design competitive, localized salary structures.Pay Equity & Compliance: Proactively lead pay equity analyses and compliance initiatives, ensuring strict adherence to evolving global regulations, FLSA, and wage transparency laws.Data Governance: Champion data integrity across systems (Workday); conduct routine audits and leverage business intelligence to deliver predictive, executive-level reports on compensation metrics and trends.QualificationsEducation: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related quantitative field.Experience: Minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in corporate compensation, with a proven track record in global environments.Systems & Tools: Advanced proficiency in Workday HCM and advanced Excel (data modeling, macros, complex formulas) is required. Experience with data visualization tools (Tableau, PowerBI) is highly preferred.Core CompetenciesAnalytical & Financial Acumen: Exceptional critical thinking and financial modeling skills; ability to analyze massive datasets and distill them into highly pragmatic, commercial solutions.Communication & Influence: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to articulate complex total rewards frameworks cleanly to stakeholders at all levels, including executives.Agility & Discretion: Highly organized with the ability to manage competing, high-volume priorities in a fast-paced, fluid environment while maintaining the highest standard of confidentiality and diplomacy.About Us:Cloud Software Group is one of the world's largest cloud solution providers, serving more than 100 million users around the globe. When you join Cloud Software Group, you are making a difference for real people, each of whom count on our suite of cloud-based products to get work done — from anywhere. Members of our team will tell you that we value passion for technology and the courage to take risks. Everyone is empowered to learn, dream, and build the future of work. We are on the brink of another Cambrian leap -- a moment of immense evolution and growth. And we need your expertise and experience to do it. Now is the perfect time to move your skills to the cloud.Cloud Software Group is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, genetic carrier status, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions (including lactation status), marital status, military service, protected veteran status, political activity or affiliation, taking or requesting statutorily protected leave and other protected classifications.If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during any part of the application process, please contact us via the Bridge portal for assistance.