Join our Compensation team as a Senior Associate! As a Senior Associate on the Compensation team, you will support the day-to-day execution of US Variable Compensation Incentive Processing, including non-annual and annual cash incentive activity. You will partner closely across HR and control functions to ensure accurate, timely, and well-controlled processing, while helping drive process simplification and a longer-term shift toward automation through improved SOPs and standardized workflows.

Job responsibilities:

• Own day-to-day Variable Compensation processing across business-aligned incentives, including non-annual and annual cash incentive activity-ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and strong operational execution.
• Partner with coordination of the annual incentive compensation (IC) cycle, including creating and communicating tasks, milestones, and due dates; tracking progress; and driving completion with key partners.
• Create and maintain plan codes used for variable compensation processing, ensuring setup aligns to incentive plan specifications and internal standards.
• Develop, update, and maintain SOPs for Variable Compensation, keeping documentation current, audit-ready, and easy for teams to execute consistently.
• Partner with internal teams to manage handoffs and dependencies, ensuring work transitions are clear, complete, and executed accurately end-to-end.
• Serve as a process and systems SME for variable compensation flows through the HCM Integration Platform and HCM systems; clearly explain processes, impacts, and requirements to stakeholders.
• Support cash incentive audits by working directly with auditors, preparing support, responding to requests, and ensuring timely, complete audit responses.
• Maintain strong controls in partnership with internal functions, focusing on payroll accuracy, data integrity, and operational risk management.
• Identify process and reporting issues and lead remediation efforts, including root-cause analysis and implementation of sustainable fixes.
• Advance automation and simplification, by identifying manual touchpoints, proposing improvements to workflows/controls/reporting, and helping move the function toward more automated, scalable execution. Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:
• Bachelor's degree required
• 5 years of experience in a reporting, analytical, or operational processing role
• Advanced MS Excel skills (advanced formulas, formatting, pivot tables/reporting)
• Advanced knowledge of Business Objects
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and root-cause investigation skills
• Strong technical aptitude and comfort working across systems and process flows
• Demonstrated ability to work in a time-sensitive environment, prioritize effectively, and manage multiple concurrent deliverables
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to partner across teams .

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