About the Role
Guardian is seeking a motivated individual to join our team as a Compensation Business Partner - Senior Analyst. In this role, you will play a critical part in designing, analyzing, and administering compensation programs that support Guardian’s talent, performance, and business strategy. You will act as a trusted advisor, contributing insights that influence pay decisions, program design, and market competitiveness.
Responsibilities
- Independently analyze and evaluate compensation programs, including base pay and incentive plans, ensuring internal equity, market competitiveness, and regulatory compliance.
- Conduct job evaluations and market pricing using established methodologies and external survey data; provide data-driven recommendations.
- Serve as a subject-matter resource to HR partners and leaders on compensation policies, guidelines, and pay decisions.
- Solve complex compensation issues and recommend improvements by applying seasoned judgment and new perspectives.
- Lead or contribute to cross-functional compensation projects impacting multiple business units.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
- 4–6+ years of progressive experience in compensation, rewards, HR analytics, or a related field.
- Strong working knowledge of base pay, incentive compensation, job architecture, market pricing, and pay governance.
- Experience applying compensation data, surveys, and analytics to support business decisions.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and experience with HR systems and compensation tools.
- Ability to explain complex or sensitive compensation topics to varied audiences.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States, without the need for employer sponsorship/support now or at any time in the future.
Skills
- Compensation principles
- Compensation practices
- Compensation programs
- Base pay
- Incentive compensation
- Job architecture
- Market pricing
- Pay governance
- Compensation data analysis
- Survey data analysis
- Excel
- HR systems
- Compensation tools
Location
- Hudson Yards, NYC
- Holmdel, NJ
- Stamford, CT
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Work from home
Experience Level
- Senior Analyst
- 4-6+ years of experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
Salary/Compensations
- $82,770.00 - $135,975.00
- Eligible for annual, sales, or other incentive compensation.
Benefits
- Support and flexibility to achieve professional and personal goals.
- Skill-building opportunities.
- Leadership development opportunities.
- Philanthropic opportunities.
- Contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources.
About the Company
- At Guardian, you’ll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals.
- Through skill-building, leadership development and philanthropic opportunities, we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.
- As part of Guardian’s Purpose – to inspire well-being – we are committed to offering contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues.
- Explore our company benefits at www.guardianlife.com/careers/corporate/benefits.
- Benefits apply to full-time eligible employees. Interns are not eligible for most Company benefits.
Equal Opportunity
- Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.
- Guardian is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.
- Guardian also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants (and employees) to accommodate the individual's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so would create an undue hardship.
- Guardian Life is not currently or in the foreseeable future sponsoring employment-based visas (e.g., such as an H-1B).
