Why You Will Love this JobLocation: Hybrid in Glendale, WI
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Senior Executive Compensation Specialist is responsible for the design support, administration, governance, analytics, and reporting of executive compensation programs. This role partners closely with Total Rewards, Finance, Legal, Corporate Secretary, Payroll, Equity Administration, and external advisors to ensure executive compensation programs are competitive, compliant, governance-ready, and aligned with stakeholder expectations.
The role plays a critical role in supporting executive compensation disclosures, equity program administration, Board and Compensation Committee materials, peer benchmarking, incentive plan governance, and executive compensation controls.
Specific Responsibilities:Executive Compensation Administration
- Administer annual executive compensation processes for officers and senior leadership.
- Support base salary, annual incentive, and long-term incentive program administration.
- Maintain executive compensation records, compensation histories, award agreements, and governance documentation.
- Coordinate compensation actions for executive hires, promotions, retention awards, and severance arrangements.
Equity Compensation Management
- Administer executive equity programs including RSUs, PSUs, stock options, and other long-term incentive vehicles.
- Manage grant processing, vesting schedules, award documentation, and participant communications.
- Maintain executive equity data integrity and support reconciliation with Finance, Payroll, and external equity platforms.
- Support share reserve planning, burn-rate analysis, and dilution modeling for Board review.
- Support preparation of executive compensation information for disclosure requirements.
- Partner with Legal and Finance on executive compensation tables and related disclosures.
- Assist with development and implementation of executive compensation governance policies.
- Maintain audit-ready documentation supporting compensation decisions and disclosures.
- Support Compensation Committee and Board reporting requirements.
Conduct executive compensation benchmarking against approved peer groups.
- Analyze executive pay levels, pay mix, incentive leverage, and competitive positioning.
- Prepare executive compensation analytics and recommendations for leadership review.
- Monitor market trends and evolving practices.
Governance & Compliance
- Ensure executive compensation programs comply with applicable regulations, governance standards, and company policies.
- Support internal and external audits related to compensation and equity administration.
- Maintain compliant documentation and controls as the company transitions to public-company requirements.
- Assist with compliance related to insider trading, clawback policies, stock ownership guidelines, and executive compensation governance.
Analytics & Reporting
- Develop executive compensation dashboards and reporting.
- Provide recurring executive compensation analyses for Compensation Committee materials.
- Monitor compensation spend, equity utilization, executive pay competitiveness, and governance metrics.
- Produce ad hoc executive compensation modeling and scenario analyses.
Requirements:- 5+ years compensation experience.
- 3+ years executive compensation and/or equity administration experience.
- Experience with executive compensation consulting, equity administration, or Compensation Committee support strongly preferred.
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
- CCP preferred.
- CEP (Certified Equity Professional) highly desirable.
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling.
- Experience with Workday Compensation.
- Experience with equity administration platforms (Morgan Stanley Shareworks, E*TRADE, Fidelity, Carta, Merrill, etc.).
- Strong executive reporting and presentation skills.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.
The Salary range for this position is $98,900.00-$125,600.00.The specific Salary rate offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate's experience, their education, and the work location.
