Compensation Manager – Human Resources
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Compensation Manager at Huron Consulting Group managing HR compensation strategies and structures. Collaborating with HR and finance teams to optimize sales compensation and ensure compliance with governance.
Responsibilities:
- Provide day-to-day compensation support to the Digital Capability including ad-hoc modeling and marketing analysis, reviewing special exception offers and advising the business on best practices
- Administer the annual year-end and mid-year compensation processes
- Conduct the annual compensation benchmarking study by analyzing the market and presenting market trends to firm leadership
- Manage Workday’s compensation elements and processes
- Develop and lead compensation projects
- Design, evaluate, and administer sales compensation plans with clear guardrails and governance
- Build and maintain complex sales compensation models to assess plan effectiveness, cost of sales, and behavioral outcomes; clearly communicate insights and recommendations to leadership
- Build and maintain a sales compensation policy library, plan document templates, exception/waiver log, RACI matrices, and SOPs for plan operations and controls
- Review and advise on non-standard sales compensation arrangements, including special incentive plans, draw structures, and exception requests
- Analyze sales performance and incentive outcomes to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement, and present findings to senior stakeholders
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree
- Minimum of 6 years of experience in compensation roles
- Experience with managing compensation design and administration for a complex organization
- Proven experience with commission/bonus design, accelerators, draws/guarantees, and payout governance
- Strong math and analytical skills
- Expert knowledge of the use of Excel
- Attention to detail, ability to multi-task, and prioritize
- Good verbal and written communication skills, as well as strong interpersonal skills
- Highly proficient in analytics and modeling
- Knowledge of accounting and finance implications of compensation plans and programs
- Experience working with technical focused roles, preferred
- Client service consultative mindset and acumen with experience managing the development and design of compensation programs in a complex, dynamic and fast-paced environment
- Experience using Workday’s compensation modules, preferred
Benefits:
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) plan with generous employer match
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Generous Paid Time Off policy
- Paid parental leave and adoption assistance
- Wellness Program with annual health screenings and coaching


















