Total Rewards Analyst
Valley Presbyterian Hospital
Help Shape the Future of Employee Rewards
At Valley Presbyterian Hospital, we know that exceptional patient care starts with engaged, supported employees. We are seeking an analytical and detail-oriented Total Rewards Analyst to administer and enhance our compensation, benefits, and retirement programs. In this role, you will partner with Human Resources, Finance, Payroll, Legal, and external vendors to ensure our total rewards programs remain competitive, compliant, data-driven, and aligned with our mission of attracting and retaining exceptional talent.
What You'll Do
- Conduct market pricing and compensation benchmarking studies to evaluate pay competitiveness and support salary structure recommendations.
- Support annual merit, bonus, and promotion cycles, including budget modeling, system configuration, expenditure audits, and post-cycle analysis.
- Review job descriptions and job levels and recommend salary grades and FLSA classifications for leadership review.
- Analyze pay equity, compensation trends, and pay compression; develop data-informed recommendations for review by hospital administration.
- Analyze benefits utilization, claims trends, plan costs, and renewal projections to support benefits planning and vendor negotiations.
- Coordinate open enrollment system configuration, testing, data validation, and analysis of employee plan selections.
- Reconcile benefits premiums across HRIS, payroll, and carrier systems and monitor vendor performance against service-level agreements.
- Monitor retirement plan funding and participant contributions, calculate employer match true-ups, and support 401(k) and 403(b) plan operations.
- Coordinate retirement plan audits and prepare validated census data and documentation for annual nondiscrimination testing.
- Support regulatory filings and reporting, including Form 5500 schedules, ACA Forms 1094-C and 1095-C, and applicable pay transparency disclosures.
- Conduct eligibility, dependent, payroll deduction, and data integrity audits; maintain compliance calendars, internal controls, and standard operating procedures.
- Monitor regulatory changes affecting compensation and benefits and assess potential operational and financial impacts.
- Develop dashboards and reports connecting total rewards investments with retention, turnover, compensation positioning, and benefits utilization.
- Partner with HR, Finance, Payroll, Legal, HRIS, external carriers, recordkeepers, brokers, and auditors to ensure accurate data and effective program administration.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior analysts and support continuous improvement across total rewards programs.
- Follow hospital standards for service excellence, professional communication, workplace safety, infection prevention and control, and Patient Safety Program incident reporting.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
What You'll Bring
- Three to five years of progressively responsible experience in compensation, benefits, or total rewards analysis.
- Experience building financial models, analyzing compensation or benefits data, participating in salary surveys, and presenting findings to senior leadership.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including XLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, multi-condition logic, dynamic arrays, PivotTables, scenario modeling, and basic VBA or macros.
- Hands-on experience with HRIS and payroll platforms such as Workday, UKG/UltiPro, ADP, or SAP SuccessFactors.
- Experience with benefits administration platforms and retirement plan recordkeeper portals; familiarity with Power BI, Tableau, or HRIS analytics tools is preferred.
- Strong knowledge of compensation benchmarking, job evaluation, benefits administration, and retirement plan operations.
- Working knowledge of ERISA, ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, Section 125, and other applicable federal and state requirements.
- Excellent analytical, organizational, project management, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Demonstrated integrity, discretion, and sound judgment when handling confidential compensation information, participant records, and protected health information.
- Healthcare or hospital experience and experience mentoring or reviewing the work of junior staff are strongly preferred.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Finance, Business Administration, Mathematics, Economics, or a related quantitative field required.
- Master's degree or MBA preferred.
- Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS) strongly preferred.
- Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) preferred.
- Certified Benefits Professional (CBP) preferred.
- PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, or SHRM-SCP certification is a plus.
Why Valley Presbyterian Hospital
- At Valley Presbyterian Hospital, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to programs that support our employees and help advance the hospital's mission to provide excellent care to the San Fernando Valley community.
- Support meaningful, data-driven decisions that strengthen the employee experience and organizational effectiveness.
- Collaborate with colleagues across Human Resources, Finance, Payroll, and hospital leadership.
- Contribute to a culture of accountability, compliance, service excellence, and continuous improvement.
- Apply your technical expertise to complex and impactful total rewards programs.
If you are an analytical total rewards professional who values accuracy, collaboration, and continuous improvement, we encourage you to apply and become part of the Valley Presbyterian Hospital team.