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OfficeJob Description
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
Description:
Join our inclusive Total Rewards team at Thermo Fisher Scientific as a Senior Compensation Analyst and contribute to our global compensation and benefits strategy. In this position, you'll collaborate with HR teams and business leaders to develop and implement effective total rewards solutions that attract, retain, and support talent. You'll analyze market trends, manage compensation programs, and facilitate the annual compensation cycle while ensuring alignment with our business objectives.
Working with highly confidential data, you'll provide strategic compensation consulting across all organizational levels, conduct detailed market research, and develop solutions for salary administration, incentives, and long-term plan designs. You'll also support various critical projects including benefit program design, M&A integrations, and system implementations while maintaining productive partnerships with internal stakeholders and external vendors.
Requirements:
• Bachelor's Degree plus 6 years of related experience
• 3+ years in compensation or related field preferred
• Advanced Excel skills including complex formulas, modeling, and data visualization
• Strong analytical capabilities with ability to interpret data, identify trends, and present insights
• Experience with HRIS systems, particularly Workday preferred
• Proven project management skills and ability to manage multiple priorities
• Strong consulting and relationship building skills across all organizational levels
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities
• Demonstrated ability to handle confidential information with discretion
• Knowledge of global compensation practices and regulatory requirements
• Experience with benefit platforms and flexible benefits technology preferred
• Detail-oriented with strong problem-solving capabilities
• Ability to work independently
• Financial understanding to connect rewards strategies with business objectives
Compensation and Benefits
The salary pay range estimated for this position Sr Compensation Analyst based in Massachusetts is $110,000.00–$154,700.00.This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:
A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree plus 6 years of related experience
- 3+ years in compensation or related field
- Advanced Excel skills including complex formulas, modeling, and data visualization
- Strong analytical capabilities to interpret data, identify trends, and present insights
- Experience with HRIS systems, particularly Workday
- Proven project management skills and ability to manage multiple priorities
- Strong consulting and relationship building skills across all organizational levels
- Excellent written and verbal communication abilities
- Demonstrated ability to handle confidential information with discretion
- Knowledge of global compensation practices and regulatory requirements
- Experience with benefit platforms and flexible benefits technology
- Detail-oriented with strong problem-solving capabilities
- Ability to work independently
- Financial understanding to connect rewards strategies with business objectives
Thermo Fisher Scientific Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Thermo Fisher Scientific and has not been reviewed or approved by Thermo Fisher Scientific.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a strong company 401(k) match and an employee stock purchase plan that add meaningful long‑term value. Feedback suggests these features stand out among core financial benefits even when base pay feels average.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage offers multiple national medical options alongside dental and vision, with company‑paid life and disability coverage. This breadth is considered a solid foundation even if some costs may not be the lowest among peers.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental and caregiver leave, backup care, adoption assistance, and specialized family resources are available. Feedback suggests these supports are a notable plus for colleagues managing family and caregiving needs.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Insights
What We Do
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.
Why Work With Us
You will join a company which every colleague has the opportunity to create possibilities, for oneself, for our customers and patients. There is no more exciting place to be than at the forefront of solving problems which help improve lives around the world. As a company, we are committed to supporting your career aspirations and your journey.
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