Senior Compensation Analyst

Avanos Medical seeks a Senior Compensation Analyst to lead complex compensation programs that support our mission-driven, global medical device business. In this role, you will conduct market pricing, benchmarking, and job evaluations for clinical, technical, and corporate roles, ensuring competitive and compliant pay practices. You'll design and model salary structures and incentive plans, support annual merit and bonus cycles, and perform pay equity and compliance analyses. Partnering closely with HR and business leaders, you'll provide data-driven recommendations that align talent, performance, and rewards to improve patient-focused outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead market pricing, salary benchmarking, and job evaluation for corporate and clinical roles.

• Design, model, and administer salary structures and incentive/bonus programs.

• Conduct pay equity, compression, and compliance analyses; recommend corrective actions.

• Partner with HR Business Partners and leaders on offers, promotions, and retention actions.

• Develop clear compensation models, dashboards, and executive-ready reports.

• Support annual merit, bonus, and salary planning cycles and tools.

• Maintain compensation data in HRIS and ensure data integrity and governance.

• Monitor market trends, regulatory changes, and best practices in compensation.

• Educate managers and HR partners on compensation philosophy, policies, and tools.

• Contribute to compensation projects that support growth, integration, and global alignment.

Required Skills

• Compensation analysis

• Job evaluation and leveling

• Market pricing and salary benchmarking

• HRIS and compensation systems (e.g., Workday, SAP Success

• Factors)

• Advanced Excel and data analysis

• Incentive and bonus plan design

• Salary structure design and maintenance

• Regulatory and compliance knowledge (FLSA, pay equity)

• Financial modeling and forecasting

• Reporting and presentation skills