Compensation Analyst

Description and Requirements

The Opportunity

The Compensation Analyst is responsible for compensation benchmarking, analytics, and program support for MetLife Investment Management (MIM) while contributing to enterprise-wide compensation initiatives. This role supports the collection, analysis, and maintenance of compensation data, market intelligence, and job architecture frameworks to help ensure compensation programs remain externally competitive and internally equitable across global markets.

Guided by our purpose - always with you building a more confident future - and our New Frontier strategy focused on stronger growth, attractive returns, and all-weather performance, this is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in advancing compensation analytics and decision-making. The successful candidate will help optimize compensation benchmarking processes through technology and AI-enabled solutions while delivering meaningful insights that support talent and business priorities globally.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate and support compensation benchmarking activities for MIM, including survey participation, market data submissions, survey result management, and compensation range analysis across multiple countries and job families.
• Conduct compensation analytics, modeling, and reporting to support compensation reviews, talent decisions, incentive programs, promotions, offers, and other strategic compensation initiatives.
• Support the development and enhancement of AI-enabled and technology-driven solutions that improve compensation benchmarking, reporting, data quality, and process efficiency.
• Support compensation data management processes including survey administration, access management, report generation, market research, and regulatory monitoring.
• Contribute to job architecture, compensation projects, audits, system enhancements, and process improvement initiatives that support broader HR and business objectives.

Required Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Excel and data analysis tools, with the ability to perform compensation modeling, benchmarking, and reporting.
• Ability to leverage AI and technology solutions to improve analytics, reporting, data quality, and process efficiency.
• Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills with the ability to translate complex compensation data into actionable insights.
• Experience working with HR systems and the ability to quickly learn new technologies and processes in a global environment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage confidential information with integrity while collaborating effectively across global teams and stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Actuarial Science, Human Resources, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 1+ years of experience in compensation, HR analytics, consulting, financial services, or a related analytical field.
• Knowledge of compensation practices within the financial services or asset management industry.
• Experience with Oracle Cloud, WTW Compensation Software, or similar HR and compensation platforms.
• Intellectual curiosity and a continuous improvement mindset focused on innovation and process optimization.

Location Expectation: This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in office.

The expected salary range for this position is $62,100 - 77,000. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation and stock-based long-term incentives. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.

Benefits We Offer

Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more! For more information regarding MetLife’s U.S. benefits, please [1] click here.

About MetLife

Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World’s 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

As part of our New Frontier strategy, MetLife is building an AI-enabled, people-centered future. We’re looking for people who bring curiosity, adaptability, and a growth mindset as we use AI to enhance how we serve customers, support communities, and evolve the way work gets done. At MetLife, AI is a responsible partner that supports human judgment, creativity, and continuous improvement while helping us build trust, inclusion, and long-term value.

Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we’re inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it’s [2] #AllTogetherPossible. Join us!

MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law ("protected characteristics").

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MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liabilities.

This posting is for a current vacancy and is anticipated to remain open for at least 90 days from the listed posting date. References

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