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Manager of Compensation

KIPP Foundation
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธIn-Person - Austin, TX$95Kโ€“$135K/yri2h ago
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Role Snapshot

The Manager of Compensation administers salary operations and compensation processes across KIPP Texas, ensuring equitable and compliant pay practices. This role supports salary reviews, market analysis, bonus administration, and organizational planning initiatives.

Key Responsibilities: Manages salary review cycles, placement, negotiation, and bonus/stipend payouts while conducting market analysis and benchmarking. Collaborates with Finance and Talent teams to implement salary changes, maintain compensation documentation, and provide guidance to organizational leaders on compensation practices.
Skills & Tools: Strong expertise in compensation administration, data analysis, and HR systems; excellent communication and documentation skills; ability to manage complex processes while maintaining confidentiality and ensuring compliance.
Qualifications: Typically requires 3-5 years of HR or compensation experience, with proficiency in salary administration, spreadsheet analysis, and HR systems. Bachelor's degree in HR, business, or related field preferred.
Location: In-Person - Austin, TX
Compensation: $95Kโ€“$135K/yr (estimated)

Job Description

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Compensation Manager supports salary administration and compensation operations across KIPP Texas. Reporting to the Director of Workforce Planning and Rewards, this role manages salary review processes, salary placement and negotiation processes, market analysis, and compensation communications across schools and SSP teams. This role also manages stipend, referral, and bonus payout processes and supports accurate implementation of salary-related changes across the organization.

The Compensation Manager partners closely with Finance, Talent divisions, and organizational leaders to support salary decisions, maintain compensation structures and pay practices, and help ensure processes remain equitable, consistent, compliant, and operationally effective across the organization.

This role also supports process improvements, salary administration guidance, reporting, audits, and special projects related to compensation and organizational planning.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

Compensation Administration and Pay Operations

  • Manage salary review processes across KIPP Texas including promotions, reclassifications, salary adjustments, stipends, bonus pay, and new position requests
  • Manage stipend, referral, and bonus payout processes including tracking, approvals, communication, and implementation coordination
  • Lead salary placement and negotiation processes for applicable school-based and SSP roles
  • Review salary decisions for alignment to approved ranges, pay practices, internal equity, and budget guidance
  • Conduct market analysis and benchmarking to support hiring decisions, salary recommendations, and annual review processes
  • Track and communicate recommendations, approvals, decisions, and implementation timelines with leaders and cross-functional partners
  • Identify trends related to salary compression, equity, or pay alignment and elevate recommendations as needed
  • Collaborate with Finance and Talent divisions to support accurate and timely implementation of salary changes, stipends, referral payouts, and bonus payments

Process Communication and Organizational Support

  • Support the revision and maintenance of compensation manuals, salary guidance documents, and operational procedures
  • Support annual salary review and adjustment cycles across schools and SSP teams
  • Help communicate salary timelines, review cycles, process updates, and guidance across the organization
  • Develop and maintain trackers, templates, and tools that support leaders and internal teams through salary review and request processes
  • Provide guidance to leaders and internal partners on salary administration practices, request processes, and applicable compensation guidance
  • Identify opportunities to improve workflows, documentation, and user experience across salary administration processes

Data Management and Compliance

  • Maintain salary administration systems, records, reports, and tracking tools to support accurate data management and operational effectiveness
  • Support salary-related reporting, analysis, audits, and ad hoc data requests
  • Audit salary and staffing data to identify discrepancies, operational concerns, or data inconsistencies
  • Ensure salary administration practices remain aligned to organizational policies and applicable regulatory requirements
  • Maintain confidentiality and integrity of sensitive employee and organizational information
  • Support compensation-related special projects and implementation efforts as assigned

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