Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Compensation and people data are increasingly treated as operational systems inside SaaS companies, especially as headcount scales across regions and tooling expands. This role sits at the intersection of Total Rewards and HR data governance, working across multiple platforms to keep foundational workforce data consistent enough to support decisions and compliance.
For a SaaS career path, the value is in learning how recurring revenue businesses standardize core processes and reporting across distributed systems. Managing compensation cycles, survey participation, and audit routines builds fluency in the operational cadence that many SaaS firms rely on, while partnering with Finance, RevOps, and HRIS strengthens cross functional alignment around metrics and source of truth.
The position tends to suit an analyst who prefers structured problem solving, careful validation, and clear documentation, and who enjoys tracing issues back to process or system design rather than treating them as one off fixes. It also fits someone early in an analytics or People Operations track who wants broad exposure to HR systems and enterprise grade data handling without moving into a purely technical data role.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
Compensation & Data Analyst
Location: Remote, United States (working Eastern timezone hours)
EmploymentType: Full-Time
BenefitsOffered: Vision, Medical, Life, Dental, 401K
Gross Annual Base Salary:USD 86,000 - 112,000
Additional variable compensation and benefits may apply. Total compensation is based on experience, skills, and location using objective, job-related criteria.
Summary
The Compensation & Data Analyst is a key member of the People Operations team, supporting both compensation programs and the integrity of people data across HR systems. This role is responsible for compensation administration, data validation, audit activities, and ongoing data governance to ensure accurate, consistent, and reliable people data. Working closely with HRIS, Total Rewards, Benefits, Finance, and other cross-functional partners, the analyst helps maintain data quality, support compensation processes, and enable accurate reporting and analytics across People Operations.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Data Integrity & Validation: Conduct regular audits of HR data across systems, including UKG, ATS, Pave, Globalization Partners, and benefits platforms, to ensure accuracy and completeness. Identify discrepancies, investigate root causes, and partner with stakeholders to resolve issues.
- Data Maintenance & Quality: Support ongoing data hygiene efforts for people data, including updates, standardization, and corrections to ensure data consistency across systems.
- Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate with HRIS, Compensation, Benefits, People Operations, Revenue Operations, and Finance teams to ensure alignment across data sources.
- Compensation Duties: Own survey participation and management, bonus administration, compensation audits, benchmarking, cash compensation cycle support, job administration, reward letter administration, and compensation data management in all compensation portals.
- Data Privacy & Security: Maintain confidentiality and security of sensitive people and HRIS data, ensuring compliance with data privacy regulations, information security requirements, and company policies related to data handling and access management.
Required Education and Experience
- 1-3 years of experience in data analysis, HRIS, or a related analytical role.
- 1-3 years of experience supporting Compensation or Total Rewards programs.
- Experience working with data in systems such as HRIS platforms preferred.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including data validation, formulas, and data cleanup.
Preferred Education and Experience
- Advanced experience with HR data sets.
- Experience with compensation survey participation and market benchmarking.
- Exposure to data visualization tools and data warehouses such as Power BI or Snowflake.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
- Analytical mindset with the ability to identify patterns and discrepancies in data.
- Ability to work with large datasets across multiple systems.
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
- Effective communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
WHO WE ARE
OneStream is how today’s Finance teams can go beyond just reporting on the past and Take Finance Further™ by steering the business to the future. It’s the only enterprise finance platform that unifies financial and operational data, embeds AI for better decisions and productivity, and empowers the CFO to become a critical driver of business strategy and execution. Our vision is to be the operating system for modern finance, digitizing core financial functions and empowering the CFO to become a critical driver of business strategy. To learn more visit www.onestream.com.
WHY JOIN THE ONESTREAM TEAM
- Transparency around corporate structure, salary, and benefits
- Core value of customer success
- Variety of project work (not industry specific)
- Strong culture and camaraderie
- Multiple training opportunities
Benefits at OneStream Software
OneStream employees are passionate, hardworking individuals who go above and beyond to keep our customers happy and follow through on our mission statement. They consistently deliver the best and in turn, we make every effort to keep them cared for and happy. A sample of the benefits we provide are:
- Excellent Medical Plan
- Dental & Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short & Long Term Disability
- Vacation Time
- Paid Holidays
- Professional Development
- Retirement Plan
OneStream Software is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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