Compensation Analyst (Non Exempt Incentives)

100% Remote

Monday - Friday 8-5 - Candidate must work CST time zone - hours may verify depending on business needs

Interviews Via Teams

Key success hinges on meeting the 30‑day deliverables and navigating a fast‑paced, rapidly evolving environment with limited direction, drawing heavily on practical, real‑world experience.

Overview

We are seeking an experienced contractor to support the design, modeling, and evaluation of a non exempt incentive program pilot. This role will be responsible for translating incentive design concepts into data-driven models, ensuring compliance with applicable labor and safety regulations, and clearly communicating expected outcomes to stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and refine non-exempt incentive plans using applied, real-world experience

• Develop advanced analytical models to evaluate incentive cost, performance, and financial impact

• Build gainshare-based models using defined metrics, weighted measures, and performance thresholds

• Ensure incentive design frameworks and payout calculations align with FLSA requirements (including regular rate of pay, overtime implications, and non-discretionary earnings treatment)

• Incorporate OSHA considerations into incentive design to avoid unintended safety risks or behaviors that could discourage incident reporting or safe work practices

• Create scalable models that support multiple scenarios and assumptions to assess risk and opportunity

• Partner with stakeholders to validate drivers, metrics, outcomes, and compliance considerations

• Clearly and concisely present model outputs, expected results, compliance implications, and key insights to varied audiences

• Translate complex analytical findings into actionable, compliant recommendations

Must-Have Qualifications

• Applied experience designing non-exempt incentive plans, including production- or driver-based programs

• Demonstrated working knowledge of FLSA regulations, including how incentive pay impacts overtime calculations and total compensation compliance

• Awareness of OSHA principles as they relate to incentive plan design, particularly in avoiding safety-disincentivizing structures

• Advanced analytics skills, with demonstrated ability to develop detailed cost analyses tied to defined and weighted performance metrics

• Proven experience working within gainshare or incentive-based compensation models

• Ability to build and maintain multi-scenario models to support forecasting, decision-making, and compliance impact analysis

• Strong presentation and storytelling skills, with the ability to quickly and effectively explain expected outcomes, compliance considerations, and meaningful results to non-technical stakeholders

• Background in compensation, workforce incentives, operations, or performance management

• Proficiency in Excel and analytics tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Python)

• Experience supporting pilot programs or incentive test-and-learn initiatives

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, iterative environment with limited direction

Deliverables Within the First 30 Days

• Incentive design and cost modeling artifacts, including FLSA impact considerations

• Scenario analyses with clearly defined assumptions, outcomes, and compliance implications

• Executive-ready summaries and presentations outlining results, risks, and recommendations

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