Manager, Compensation - (25-P&T-500002-006)
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General Job Title: Manager, Compensation Job Code: OA0024 Supervises Directly: Yes New or Revised: Revised Regular or At-Will: At-Will Date Last Revised: 8/20/2024 Exempt or Non-Exempt: Exempt Compensation Approval Signature: Union/ Non-Union: Non-Union Department Name and Division: People & Talent Salary Schedule: Non-Union Salary Range Cost Center Code: 500002 Grade: NU18 Essential Position: No Reports To: Senior Manager, Compensation EEO Code: Officials and Administrators Work Format Hybrid Who We Are & What We Do:

At DC Water, we provide more than 700,000 District of Columbia residents and 24.6 million annual visitors with essential water, wastewater, and stormwater services. DC Water also provides wholesale wastewater treatment services for 1.8 million people in Montgomery and Prince George's counties in Maryland, and Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Virginia. We aspire to be known for superior service, ingenuity, and stewardship to advance the health and well-being of our diverse workforce and communities. To achieve this vision, we commit to our shared mission every day-exceeding expectations by providing high quality water services in a safe, environmentally friendly, and efficient manner.

Role Description:

The Manager, Compensation, designs, implements, evaluates, and manages DC Water's compensation strategies and programs, conducting in-depth market analyses, and ensuring compliance with industry regulations. The role is responsible for benchmarking/leveling projects to ensure competitive pay levels across the organization, administering annual salary reviews, evaluating jobs, and managing and maintaining the HRIS to help DC Water attract, retain, and motivate top talent through competitive and equitable compensation practices.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Manages DC Water's compensation strategies and programs aligned with organizational goals and industry benchmarks.
• Manages job evaluation processes to assign jobs to the appropriate pay group and grade, ensuring competitive and equitable pay for DC Water's employees.
• Oversees system data input and integrity for job, salary, and position control information in the human resource information systems (HRIS) and directs regular audits and quality control.
• Advises management in establishing pay levels to ensure DC Water's ability to attract, motivate and retain employees.
• Provides advisory services to managers and employees in the HCM Office sub-units, as required.
• Oversees all pay adjustments for DC Water's Union and Non-Union workforce.
• Drives market analyses to ensure DC Water's compensation programs remain competitive and compliant with relevant regulations.
• Manages benchmarking studies and surveys to determine appropriate salary ranges for various positions based on industry standards and regional considerations.
• Manages the annual salary review process, providing expertise, analysis, and recommendations on merit increases, incentive payouts, and bonus calculations.
• Partners with HR Business Partners, Benefits, Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, Payroll, and HRIS leads to integrate compensation-related policies and programs, drive improvements across administration, process, and employee/candidate experience, and support attraction, retention, development, and performance of DC Water's employees through People & Talent programs.
• Supports change management, communication, and ongoing training on compensation policies, programs, and processes to enable employees to understand their compensation.
• Prepares monthly Human Resources reports and other special reports, as requested.
• Provides support to the collective bargaining negotiations process with the Master Agreement on Compensation.
• Participates in the compensation transformation program and associated projects in support of the Human Capital Strategy, providing strategic direction, collaborating with senior leadership and internal stakeholders, and partnering with external resources.
• Performs other related duties and projects as assigned at the discretion of the Director, HCM.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Provides daily planning and administration in the selection, assignment, supervision, promotion, discipline, and training of personnel within the Compensation Branch.Monitors and evaluates the progress of the Compensation Branch towards meeting goals and adjusts in objectives, work plans, schedules, and commitment of resources.

Key Working Relationships: Interacts with high level officials, managers and supervisors throughout DC Water, local union representatives, vendors, officials from other government and private agencies and organizations, etc.

Skills & Qualifications:

The qualifications listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and ability necessary for an individual to perform each essential responsibility satisfactorily. Reasonable amounts of training are provided.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Required Experience: Minimum 7 years of progressive experience related to the complete range of a compensation program, including at least 3 years of supervisory or managerial experience. Proven experience in a senior compensation role, with a deep understanding of compensation theories, methodologies, and best practices and in-depth knowledge of relevant labor laws and regulations. Minimum Education Requirements: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Management, Accounting or related field from an accredited college or university. Required Skills: Compensation Strategy Project Management (related to People & Talent) Compensation Tools & Technology Performance Management Pay Equity Analysis Data Analysis Communication Skills Required Licenses & Certifications: None Required Languages: English Physical Requirements: General office conditions.

Preferred Skills & Qualifications

Preferred Experience: Experience with compensation for union employees, including negotiation skills with the Master Compensation Agreement, as part of the collective bargaining negotiation process. Strong statistical and quantitative as well as analytical, planning, and organizational skills. Preferred Education Requirements: Master's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field from an accredited college or university. Preferred Licenses & Certifications: SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP (Society of Human Resource Management) Certification, Certified Compensation Professional (CCP), Global Remuneration Professional (GRP), or similar. Preferred Skills: HR Information Systems (Oracle, Dayforce, SAP, Workday, etc.) Negotiation Change Management

*The work environment characteristics described in the physical requirements section of the required skills & qualifications table are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential responsibilities.

Your Experience at DC Water:

At DC Water, our people make us an industry leader. Join a group of thinkers, innovators, and problem solvers focused on protecting life's most precious resource in the nation's capital.

• Take pride in your work. We provide an essential service and do work that matters. A career at DC Water is an exciting opportunity to help improve the environment and make a lasting difference for the community.

• Connect to a strong culture. Everything we do is grounded in our shared values-accountability, trust, teamwork, customer focus, safety, and wellbeing.

• Be your true self. We are an inclusive organization that embraces diversity, and we recognize and celebrate employees' individuality and unique contributions.

• Build your skills and career path. We are committed to developing a future-ready workforce by helping our employees develop skills for the jobs of tomorrow.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V.

We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing

The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities.

If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to

perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please

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