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Compensation Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis


Job Location:

Boston, MA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 80000 - 150000
Posted: 17 May 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 14 August 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy
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Job Summary

About Us

Wellington Management offers comprehensive investment management capabilities that span nearly all segments of the global capital markets. Our investment solutions tailored to the unique return and risk objectives of institutional clients in more than 60 countries draw on a robust body of proprietary research and a collaborative culture that encourages independent thought and healthy debate. As a private partnership we believe our ownership structure fosters a long-term view that aligns our perspectives with those of our clients.

About the Role

Position Overview

This position sits within the Finance function and plays a critical role in how the firm plans forecasts and governs compensation expense. The role is focused on management of position and cost data reporting expense management and financial governance partnering closely with Global Compensation Human Resources and senior leaders to support decision-making and execution.

This individual will support the endtoend financial process for compensation including forecasting and reporting translating complex data into actionable insights and provide thoughtful guidance on tradeoffs risks and implications for the business. The role requires strong attention to detail and comfort operating independently. This individual needs to be process focused excited to build on current momentum on investments in platforms & systems and be open and curious to adopting AI/new technologies.

Responsibilities

Oversee and execute position management activities and governance including review and approval of new changed and backfilled roles; maintain cost targets

Ensure accurate and timely position headcount and compensation data within Workday and related systems

Provide comprehensive financial analysis including variance analysis trend analysis and scenario modeling to evaluate firm performance and identify areas for improvement

Monitor progress against approved compensation plans and proactively surface risks issues and tradeoffs

Produce recurring standard work including financial reporting packages/analysis for CFO/Leadership team

Support the design and development efforts to implement innovative solutions to enable growth enhance decision-making and drive efficiency (e.g. workforce planning system implementation)

Serve as a trusted Finance advisor in compensationrelated discussions including Quarterly Business Reviews and senior leadership forums

Maintain highest standards of confidentiality and integrity

Qualifications

Bachelors degree in finance accounting or related field; MBA or advanced degree a plus

Demonstrable (3-5 years) relevant work experience in analytical roles with a proven track record of process improvement innovation and disciplined execution

Strong attention to detail and analytical skills with proven ability to interpret complex data and provide forward-looking analysis & recommendations

Advanced technical skills (e.g. Excel Workday Power BI Tableau) are strongly preferred; demonstrated interest in leveraging AI tools to automate processes reporting and analysis; Anaplan experience is a nice to have

Excellent communication and problem-solving skills

Not sure you meet 100% of our qualifications Thats ok. If you believe that you could excel in this role we encourage you to apply and welcome a chance to review your background. We are dedicated to building and maintaining a diversified workforce and considering a broad array of candidates with a variety of skill workplace experiences and backgrounds.

As an equal opportunity employer Wellington Management ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race color sex sexual orientation gender identity gender expression religion creed national origin age ancestry disability (physical or mental) medical condition citizenship marital status pregnancy veteran or military status genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you are a candidate with a disability or are assisting a candidate with a disability and require an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs please email us at .

At Wellington Management our approach to compensation is designed to help us attract inspire and retain the best talent in our strive to pay employees fairly and competitively across all levels and roles. Our approach to compensation considers all aspects of total compensation; all employees are eligible to receive salary variable compensation and benefits. The base salary range for this position is:

USD 80000 - 150000

This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered when making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; role; skills and experience; certifications; and education. This range is an estimate and further details on salary and total compensation aspects will be shared with candidates during the recruitment process.

Base salaryis only one component of Wellingtons total compensation approach. Other rewards may include a discretionary Corporate Bonus and/ or Incentives if eligible. In addition we offer a comprehensive and high value benefit package to meet the unique needs of our employees and their families and we are committed to fostering a flexible work environment that enables employees to thrive personally and professionally. Examples of our benefits include retirement plan health and wellbeing dental vision and pharmacy coverage health savings account flexible spending accounts and commuter program employee assistance program life and disability insurance adoption assistance back-up childcare tuition/CFA reimbursement and paid time off (leave of absencepaid holidays volunteer sick and vacation time)

We believe that in person interactions inspire and energize our community and are essential to our support of this commitment our employees work from our offices 4 days a week with flexibility to work remotely 1 day a week. We believe that this approach ultimately supports our mission to deliver investment excellence to our clients and their beneficiaries over the long term.


Required Experience:

IC


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If Napoleon had met this Wellington, Waterloo would have taken on a whole new meaning: sound asset management. Wellington Management oversees investments for more than 2,000 institutional clients in some 50 countries. It has approximately $620 billion of assets under management. Clien ... View more

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