We are driven to do more. More for our customers and the financial professionals who offer our products. If you are driven to do more and love the challenge of pursuing more, Athene is your kind of company. You will find we offer more than the basics to create an inclusive and dynamic work environment at our various locations.
Purpose:
We’re looking for a strategic and analytical professional to help shape and manage our compensation programs. This role combines finance and HR expertise to support data-driven pay decisions, ensuring our rewards are competitive, cost-effective, and aligned with business goals.Accountabilities:
- Analyze market data and job evaluations to recommend pay structures and reward strategies.
- Build and maintain financial models for budgeting, forecasting, and scenario planning.
- Partner with Finance to align compensation spending with business performance and budgets.
- Collaborate with HR and Talent Acquisition to assess offers and compensation programs for competitiveness and cost alignment.
- Evaluate incentive and reward programs through financial modeling and ROI analysis.
- Support annual compensation cycles including merit, bonus, and long-term incentive planning.
- Partner with Finance and Legal on equity plan accounting, forecasting, and reporting.
- Ensure accuracy in grant data, expense tracking, and participant communications.
- Develop tools and dashboards to help leaders make informed pay decisions.
- Deliver analytics linking compensation outcomes to performance.
- Maintain compliance, audit readiness, and data accuracy across all programs.
Qualifications and Experience:
- 5+ years of experience in finance, compensation, or total rewards (financial services experience preferred).
- Strong skills in financial modeling, budgeting, and analysis.
- Knowledge of compensation design, pay structures, and incentive programs.
- Advanced Excel and data visualization (Tableau, Power BI) skills.
- Experience with Workday, Shareworks, or similar tools a plus.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, HR, or related field; Master’s/MBA preferred.
This role offers the opportunity to blend analytical skills with strategic HR impact, helping shape programs that drive performance and reward success.
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What We Do
Athene, through its subsidiaries, is a leading retirement services company that issues, reinsures and acquires retirement savings products designed for the increasing number of individuals and institutions seeking to fund retirement needs. The products offered by Athene include:
• Retail fixed, fixed indexed and registered index-linked annuity products;
• Reinsurance arrangements with third-party annuity providers; and
• Institutional products, such as funding agreements and group annuity contracts related to pension risk transfers.
Athene's subsidiaries include Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Company, a Delaware-domiciled insurance company, Athene Annuity and Life Company, an Iowa-domiciled insurance company, Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Company of New York, a New York-domiciled insurance company, Athene Securities, LLC, an Iowa-domiciled registered broker-dealer (member FINRA), and Athene Life Re Ltd., a Bermuda-domiciled reinsurer.
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The financial industry is ripe for change and Athene is leading the way. We’re determined to make retirement easier for you and other Americans by harnessing our passion, smarts and relentless spirit.
Learn how to become an Athene financial professional at www.athene.com/contact.
If you love a challenge and are driven to succeed, then Athene is your kind of company.
