The Role
Provides compensation analysis and consultation, including job evaluations, salary recommendations, pay equity reviews, incentive-plan analysis, salary surveys, compliance audits, and manager guidance. Supports compensation systems, trains HR and managers, evaluates jobs, identifies pay trends, and contributes to compensation and organizational-structure projects.
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Position Summary:
The Senior Compensation Analyst will provide compensation analysis and consultation to all levels of management. This support includes job evaluations, salary recommendations, pay equity reviews, and responding to general compensation inquiries. Additionally, this position will provide guidance to managers on compensation policies and practices to ensure compliance and provide system support to end users when necessary.
Major Responsibilities:
• Provide compensation support and consultation to various corporate departments and field locations. This includes ensuring that pay actions are completed timely and within compensation guidelines.
• Provide guidance to HR managers to develop total compensation solutions and comprehensive pay decisions.
• Identify pay trends and develop recommendations to address any areas of opportunity.
• Assist in audits and reviews to ensure pay compliance.
• Ensure that jobs are properly documented; evaluate new jobs to determine compensation structure.
• Annual review of compensation incentive plans to ensure that plans are up to date, in compliance, and include all applicable positions covered by the plan. This includes further analysis to ensure plans are providing the necessary motivation and rewarding performance.
• Participate in salary surveys and analyze data on a regular basis to confirm market competitiveness.
• Deliver training to HR and Managers to educate them on our compensation philosophy, practices and systems.
• Actively participate in projects that impact associate compensation and organizational hierarchy, offer compensation support when necessary.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or Human Resources preferred, or must have equivalent and relevant compensation experience.
• 6 years Compensation experience required, preferably in a multi-state environment.
• Experience with variable pay plans, budget and structure activities, and job evaluation (point-factor methodology) preferred.
• 3 years HR/Finance Analytics strongly preferred.
• CCP required or willingness to obtain within 1-2 years of entering the role.
• PHR and/or SHRM-CP preferred
• Internal Penske field experience a plus.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Advanced Excel skills required. Access and PowerPoint preferred.
• Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job
• Willingness to travel as necessary, work the required schedule, work at the specific location required, complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening are required.
Physical Requirements:
-The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
-The associate will be required to: read; communicate verbally and/or in written form; remember and analyze certain information; and remember and understand certain instructions or guidelines.
-While performing the duties of this job, the associate may be required to stand, walk, and sit. The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to reach with hands and arms. The associate must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25lbs/12kg.
-Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
Penske is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
About Penske Truck Leasing/Transportation Solutions
Penske Truck Leasing/Transportation Solutions is a premier global transportation provider that delivers essential and innovative transportation, logistics and technology services to help companies and people move forward. With headquarters in Reading, PA, Penske and its associates are driven by a dedication to excellence and a commitment to customer success. Visit Go Penske to learn more.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, or Human Resources, or equivalent relevant compensation experience
- At least 6 years of compensation experience, preferably in a multi-state environment
- Experience with variable pay plans, compensation budgets and structures, and point-factor job evaluation methodology
- At least 3 years of HR or Finance analytics experience
- Certified Compensation Professional certification, or willingness to obtain it within 1–2 years
- PHR and/or SHRM-CP certification
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
- Microsoft Access and PowerPoint experience
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Regular, predictable, full attendance and ability to work the required schedule at the specified location
- Willingness to travel as necessary
- Successful completion of employment application, background investigation, and drug screening
Penske Logistics Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Penske Logistics and has not been reviewed or approved by Penske Logistics.
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Retirement Support — Retirement options include a 401(k) and, in some driver roles, a 100% company‑funded pension that provides strong long‑term value. These retirement features are described as rare and valuable within certain assignments.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid vacation, holidays, and sick leave are part of the standard package, with some roles offering PTO starting on day one. Time‑off provisions are consistently presented alongside core benefits.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, and hearing coverage are complemented by telemedicine, mental‑health support, and disability options. FSAs/HSAs and wellness resources contribute to broad healthcare coverage.
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The Company
What We Do
Penske Logistics is a Penske Transportation Solutions company. We provide supply chain management and logistics solutions to leading brands around the world. Penske Logistics delivers value through its design, planning and execution in transportation, warehousing, freight management, and dry-van truckload services. Penske offers customized supply chain and logistics solutions including: Dedicated Contract Carriage; Distribution Center Management; Freight Management; Freight Brokerage; Transportation Management Solutions (TMS); Lead Logistics Provider (LLP), Control Tower and 4PL Solutions. We serve a variety of industries including: automotive; food, beverage, grocery, wine and spirits; cold chain; convenience and drug stores; quick service restaurants (QSRs); retail; big box retailers; building and construction products; CPG; healthcare; industrial manufacturing; consumer appliances and consumer electronics; and many others.
