Director, Compensation and Benefits

Irvine, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 16 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

When you join Accurate Background youre an integral part of making every hire the start of a success story. Your contributions will help us fulfill our mission of advancing the background screening experience through visibility and insights empowering our clients to make smarter unbiased decisions.

The Director Compensation & Benefits is a strategic leader responsible for designing managing and optimizing the companys global compensation and benefits programs to attract retain and motivate top talent. This role partners closely with HR leadership Finance and business leaders to ensure all programs are competitive cost-effective compliant and aligned with the organizations total rewards philosophy.

Job Responsibilities:

Lead the design implementation and governance of the companys compensation programs including base salary structures incentive plans allowance plans and recognition initiatives.
Manage annual compensation processes (merit bonus salary structure reviews) ensuring accuracy compliance and strong partnership with HRBPs and business leaders.
Conduct regular market benchmarking and pay analyses to ensure competitive positioning.
Leads the evaluation and alignment of individual positions and job levels within our job architecture to ensure alignment with career framework and compensation structure.
Provide guidance and training to HR and leaders on compensation decisions programs offers and internal equity.
Develop and manage the companys benefits strategy including health & welfare retirement wellbeing leave programs and ancillary benefits.
Lead annual benefits renewals vendor relationships and plan design evaluation with a focus on cost management and employee experience.
Partner with brokers vendors and carriers to ensure high-quality service delivery and compliance.
Oversee administration and continuous improvement of benefit programs across regions.
Establishes and manages compensation and benefits related budgets provides forecasts and actuals prepares accruals and provides audit support as needed.
Ensure all compensation and benefits programs comply with applicable federal state and global regulations.
Maintain strong governance practices documentation and policy management.
Coordinate audits filings and compliance updates as required (e.g. ACA ERISA FLSA pay transparency laws).
Use data and analytics to evaluate program effectiveness support budgeting and inform strategic decisions.
Provide executive-level reporting and insights on compensation and benefits trends and program performance.
Oversee compensation and benefits modules in Workday to ensure data accuracy process efficiency and continuous improvement.
Lead M&A due diligence for Compensation & Benefits.
Develop M&A integration strategy and execute harmonization efforts between companies and entities.

Qualifications/Experience:

Bachelors degree in Human Resources Business Administration or related field.
12 years experience in compensation and/or benefits including at least 3 years in a leadership role.
Strong knowledge of compensation principles market analysis job evaluation and benefits regulations.
Experience leading annual compensation cycles and benefits renewals in a global company.
M&A experience is required.
Workday experience strongly preferred.
Strong business acumen required to develop and adhere to global Total Rewards budget.
Strategic thinker with the ability to design scalable solutions.
Strong operational discipline and attention to detail.
Ability to balance employee experience with fiscal responsibility.
Collaborative leader who builds trust and drives alignment across teams.
Advanced analytical skills the ability to interpret complex data and recommend data driven actions.
Ability to demonstrate creative problem-solving skills and drive delivery & execution.
Excellent communication (verbal & written) problem-solving and stakeholder-management skills.
Ability to interact with and influence all levels of management and cross-functional teams using good judgement.
Ability to handle sensitive information with confidentiality and professionalism.

The Accurate Way:

We offer a fun fast-paced environment with lots of room for growth. We have an unwavering commitment to diversity ensuring everyone has a complete sense of belonging here. To do this we follow four guiding principles Take Ownership Be Open Stay Curious Work as One core values that dictate what we stand for and how we behave.

Take ownership.

Be accountable for your actions your team and the company. Accept responsibility willingly especially when its whats best for our customers. Give others every reason to trust you believe in you and count on you. Rise to every occasion with your personal best.

Be open.

Be open to new ideas. Be inclusive of people and ways of doing things. Make yourself accessible and approachable and communicate with genuineness transparency honesty and respect. Embrace differences.

Stay curious.

Stay curious even as you move forward. Tirelessly ask questions and challenge the status quo in your pursuit of new ideas ways to solve problems and to continually grow and improve.

Work as one.

Work together to create the best customer and workplace experience. Put our customers and employees firstbefore individual or departmental agendas. Make sure they get the help they need to succeed.

About Accurate Background:

Accurate Backgrounds vision is to make every hire the start of a success story. As a trusted provider of employment background screening and workforce monitoring services Accurate Background gives companies of all sizes the confidence to make smarter unbiased hiring decisions at the speed of demand. Experience a new standard of support with a dedicated team comprehensive technology and insight and the most extensive coverage and search options to advance your business while keeping your brand and people safe.

Accurate is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to hiring talented and qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex gender identity sexual orientation race color religion national origin disability protected veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law.

Accurate will consider for employment all qualified applicants including those with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws.

Special Notice:

Accurate is aware of schemes involving fraudulent job postings/offers and/or individuals or entities claiming to be employees of Accurate. Those involved are offering fabricated employment opportunities to applicants often asking for sensitive personal and financial information. If you believe you have been contacted by anyone misrepresenting themselves as an employee of Accurate please contact emailprotected.

- Please be advised that all legitimate correspondence from an Accurate employee will come from @ email accounts.

- Accurate will not interview candidates via text or email. Our interviews are conducted by recruiters and leaders via the phone Zoom/Teams or in an in-person format.

- Accurate will never ask candidates to make any type of personal financial investment related to gaining employment with the Company.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.

Required Experience:

Director