PALO ALTO NETWORKS® is the fastest-growing security company in history.  We offer the chance to be part of an important mission: ending breaches and protecting our way of digital life. If you are a motivated, intelligent, creative, and hardworking individual, then this job is for you! As a Senior Compensation Business Partner, you will work closely with Human Resources Partners and Business Leaders to understand business priorities, assess compensation program effectiveness and advise on a broad range of highly complex compensation issues. You will participate in the design of global compensation programs to promote market competitiveness and align with business objectives. You will also develop, enhance and implement compensation projects and programs that support our rapidly growing and changing organization, including M&A and global recognition initiatives.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Act as a consultant to the global HR team and functional business leadership to strategize, develop and implement complex business solutions to address compensation needs.
• Conduct in-depth competitive analysis and modeling for global total rewards programs, including competitive assessments of trends and impacts, design of salary ranges, bonus targets, annual budgets.
• Develop and implements communication and training programs on compensation topics for Staffing and managers to promote understanding and effective utilization of programs.
• Create company compensation policies and processes in support of business objectives, and advise management on these practices for their decision making.
• Ensure internal equity and external competitiveness of our compensation programs through strategic monitoring of business conditions, legal requirements and understanding of industry best practices.
• Build and maintain reports, dashboards and metrics to monitor compensation programs.
• Develop and reinforce compensation philosophy across the organization.
• Drive compensation initiatives with global HR partners during M&A activities from due diligence through post-merger integration.
• Develop reward and recognition programs/processes in support of our Total Rewards strategy that will enhance the employment experience and drive organizational culture.
• Manage projects and work streams, and develop, implement and support compensation programs, processes and tools.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Financial Analysis, or related field, or significant levels of work experience including in-depth expertise with compensation program design and project management
• 10+ years of experience in global Compensation
• Ability to build solid relationships with the management team, global HR team, and cross-functional internal partners
• Advanced Excel skills and spreadsheet analysis
• Strong project management skills with team orientation and collaborative style
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and consulting skills including the ability to effectively present facts, analysis, and conclusions or solutions in a way that demonstrates command of content
• Proven experience in advising HR Business Partners and business leaders on global compensation initiatives
• Excellent analytical, compensation modeling and problem-solving skills
• Experience with M&A activities from due diligence through integration
• Highly organized with the ability to execute tasks in a high pressure, fast-paced environment
• Willingness to embrace change

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