Compensation Analyst

This position is responsible for the detailed analysis and administration of compensation programs and projects for the Performance Coatings Group.  The position supports all divisions that represent PCG, as well as group level functions.  

Additional Details:

• This position requires 5% travel
• This role is not remote/hybrid.  This role will report Sherwin-Williams Cleveland Global Headquarters located at 1 Sherwin Way, Cleveland, OH 44115
• Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company’s staff, employees, and business relationships.

• Sales and Management Incentive Plan Maintenance
  o    Collaboration with Division and Group finance and HR teams for collection of goal metrics.
  o    Varicent goal sheet maintenance, including set up, splits, deletions, and corrections.
  o    Regular audits to ensure accuracy and completeness of goal sheets in Varicent.
  o    Field contact regarding incentive plan questions/concerns.
  o    Annual Update of Incentive Plan documents across divisions of responsibility.

• Job Grading and Market Research Analysis
  o    Individual job grade analysis on an ad-hoc basis.
  o    Functional reviews for job families or groups of employees such as branches, facilities, or employees located in specific geographical locations.
  o    Incentive plan standardization and cost analysis across divisions when needed, collaborating with comp teams outside PCG to ensure alignment.

1. Awards Reporting and Calculation
   o    Work with divisions to determine winners of Spectrum and Circle award programs.
   o    Analysis and collection of financial reporting.
   o    Compile monthly reporting accruals of winner counts.
   o    Manage Celebrate platform activities for PCG.
   o    Improve and streamline current manual process with continuous improvement ideas.

2. Ad-hoc activities such as:
   o    Pay Grade/Incentive Plan Change Cost Analysis.
   o    Job Mapping and analysis for Acquisitions.
   o    Processing of Ad-hoc payroll files.
   o    Assist with annual employee merit increase process including analysis and audits
   o    Advise on HR Cloud job titles and hierarchy changes to support clean structure
   o    Collaboration with Corporate Compensation on Varicent upgrades and new build efforts.
   o    Manual Bonus calculations for SPIFFs and plan components not in Varicent.
   o    Propose process improvement projects to automate manual work.

Minimum Requirements:

• Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age
• Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future
• Must have a bachelor's degree or higher
• Must have at least two (2) years’ professional experience
• Must have prior work experience maintaining and analyzing data
• Must have at least one (1) year of experience using Microsoft office products (e.g. Word, Excel, Power Point, Teams, and/or Outlook)
• Must have at least one (1) year of work experience using Microsoft Excel, including writing formulas, formatting and sorting data, creating pivot tables, and importing/exporting excel data to and from proprietary software

Preferred Qualifications:

• Have a bachelor’s degree or higher in HR, Finance, IT or Business
• Have completed formal training in and/or have at least one (1) year of work experience applying continuous improvement tools such as Six Sigma, 5-S, Lean Manufacturing, Transactional Lean, etc.
• Have a CCP (Certified Compensation Professional Certification)
• Have 2+ years of compensation experience
• Have customer service experience
• Have experience with Varicent data and/or Varicent functionality
• Have an understanding on data dependencies within HR Cloud & Varicent
• Have project management experience