Two Harbors is seeking a Compensation Analyst to join the Human Resources team. The Compensation Analyst will be responsible for supporting the company’s compensation programs inclusive of but not limited to project support, implementation and analysis of compensation programs in accordance with the company’s compensation strategy and philosophy, and ad hoc payroll functions for the company in compliance with federal and state regulations. A successful candidate will also be able to utilize strong organizational skills to ensure completion of audit requests and reporting are done accurately and in accordance with internal processes.

Responsibilities
—Assist with providing business leaders and their teams compensation support/counsel and offer creative solutions to compensation related issues.
—Partner in administering compensation programs including conducting competitive market analysis and annual short term incentive plans.
—Benchmarks jobs against survey data to determine competitive compensation ranges for each position and determine FLSA exemption classification.
—Gathers data from market-based compensation surveys; uses spreadsheets and data analysis techniques to assess results and market trends.
—Prepare data necessary for participation in annual salary surveys.
—Assists in the monthly compensation cycle including calculating productivity bonus compensation
—Assists in the annual compensation cycle, including administration, analysis, reporting, and development of Total Reward Statements.
—Assists in Processing payroll for hourly and salaried employees; including reviewing and entering timesheets, tax and direct deposit information, and administering regulatory requirements
—Assists in maintaining data integrity in systems by running queries and analyzing data and reviewing source documents for accuracy and completion of data input.
—Promotes best practices to ensure continued internal equity and external competitiveness.
—Ensure compliance with Federal, State, and local laws and regulations.
—Assist with audit and sox compliance requests internally and/or from regulatory agencies.
—Manage ad hoc Human Resources projects as directed
—All other duties as requested.
Qualifications
—Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Human Resources, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience to successfully perform the responsibilities of the job such as those listed.
—2 – 3 years’ experience in a compensation or analytics role within a dynamic company.
—Proficient with technology tools such as HRIS and MS Office Suite with advanced knowledge in MS Excel (formulas, pivot tables).
—Strong analytical skills demonstrated in an HR capacity
—Experience processing payroll cycles
—Ability to learn new technology quickly
—Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong attention to detail.
—Demonstrated sense of accountability and dependability for the quality and timeliness of work and
—High attention to detail and accuracy, sound judgment and problem-solving skills.
—Desire to work as a team with a result driven approach
—Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality at all times, both internally and externally

Physical Demands & Working Conditions
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job:
—The employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
—The employee is required to sit for extended periods of time and is occasionally required to stand and walk.
—The employee must regularly use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects and is regularly required to reach with hands and arms; the employee may occasionally climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
—The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
—Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.
—The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate, and no extreme conditions are present.