Compensation Consultant

OVERVIEW

Compensation Consultant

Location: Remote — United States Employment Type: Regular, Full-Time

About Alera Group

Alera Group is one of the nation's leading independent insurance and financial services firms, combining national resources with local expertise across Employee Benefits, Property & Casualty Insurance, Retirement Plan Services, Wealth Services, and Human Capital Solutions.

Why Alera Group? Collaborate with purpose. Build your career. Make an impact.

The Opportunity

Do you enjoy turning complex compensation challenges into practical solutions and building programs that help people grow?

Join Alera Group as a Compensation Consultant , helping design and build scalable compensation programs for a growing, complex national organization.

Reporting to the Vice President, Compensation , you'll serve as a senior individual contributor, independently leading initiatives from discovery through implementation. Your work will include career paths, job architecture and leveling, new compensation programs, and national pay practices.

You'll bring curiosity, research and sound judgment to loosely defined business needs, develop recommendations, and partner with leaders to put solutions into practice. Your focus will be on compensation discovery, design and development, working alongside colleagues who lead day-to-day program operations and Workday technical solutions.

RESPONSIBILITIES

What You'll Do

Independently lead complex compensation projects from discovery and problem definition through design, stakeholder alignment, implementation and documentation.

Develop career paths, job levels and progression frameworks, partnering with leaders to align roles, titles and salary ranges.

Facilitate working sessions with business leaders, subject-matter experts and HR partners to clarify needs, resolve differing perspectives and reach practical decisions.

Research market practices, analyze compensation data and conduct complex job pricing to address challenging situations and inform recommendations.

Design compensation programs, policies, decision tools and leader guidance, helping consolidate local pay practices into sustainable national approaches.

Partner across HR, Finance, Legal, HRIS and Learning & Development to translate designs into clear business requirements, communications and supporting processes.

QUALIFICATIONS

Does This Sound Like You?

You have 7+ years of progressive experience in broad-based compensation, job architecture, compensation consulting or a closely related field.

You've independently designed and implemented compensation solutions in a complex organization, including career paths, job levels, progression frameworks or job architecture .

You bring strong knowledge of compensation principles, salary structures, market pricing, job evaluation and internal equity.

You're comfortable taking an unclear business need, defining the problem, researching alternatives and recommending a practical solution.

You lead cross-functional projects, facilitate discussions with senior stakeholders and communicate complex concepts clearly.

You bring strong analytical skills, sound judgment and intellectual curiosity, and you manage multiple priorities independently in a remote environment.

You hold a bachelor's degree or have an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

Additional experience that sets you apart:

Supporting insurance, financial services, professional services or another decentralized organization.

Leading compensation transformation, national standardization or integration of legacy pay practices.

Defining compensation business requirements for Workday or another enterprise human capital management system.

Holding a Certified Compensation Professional designation or another relevant compensation certification.

Compensation

Salary Range: $150,000–$170,000 annually

Bonus Eligible: Yes

Benefits

Eligible colleagues enjoy a comprehensive benefits package including:

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life and disability coverage

401(k)

Generous paid time off

Professional development and career growth opportunities

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Work Arrangement

This position is

Remote: This role is primarily remote.

Travel Requirements: Occasional travel may be required to support office implementations, training, and collaboration with project teams.

We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status, or any other protected class.

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Location Type

Remote

What You'll Do

Independently lead complex compensation projects from discovery and problem definition through design, stakeholder alignment, implementation and documentation.

Develop career paths, job levels and progression frameworks, partnering with leaders to align roles, titles and salary ranges.

Facilitate working sessions with business leaders, subject-matter experts and HR partners to clarify needs, resolve differing perspectives and reach practical decisions.

Research market practices, analyze compensation data and conduct complex job pricing to address challenging situations and inform recommendations.

Design compensation programs, policies, decision tools and leader guidance, helping consolidate local pay practices into sustainable national approaches.

Partner across HR, Finance, Legal, HRIS and Learning & Development to translate designs into clear business requirements, communications and supporting processes.

Does This Sound Like You?

You have 7+ years of progressive experience in broad-based compensation, job architecture, compensation consulting or a closely related field.

You've independently designed and implemented compensation solutions in a complex organization, including career paths, job levels, progression frameworks or job architecture .

You bring strong knowledge of compensation principles, salary structures, market pricing, job evaluation and internal equity.

You're comfortable taking an unclear business need, defining the problem, researching alternatives and recommending a practical solution.

You lead cross-functional projects, facilitate discussions with senior stakeholders and communicate complex concepts clearly.

You bring strong analytical skills, sound judgment and intellectual curiosity, and you manage multiple priorities independently in a remote environment.

You hold a bachelor's degree or have an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

Additional experience that sets you apart:

Supporting insurance, financial services, professional services or another decentralized organization.

Leading compensation transformation, national standardization or integration of legacy pay practices.

Defining compensation business requirements for Workday or another enterprise human capital management system.

Holding a Certified Compensation Professional designation or another relevant compensation certification.

Compensation

Salary Range: $150,000–$170,000 annually

Bonus Eligible: Yes

Benefits

Eligible colleagues enjoy a comprehensive benefits package including:

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life and disability coverage

401(k)

Generous paid time off

Professional development and career growth opportunities