University of Kentucky
Compensation Consultant Lead
🇺🇸 Lexington, KY
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $63K - $104K
💻 Consulting
🗓️ August 6th, 2025
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- Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and HR partners on offers, job analyses, job architecture, and market studies.
- Lead complex projects including organizational restructures, acquisitions, and compensation process improvements.
- Provide analytics to inform compensation decision-making and support annual market and merit review cycles.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure organizational readiness, compliance, and effective communication.
- Utilize compensation tools such as Salary.com, Mercer WIN, and HRIS systems including SAP and Workday.
- Advanced Excel skills required (e.g., VLOOKUP, pivot tables, modeling).
- Must have a minimum of 7 years of compensation experience and knowledge of wage & hour regulations.
- Preferred certification: Certified Compensation Professional (CCP).
- Salary range: $62,941 to $103,834 per year.
- Position is full-time staff with typical Monday to Friday schedule.
Compensation Consultant Lead Full Description
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Requisition Number | RE51175
Working Title |
Department Name | 3J541:Compensation
Work Location | Lexington, KY
Grade Level | 48
Salary Range | $62,941-103,834/year
Type of Position | Staff
Position Time Status | Full-Time
Required Education | BA
Click here for more information about equivalencies: | https://hr.uky.edu/employment/working-uk/equivalencies
Required Related Experience | 7 yrs
Required License/Registration/Certification | None
Physical Requirements | Lifting of objects up to 20 lbs. Sitting for long periods of time.
Shift | Typically Monday through Friday, 8:00 am through 5:00 pm, with additional hours required as needed.
Job Summary | The Compensation Consultant Lead plays a critical strategic role in executing compensation programs that drive organizational performance, ensure market competitiveness, and support the goals of the University and UK HealthCare (UKHC). Serving as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and HR partners, this role provides expert consultation on compensation-related decisions, including offers, job analyses, job architecture, and market studies.
With expertise in compensation best practices, this role leads complex projects such as organizational restructures, acquisitions, and compensation process improvements. The role also delivers analytics to inform decision-making, supports annual market and merit review cycles, and ensures organizational readiness through effective communication and collaboration with partners.
In addition to project leadership and data analysis, the Compensation Consultant Lead models excellence in customer service and relationship-building across all levels of the organization. The role leverages compensation technologies and systems and partners cross-functionally to enhance service delivery and compliance with applicable laws and institutional policies. Staying informed of best practices, this position continuously innovates to improve the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of compensation programs—helping the university meet its strategic objectives.
Skills / Knowledge / Abilities | Minimum of 7 years experience in the Compensation field with thorough knowledge of Compensation best practices, methodologies, and wage & hour regulations. Strong analytical skills to collect, interpret, and evaluate data to make informed recommendations on compensation strategies. Customer and team-orientation with a collaborative and flexible approach. Ability to successfully manage multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail. Strong project management, planning, and organizational skills. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Ability to work autonomously and deliver results. Deep expertise with compensation tools (e.g., Salary.com, Mercer WIN), HRIS systems (e.g., SAP, Workday), and advanced Excel skills (e.g., VLOOKUP, pivot tables, modeling).
Does this position have supervisory responsibilities? | No
Preferred Education/Experience | Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) preferred.
Deadline to Apply | 08/12/2025
Our University Community | We value the well-being of each of our employees and are dedicated to creating a healthy place for everyone to work, learn and live. In the interest of maintaining a safe and healthy environment for our students, employees, patients and visitors the University of Kentucky is a Tobacco & Drug Free campus.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we strongly encourage veterans, individuals with disabilities, women, and all minorities to consider our employment opportunities.
Any candidate offered a position may be required to pass pre-employment screenings as mandated by University of Kentucky Human Resources. These screenings may include a national background check and/or drug screen.
- * Please describe your years of experience analyzing market survey data.
- No experience
- Less than 1 year of experience
- 1 - 3 years
- 4 - 6 years
- 7 - 9 years
- 10 or more years
- * Which compensation or HR systems have you used in your work? (e.g. Salary.com, MarketPay, Mercer WIN, Payfactors / Payscale, SAP, Workday, ADP, etc.)
(Open Ended Question) - * Have you conducted job evaluations or compensation reviews for director, executive, or senior-level positions?
- Yes, regularly
- Occassionally
- No
- * Do you hold a Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) designation?
- Yes
- No, but I am actively pursuing this
- No
- * Have you led or played a key role in a compensation-related project (e.g., acquisition, job architecture overhaul, pay equity analysis)?
- Yes, I've led multiple complex projects
- Yes, I've led a compensation project
- Yes, I've supported key compensation projects
- No
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