Senior Compensation Analyst

Department: Human Resources

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: 1668 S. Garfield Ave. 2nd Floor, Alhambra, CA 91801

Compensation: $120,000 - $145,000 / year

We are seeking an experienced and analytical Senior Compensation Analyst to join our Human Resources team at Astrana Health. In this role, you will play a key part in shaping competitive and equitable compensation practices across our growing, multi-state healthcare organization. You will lead compensation analyses, evaluate market trends, support compensation programs, and provide data-driven recommendations that align with our business objectives.

The ideal candidate brings strong healthcare compensation experience, exceptional analytical skills, and the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights.

• Put Patients First
• Empower Entrepreneurial Provider and Care Teams
• Operate with Integrity & Excellence
• Be Innovative
• Work As One Team

• Conduct market pricing and job evaluations for clinical, non-clinical, professional, and leadership positions across hospital, ambulatory, physician group, IPA, and MSO environments. Utilize ERI, Comp Analyst, healthcare-specific compensation surveys, and relevant market sources to assess market competitiveness, job levels, salary grades, geographic differentials, and internal equity.
• Develop data-supported compensation recommendations for new hires, promotions, retention, and organizational changes, including analysis of pay compression, market alignment, and internal equity.
• Support the administration of annual merit, bonus, and short-term incentive programs, including eligibility reviews, financial modeling, award calculations, data validation, and reporting.
• Perform compensation analysis for executive and leadership positions, long-term incentive programs, and equity based awards in coordination with HR leadership, Finance, Legal, and Payroll.
• Evaluate physician and provider compensation arrangements, including base compensation, productivity-based incentives, and other performance-related components, in partnership with appropriate clinical, Finance, and HR stakeholders.
• Support compensation due diligence and integration associated with acquisitions, including job mapping, compensation comparisons, salary alignment, and harmonization recommendations.
• Maintain compensation structures, benchmark mappings, job documentation, and supporting analytical tools; contribute to compensation guidelines, job architecture, and process improvements.
• Develop compensation models, dashboards, reports, and executive presentations to communicate findings, financial implications, and recommended actions.
• Partner with HRIS and People Analytics to validate compensation data, improve reporting capabilities, and support system-enabled processes. Primary HRIS system ownership remains outside this position. Astrana Health | Human Resources
• Support compliance with applicable pay transparency, wage and hour, recordkeeping, and audit requirements in coordination with HR and Legal.
• Provide compensation guidance to HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, Finance, and business leaders; independently manage assigned projects through completion.
• Perform other compensation-related responsibilities as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, or a related field preferred; an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience will be considered.

• Minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible compensation experience, including advanced market pricing, job evaluation, salary structures, and compensation analysis.
• Demonstrated experience pricing clinical and non-clinical healthcare positions, including nursing, allied health, medical support, clinical operations, and healthcare leadership roles, strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting compensation programs within complex, multi-state healthcare organizations, including hospitals, clinics, physician groups, IPAs, or MSOs, strongly preferred.
• Experience with merit, bonus, incentive, executive compensation, and long-term incentive or equity-based programs preferred.
• Experience in a publicly traded company strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience working directly with HR and Finance leadership and independently managing compensation assignments.
• Strong understanding of healthcare compensation practices, including clinical job families, healthcare labor markets, shift differentials, geographic pay…