Senior Incentive Compensation Governance Analyst
Houston, MS - USA
Job Summary
At Stewart we know that success begins with great people. As a Stewart employee youll be joining a company that was named a 2024-2025 Best Company to Work For by U.S. News & World Report and a 2025 Top Workplace by USA Today. We are committed to helping you own develop and nurture your career. We invest in your career journey because we understand that as you grow so does our company. And our priority is smart growth by attaining the best people investing in tools and resources that enable success and creating a better home for all.
You will be part of an inclusive work environment that reflects the customers we serve. Youll be empowered to use your unique experiences passion and skills to help our company and the communities we serve constantly evolve and improve. Together we can achieve our vision of becoming the premier title and real estate services company.
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Job Description
Job Summary
If you thrive on creating clarity in complexity and love working shoulder-to-shoulder with partners across the Compensation team HR Finance Legal HRIS and the business to solve complex problems youll have a direct impact on how incentives are managed across the company.
Job Description
Support the design and maintenance of a consistent governance framework for variable compensation programs ensuring controls are clearly defined documented and consistently applied.
Translate compensation design decisions into clear structured deliverables such as plan summaries eligibility matrices decision logs and governance reference materials ensuring alignment between design intent and operational execution.
Serve as a key contact for audit and compliance activities coordinating requests preparing documentation and ensuring programs remain audit-ready.
Manage the intake documentation and governance workflow for compensation exceptions and offcycle requests including deviations from established program menus; ensure exceptions are properly documented reviewed approved and routed with clear accountability for plan design calculation and submission.
Maintain end-to-end plan documentation as the system of record for plan details governance decisions design updates and approvals ensuring consistency in structure terminology and version control.
Partner with Incentive Calculation Teams and Incentive Compensation Partners to ensure plan documentation is executable aligned to calculation requirements and reflective of approved design intent.
Support program management for incentive initiatives by tracking timelines milestones and deliverables to ensure execution discipline across stakeholders.
Identify document and escalate risks related to timelines compliance or governance standards to appropriate stakeholders for resolution.
Act as a cross-functional coordination point between HR Finance Legal and HRIS to ensure consistent application of governance standards and plan rules.
Provide guidance and communication to stakeholders on governance processes documentation requirements and exception procedures to support alignment and execution.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Education
Bachelors degree required concentration in HR Business Finance or a related field preferred.
Experience
57 years of progressive compensation experience with meaningful exposure to incentive plan governance documentation and program management.
Skills
Compensation (Variable/Incentive Pay); Compensation Plan Design & Administration; Governance Risk & Compliance; Business Process Documentation; HR Project Management; Stakeholder Management ; Data Analysis & Reporting
Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
Stewart is committed to ensuring that its online application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and need assistance or an accommodation in the application process please contact us by email at .
Benefits
Stewart offers eligible employees a competitive benefits package that includes but is not limited to a variety of health and wellness insurance options and programs paid time off 401(k) with company match employee stock purchase program and employee discounts.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
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