Lead Compensation Consultant

Job Type:

Full time

Exempt/Non Exempt:

Salary

Job Description:

Location Details:

This position is currently able to work remotely from a home office location for day-to-day operations unless occasional travel for meetings, collaborative activities, or team building activities is specified by leadership. This is subject to change based on amendments and/or modifications to the ACG Flex Work policy.

Position Schedule:

Monday- Friday 8am- 5pm

Position Summary:

Leads the Compensation function’s expertise and governance work by establishing advanced system compensation governance, directing Skills Cloud architecture, governing job architecture and job family classifications, and executing organization-wide compensation modeling. Provides authoritative strategic guidance, establishes enterprise controls and standards, resolves the most complex escalations, and leads multi-resource functional initiatives that strengthen compensation governance, compliance, system integrity, and business decision-making.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None. Leads multi-resource functional work and provides authoritative technical direction, quality oversight, coaching, and governance guidance to Compensation team members and cross-functional resources.

Key Responsibilities:

• •Systems & Governance: Establish advanced system compensation governance, EIB security controls, data-quality standards, approval protocols, audit requirements, and sustainable operating controls.
• •Skills Cloud Architecture: Lead Skills Cloud architecture, including taxonomy alignment, proficiency governance, job-profile integration, and connection to career frameworks and workforce-planning processes.
• •Job Architecture: Review material role changes, govern job family and career-level classifications, maintain job architecture standards, and make formal FLSA determinations.
• •Advanced Modeling: Execute organization-wide compensation modeling and department pay-compression analyses; evaluate enterprise implications and develop defensible structural recommendations for leadership decisions.
• •Controls & Enablement: Review and govern ServiceNow compensation requests, manage Job Architecture Hub compliance, update executive dashboards, identify control exceptions, and direct corrective action.
• •Strategic Guidance: Serve as an authoritative compensation advisor on complex governance, job architecture, modeling, policy, regulatory, and system matters; recommend industry best practices and enterprise solutions.
• •Functional Leadership: Lead multi-resource functional projects through design, implementation, and adoption; establish direction, integrate cross-functional work, and resolve complex escalations with significant organizational impact.

Qualifications:

Required

Education (including minimum education and any licensing/certifications):

• •Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management, Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• •No specific license or certification is required.

Experience:

Minimum eight (8) years of progressive compensation experience, including significant experience in broad-based compensation, job architecture, compensation systems, and enterprise governance within complex organizations.

Experience establishing advanced system compensation controls, governing job and skills architecture, and designing sustainable standards, audit mechanisms, and decision frameworks.

Experience executing organization-wide compensation modeling and pay-compression analysis, advising senior leadership, resolving high-impact escalations, and leading multi-resource functional initiatives.

Knowledge of:

• •Expert-level compensation governance, job architecture, job family and career-level classification, market pricing, salary structures, pay compression, organization-wide modeling, and executive decision support.
• •Advanced Workday compensation governance, EIB security controls, Skills Cloud architecture, Job Architecture Hub compliance, ServiceNow workflows, data integrity, executive dashboards, and audit-ready controls.
• •Federal and state compensation laws and regulations, including formal FLSA classification requirements, pay-equity obligations, pay-transparency requirements, recordkeeping, and governance controls.

Skills:

• •Expert compensation modeling, systems governance, job architecture, data interpretation, risk assessment, control design, and enterprise problem-solving skills.
• •Exceptional strategic consultation, executive communication, influence, judgment, functional leadership, stakeholder alignment, escalation management, and change-enablement skills.

Ability to:

• •Set enterprise direction and governance standards for compensation systems, job architecture, skills architecture, controls, and complex compensation decision-making.
• •Synthesize complex business, workforce, market, regulatory, and system information into authoritative recommendations for executives and senior leaders.
• •Lead multi-resource initiatives, influence across functions without direct authority, make sound decisions under ambiguity, and resolve the most complex compensation escalations.

Preferred

• •Certified Compensation Professional (CCP), Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS), SHRM certification, or comparable professional credential.
• •Advanced knowledge of Workday Compensation, Skills Cloud, reporting, EIB processes, Job Architecture Hub governance, and ServiceNow workflows.
• •Knowledge of ACG Human Resource policies, procedures, systems, compensation programs, and external compensation survey practices.

Work Environment:

This position is currently able to work remotely from a home office location for day-to-day operations unless occasional travel for meetings, collaborative activities, or team building activities is specified by leadership. This is subject to change based on amendments and/or modifications to the ACG Flex Work policy

Compensation & Benefits Overview:

ACG complies with all applicable state and local laws regarding required benefits (including PTO, paid sick leave, etc.).

Compensation

The annual salary range for this position is $107,827- $155,000 with annual bonus potential, based on performance.

Benefits

At ACG, we offer a comprehensive and flexible benefits package designed to support your health, financial well-being, and professional growth.

Health & Wellness

• •Medical plans with multiple coverage options, including HSA eligibility.
• •Prescription drug coverage.
• •Dental and vision benefits.
• •Employee Assistance Program (confidential support services).

Financial Protection & Insurance

• •Company-paid basic life insurance.
• •Optional supplemental life insurance and dependent coverage.
• •Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• •Critical illness, accident, and pet insurance options.

Retirement & Savings

• •401(k) plan to support long-term financial goals. 3% automatic deferral upon eligibility; may contribute 1% to 50% of eligible earnings, either pre or post tax. Company match of 50% paid on employee contributions up to 6% of pay, payable to employees following the end of the year; immediate vesting. Additional company contribution of 4% of pay each pay day into your account; 100% vested after three (3) years of service.
• •Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) options.

Time Off & Leave

Paid Time Off (PTO): Accrual-based, increases with tenure, eligible at 90 days of employment. Full-time new employees will receive up to 12 PTO days annually; accrual based on start date and may include additional PTO based on role and/or state & local requirements. Part-time employee PTO hours are calculated based upon the standard weekly hours the employee is scheduled to work and will accrue at a minimum of 3 hours per month.

Paid Holidays: Full-time employees are eligible for 10 company-paid holidays annually, in addition to 1 mental health day, 2 floating holidays and 1 volunt