Senior Compensation Analyst

Palo Alto Networks - Santa Clara, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Santa Clara, CA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Senior Compensation Analyst at Palo Alto Networks plays a crucial role in managing and enhancing the company's compensation programs. This position involves overseeing complex projects, developing training content, and collaborating with various teams to ensure effective compensation strategies that align with the company's mission of protecting the digital way of life. The ideal candidate will be adept at analyzing compensation data, managing vendor relationships, and implementing process improvements to enhance efficiency and scalability in compensation administration.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the management and successful completion of complex projects and programs.
• Develop detailed project plans for execution of programs including benchmarking, design and modeling, budgets, timelines, communication and training, and systems/tools.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and stakeholders; communicate regularly to ensure they are informed of progress and changes; deliver training to ensure full enablement.
• Monitor programs to regularly track progress, identify and mitigate risks, and make recommendations for improvement.
• Partner with Comp Advisors, HR Operations and broader Palo Alto Networks teams to consult on day-to-day compensation program matters.
• Organize and drive completion of Compensation IT requests with SMEs and People Tech stakeholders, including managing timelines for intake requests, Business Requirement Document (BRD) creation, testing, and the sharing of regular updates with larger stakeholder group.
• Primary point of contact with third party vendors for compensation data, systems and services. Responsible for compensation surveys and practices & trends questionnaire submissions.
• Lead the transition of our compensation team email alias to ServiceNow and identify trends to automate manual tasks and simplify compensation requests.
• Prepare complex compensation analysis and reporting to identify trends and patterns to guide recommendations for plan changes and/or improvements.
• Measure effectiveness of compensation programs and identify and implement process improvements in compensation administration to enhance efficiency and scalability.
• Build and refine tools for supporting Compensation programs and operations.
• Lead Compensation projects and ad-hoc analysis as assigned.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in compensation operations, broad-based compensation, international compensation, short-term incentive programs, or reward/recognition programs.
• Proven experience in project and/or program management.
• Proven analytical, reporting, and modeling skills with the ability to see beyond the numbers to drive sound decision-making.
• Advanced Google Sheets and Slides skills, including the ability to effectively and efficiently handle large amounts of data, advanced formulas, and build models.
• Extraordinary attention to detail and thoroughness.
• Experience with HR Technologies such as HRIS systems and market pricing tools.
• Experience working in a multinational technology organization is preferred.
• Must be local to HQ to be onsite.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience managing and analyzing structured and unstructured data.
• Ability to manage a variety of projects and to effectively handle short notice assignments.
• Ability to learn quickly and think independently.
• Exceptional verbal, written, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, demanding environment across multiple time zones.

Benefits

• FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees.
• Mental and financial health resources.
• Personalized learning opportunities.