Associate Compensation Analyst

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About The Job

The Associate Compensation Analyst is responsible for field (restaurant) compensation delivery for approximately 900 equity restaurants, which includes timely bonus plan administration, minimum wage monitoring and issue resolution, assisting with survey participation/market analysis, and delivery of year-end compensation activities (salary planning, annual bonus payouts, etc).

In this role you will report into the Total Rewards Business Partner (TRBP) – Taco Bell & Habit Burger, which has the majority of the equity restaurants. As the Associate Compensation Analyst you will also work closely with the broader Yum Total Rewards teams, Division/Brand People & Culture teams, HRIT, Payroll, and external vendors to ensure best-in-class execution of our programs.

You will be required to attend the Irvine, CA or Louisville, KY office three days per week (Tuesday - Thursday).

Salary Range

$79,700 - $93,600 + bonus eligibility. This is the expected salary range for this position. Ultimately, in determining pay, we'll consider the successful candidate’s location, experience, and other job-related factors .

Primary Responsibilities

Field (Restaurant) Compensation Administration

• Administers brand restaurant bonus plan payouts (period, quarterly, & annual), working with Payroll, HRIT, and Decusoft (Compose) to ensure accurate & timely payouts; helps manage any exceptions during and post bonus payouts; helps simplify, streamline and support field bonus plan administration by identifying opportunities and providing support for their execution.
• Assists with field bonus design reviews with brands and field bonus system testing (in partnership with HRIT) to ensure bonus plans are appropriately set up for accurate and timely payouts
• Administers field US year-end for AGM, RGM, and ACs (merit/salary increases primarily) for brands working with field leaders and People & Culture teams, including Oracle Workforce Compensation (WFC) reviews through payroll validations
• Working with Legal and GovDocs who provides compliance regulation updates ongoing, conducts semi-monthly reviews of field employee pay relative to minimum wage standards; sends proactive updates to Division/Brand People & Culture teams to address
• Provides front-line customer service for Division/Brand People & Culture, Finance, & Operations regarding bonus (system also), pay (including benchmarking), and any other ad-hoc requests; provides ad-hoc market benchmarking, best practice/trend research, and analysis
• Assist the TR design team with annual survey data collection and reviews for both field
• Monitor & send updates to coach, legal & brand partners on any upcoming legislation; works with brand partners on any data needed to support changes
• Execute ad hoc special projects driven by brand priorities, collaborating with TR Design team to analyze and deliver compensation data that informs brand decision-making

Minimum Requirements

• Excellent customer service
• High attention to detail
• Systems and process-improvement driven
• Intellectually curious / analytical with ability to make connections between data sets
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret mathematical information.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel

Preferred Qualifications

• Compensation experience is a plus
• Experience and comfort with data management and people systems, including HRIS (bonus system experience, a plus)

Benefits

Employees (and their eligible family members) may enroll in the following types of insurance coverage: medical, dental, vision, legal, and accidental death and dismemberment, as well as FSA/HSA (depending on enrolled medical plan). Yum! also provides short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance. Employees may enroll in our 401(k) plan. Yum! provides 4 weeks of vacation, paid sick leave, 10 paid holidays, a floating day off and 2 paid days for volunteer time each calendar year. To learn more about working at Yum! -Click here.

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This posting will be open for a minimum of two weeks. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until a candidate is selected .

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