Operations Specialist

Dow Jones & Co. Since 1882, Dow Jones has been finding new ways to bring information to the world's top business entities. Beginning as a niche news agency in an obscure Wall Street basement, Dow Jones has grown to be a worldwide news and information powerhouse, with prestigious brands including The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Barron's, Market Watch and Financial News.

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NYC - 1211 Ave of the Americas

Full time

The People team at Dow Jones is dedicated to attracting, developing, and retaining world-class talent that drives our mission forward. As strategic partners, we provide comprehensive support across the entire employee lifecycle. Our team includes Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, People Business Partners, Compensation, HR Operations, Workplace, and Security-all working together to create an exceptional employee experience. We champion a culture of inclusion, innovation, and excellence, ensuring our people have the resources, support, and opportunities they need to thrive and do their best work.

Dow Jones is hiring a Compensation Operations Specialist to join our People Team in New York City. Reporting to the Compensation Director, this position combines compensation analysis with core HR operations oversight. In this role, you will drive the evolution of the Compensation function by simplifying processes, improving data and systems, and leveraging automation and technology to make compensation programs more efficient, scalable, and employee and business-friendly.

• Lead compensation operations and cross-functional processes, ensuring accurate data, consistent execution, strong controls, and seamless administration across HR systems.
• Identify opportunities to streamline and automate compensation processes, evaluating existing workflows to eliminate manual work, reduce process friction, improve accuracy, and create more scalable solutions.
• Apply creative problem-solving to complex operational challenges, exploring alternative approaches, challenging existing ways of working, and developing practical solutions that improve efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.
• Proactively identify opportunities to rethink how compensation processes are designed and delivered, leveraging technology, cross-functional collaboration, and innovative approaches to address recurring issues and emerging business needs.
• Project manage key Compensation initiatives and annual cycles, coordinating timelines, requirements, stakeholder alignment, testing, communications, and execution across the People Team.
• Partner closely with HRIS to optimize Workday and other compensation-related systems, translating business requirements into system enhancements, workflow improvements, and automation opportunities.
• Develop and maintain compensation processes, documentation, controls, and operating procedures, ensuring clear ownership and consistent execution across the organization.
• Build and maintain reporting and tracking that provides visibility into compensation activity, process performance, workload, data quality, and key operational metrics.
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