Analyst Compensation

Firm Summary

White & Case is an elite global law firm serving leading companies, financial institutions and governments worldwide. Our long history as an international firm means we are perfectly placed to help our clients resolve their most complex legal challenges wherever they may be.

With lawyers and staff operating from more than 47 locations, working in virtually every country of the world, we have invested heavily in building a high-quality full-service practice competing at the top of the market. We are distinguished by our on-the-ground presence in the world’s key financial markets and our strengths in handling complex cross-border work.

It’s not just about our global network of offices and shared services centers; it’s the global interconnectedness of the Firm that our people, and our clients, value most. We work well together across geographic and practice boundaries. It’s one of the reasons we attract and retain cross-border work.

Our lawyers are globally minded, enterprising, collaborative and committed to excellence. Our people represent 90 nationalities and speak 80 languages.

Position Summary

The Compensation Analyst role will form part of the Compensation team, consisting of dedicated professionals located around the world, spanning Manila, Tashkent, London and Tampa. The role will have primary responsibility to ensure a smooth operation of the Compensation processes and to own and support multiple activities during the annual compensation and promotion cycles.

Based on the specifications highlighted by the Compensation team and in collaboration with the HR Aligned and HRIS teams, you will ensure our processes, data and systems are aligned with the firm’s Compensation philosophy. Partnering with the HR Shared Services teams, you will proactively identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities to support the evolution of our existing or new processes.

You will be pivotal to our ability to serve our clients, by helping to ensure that our data quality is exceptional and record keeping is second to none. You will have responsibility for setting up our data management systems, as well as allocation of tasks and query management throughout the annual cycles.

Our Functional Area

Trusted advisor or career coach, project manager or strategist, recruitment administrator, talent expert or experienced generalist? As part of our global People (Advisory) team, you can expect to utilize and develop your skills across every aspect of human resources and talent management.

Whilst traditional HR tasks are an important component of our work, we also apply this practical knowledge to high-level strategic initiatives that deliver on our employer value proposition to best enable and grow our business. We lead and manage significant projects to attract, retain and engage the best people, and we are recognized for our ability to get the job done.

We’re proud of our high-performance work ethic, as well as the central role that we play in fostering an inclusive and collaborative culture. Through extensive contact with partners and business services leaders, we are trusted to offer advice and implement changes that help our teams perform at the highest level and deliver outstanding client service. Working with us will enable you to become a great professional, and develop a uniquely broad range of experience to draw on throughout your career.

Duties And Accountabilities1

You will be responsible for supporting the Compensation team running efficiently, meeting and exceeding the needs of all stakeholders globally. Your duties will include, but not be limited to the following:

• Work as part of the team to analyse data, including compensation survey submission and report downloads to help us ensure our reward packages are competitive and sustainable
• You will be required to analyze large, confidential data sets, spotting errors and trends, translating them into meaningful insight to share with team members and stakeholders
• You will provide administrative support to the Compensation team and the Aligned HR Operations Manager in running the annual compensation processes through the whole lifecycle. That includes:
• completing all necessary data audits prior to launch;
• various checks and reconciliation of data;
• managing queries during the process,
• the coordination, prioritization and allocation of stakeholders’ requests coming into the Compensation mailboxes or through My Portal;
• to work with the team to track and manage resolutions;
• wrap up of the processes with follow up data audit and improvement activities.
• You will have a role in directly supporting stakeholders in the People and wider Business Services teams with any data, system or process requirements ensuring our processes are operating effectively
• Assist in the development of progress reports, presentations and analysis as required by team members to support the compensation agenda
• Support the testing, training, planning, and analysis of our system upgrades and enhancements as they arise
• Work with Aligned HR Operations Manager and Compensation team to determine the efficiency and effectiveness of the annual processes and systems that support them and make recommendations for improvements to teams’ processes and to vendor regarding the system.
• Support the team on any new projects as they arise and act as subject matter expert on compensation administration
• Own logistics around team meetings: coordinates Team meetings / dial-ins, agendas, slides, taking actions and/or minutes as required etc.
• Adaptable and willing to support other compensation team activities as needed by the business. Including administration support, data management, analysis, audit tasks and/or system testing, maintenance as requested to help cover peak periods of workload during the year
• Flexibility to work both US and EMEA time zones to fit business requirements
  
  

The Firm may modify and amend any job description at any time in its sole discretion. Nothing herein creates a contract of employment or otherwise modifies the at-will nature of employment.

1The above is only a general description of the essential duties associated with this position and does not represent an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all duties.

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