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Senior Analyst-Compensation

Northwestern Medicine · Chicago, IL · Full time · Health Care Provider

Posted Sep 21, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 29, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a time your analysis changed what the organization did.

What they are checking: Whether their work lands or only informs.

Full time in Chicago. How does that fit your life?

What they are checking: Honest fit with the location the posting states.

What would you do

A manager tells you a person is underpaid and the data does not agree. How does that conversation go?

What they are checking: The most common hard conversation in compensation, and the manner decides the outcome.

How do you present a finding to leadership so it drives a decision?

What they are checking: The posting names providing summary findings to leadership and stakeholders.

How do you handle the confidentiality of what you see every day?

What they are checking: The posting names significant discretion interacting with all levels of the system.

About the work

Walk me through evaluating a new job description and landing on a grade and title.

What they are checking: The posting names reviewing job descriptions and analyzing data to determine grade and title.

How do you run a market review, and which survey sources do you trust?

What they are checking: The posting names independently conducting market reviews and extracting source materials.

How do you test whether a pay programme is internally equitable?

What they are checking: The posting names reports and analyses to ensure equity and competitiveness.

Tell me about designing an incentive plan. What did you have to get right?

What they are checking: The posting names designing and administering compensation and incentive programs.

How do you keep up with pay transparency and equal pay requirements?

What they are checking: Compensation is increasingly regulated, and a senior analyst should be tracking it.

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The full job description

As published by Northwestern Medicine.

The Senior Compensation Analyst reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards. The Senior Compensation Analyst reports to the Program Director of Physician Compensation and supports the following: Responsibilities: • Exercises significant discretion in interacting with all levels within the system to support compensation strategy, pay programs and policies. • Assists in designing, implementing and administering compensation and incentive programs across the organization. Develops incentive or special compensation programs as needed. • Prepares reports and analyses to ensure equity and competitiveness of pay programs. • Conducts research and provides summary findings to leadership and stakeholders to help design and review current total rewards and talent programs. • Reviews new and updated job descriptions and research, collects, and analyzes data in order to determine appropriate salary grade and title. • Independently conducts market reviews by identifying, extracting source materials (i.e. internal and external job descriptions and all components of compensation data), providing summary findings, making recommendations to compensation leadership and stakeholders, analyzing budgetary impact and developing implementation protocols (communication plan, coordination with MyHR for data updates). • Leads participation in annual salary surveys and serves as liaison with survey vendors. May delegate common surveys to additional support within HR to complete based on approved matches. • Independently consults with HR colleagues, leadership and employees in application of compensation practices, salary determinations and new hire compensation. May provide instruction/training in a formal setting regarding compensation practices and procedures. • Provides authorization for non-standard personnel actions, interim pay and other payments as appropriate, including the coordination of payments with payroll department. • Serves as departmental NMI/intranet content manager. • Serves as the compensation systems expert, partnering with appropriate resources in the design and maintenance of the system. • Maintains integrity of compensation data in PeopleSoft. • Proactively identifies opportunities for operational improvement, including the development and execution of subsequent action plans and routine audits. • Manages special projects as requested. Additional Functions • Conducts training sessions and Town Halls. • Serves as PeopleSoft super-user and advises MyHR, Payroll, and IS when system updates require expert knowledge on compensation policies, practices, and programs. • Other duties as assigned. Required: • Bachelor's Degree, preferably in HR, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Finance or Business • Minimum of 3 years of Compensation experience and 5 years of relevant HR/Finance experience (minimum of 8 years of total experience) • Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and a working proficiency of Microsoft Access • Demonstrated organizational and administrative skills to include the ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks and projects concurrently • Excellent attention to detail • Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills and logical reasoning • Demonstrates history of exercising confidentiality and discretion • Knowledge of relevant federal, state and local regulations relating to Human Resources • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Strong interpersonal skills • Ability to travel to various sites as needed Preferred: • Master's Degree • Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) or Profession in Human Resources (PHR) designation • PeopleSoft experience • Healthcare experience Northwestern Medicine is an equal opportunity employer (disability, VETS) and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status. Background Check Northwestern Medicine conducts a background check that includes criminal history on newly hired team members and, at times, internal transfers. If you are offered a position with us, you will be required to complete an authorization and disclosure form that gives Northwestern Medicine permission to run the background check. Results are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and we follow all local, state, and federal laws, including the Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Artificial Intelligence Disclosure Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position, however, all employment decisions will be made by a person. Benefits We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events. Click on or copy and paste URL to your browser to view detailed benefits information NorthwesternMedicine Career Page https://jobs.nm.org/benefits Please refer to the Benefits Eligibility by Employment Classification to determine benefits eligibility for job postings. If sign-on bonus is included in a job posting eligibility is as followed: Internal employees and rehires who left Northwestern Medicine within 1 year are not eligible for the sign-on bonus. Exception : New graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical position as a Registered Nurse at NM may be eligible.