Senior Compensation Analyst
About Faire
Faire is an online wholesale marketplace built on the belief that the future is local — there are over 2 million independent retailers in North America and Europe doing more than $2 trillion in revenue. At Faire, we're using the power of tech, data, and machine learning to connect this thriving community of entrepreneurs across the globe. Picture your favorite boutique in town — we help them discover the best products from around the world to sell in their stores. With the right tools and insights, we believe that we can level the playing field so that small businesses everywhere can compete with these big box and e-commerce giants.
By supporting the growth of independent businesses, Faire is driving positive economic impact in local communities, globally. We’re looking for smart, resourceful and passionate people to join us as we power the shop local movement. If you believe in community, come join ours.
About this role
We are looking for a Senior Compensation Analyst to support our compensation initiatives including new hire compensation packages, annual planning cycles, benchmarking, and other ad-hoc analysis. This role will execute on day-to-day compensation matters and contribute to the evolution of our compensation philosophy and programs. The position will work closely with partners across the People team and the business to align our compensation with Faire’s mission and values.
What you’ll do
- Conduct market analysis to ensure our compensation structures and practices remain competitive for the markets we operate in.
- Partner with recruiters to provide direction, review, and approval for new hire offer packages.
- Support our major compensation planning cycles including modeling, training, and reporting.
- Serve as the owner of our market data including job analysis, validating job matches, and completing all salary survey submissions.
- Design and build compensation metrics, reports, and tools to support compensation decisions and/or projects as we continue to scale.
- Maintain and ensure integrity of compensation data and structures in internal systems.
- Stay abreast of and report out on changing trends, regulations, and other issues related to global compensation.
- Partner with the broader People team to support analyses and work on special initiatives related to improving our organization as a whole.
Qualifications
- 4+ years of experience in the analysis, design, and/or administration of compensation programs.
- Demonstrate strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills.
- Ability to build strong partnerships and communicate complex information in a clear, concise manner across a variety of audiences.
- Ability to prioritize work and handle multiple assignments in a timely and flexible manner.
- Familiarity with stock options, RSU’s, and other equity offerings.
- Advanced experience in Excel and/or Google Sheets.
- Ability to work with sensitive information and maintain confidentiality.
Why you’ll love working at Faire
- We are entrepreneurs: Faire is being built for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs. We believe entrepreneurship is a calling and our mission is to empower entrepreneurs to chase their dreams. Every member of our team is an owner of the business and taking part in the founding process.
- We are using technology and data to level the playing field: We are leveraging the power of product innovation and machine learning to connect brands and boutiques from all over the world, building a growing community of more than 350,000 small business owners.
- We build products our customers love: Everything we do is ultimately in the service of helping our customers grow their business because our goal is to grow the pie - not steal a piece from it. Running a small business is hard work, but using Faire makes it easy.
- We are curious and resourceful: Inquisitive by default, we explore every possibility, test every assumption, and develop creative solutions to the challenges at hand. We lead with curiosity and data in our decision making, and reason from a first principles mentality.
Faire was founded in 2017 by a team of early product and engineering leads from Square. We’re backed by some of the top investors in retail and tech including: Y Combinator, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Forerunner Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, and DST Global. We have headquarters in San Francisco and Kitchener-Waterloo, and a global employee presence across offices in Salt Lake City, Atlanta, Toronto, London, New York, LA, and Sao Paulo. To learn more about Faire and our customers, you can read more on our blog.
Faire provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.