Senior Compensation Consultant

Who are we?

Western National Insurance Group is a private mutual insurance company with over 120 years of experience serving customers' property-and-casualty insurance needs in the Midwestern, Northwestern, and Southwestern United States. Known as “The Relationship Company®,” we define success as a measure of the relationships we’ve built over time. In everything that we do, we know that delivering a friendly and helpful interaction makes for a better experience for everyone involved.

That’s the power of “nice”. At Western National, nice is something we work to bring to every person and organization with whom we partner and serve.

Full-time

Western National is seeking a Senior Compensation Consultant to join our team! The individual in this role will have the opportunity to lead the design, administration, and continuous improvement of Western National Insurance Group’s compensation programs. This individual will leverage market data, internal equity analysis, and business insight to deliver competitive, equitable, and sustainable pay practices that support the organization’s talent strategy and long‑term business objectives.

This position will begin with an in‑office training period, averaging approximately three months. Following training, the role will transition to a hybrid schedule with three days in the office and two days working from home each week. Candidates should be within a commutable distance of our Twin Cities office.

• Leads the design, administration, and continuous improvement of the organization’s compensation philosophy, salary structures, job architecture, and related programs to support market competitiveness, internal equity, and sound compensation governance.
• Partners with HR Business Partners and business leaders to evaluate new and existing positions, conduct market benchmarking, recommend job levels and pay grades, and provide guidance on compensation decisions.
• Leads the annual market review process, including participation in salary surveys, analysis of market movement and competitive positioning, and recommendations for salary structure and employee pay adjustments.
• Develops and oversees a consistent approach to internal equity analysis, identifies areas of concern, recommends appropriate actions, and educates leaders on equitable pay practices.
• Administers company wide incentive compensation programs, including short‑term and long‑term incentive plans, and supports program design, modeling, communication, and governance.
• Leads the annual merit review cycle from planning through completion, including system configuration, leader education, communications, data validation, approvals, employee communications, and payroll coordination.
• Partners with senior HR leadership and the CEO support executive compensation, including base salary, short‑term and long‑term incentives, and related compensation analyses and recommendations.
• Configures, maintains, and continuously improves Workday Advanced Compensation processes, reporting, and controls.
• Collaborate with HR leadership and Finance on the annual budgeting process by providing compensation analyses, workforce cost projections, salary increase modeling, incentive forecasting, and financial recommendations.
• Prepares compensation analyses, dashboards, models, and executive‑ready materials that translate complex data into actionable recommendations.
• Maintains compensation policies, procedures, documentation, and employee‑facing communications, including Total Rewards communications and annual Total Rewards statements.
• Monitors compensation‑related laws and regulations, partners with HR and Legal to assess impacts, and supports compliant implementation and ongoing audits.
• Builds trusted relationships across the organization and provide responsive, practical, and customer‑focused compensation consultation.

• Five‑plus years of progressively responsible compensation experience, including experience with base pay, incentive compensation, market pricing, and job evaluation.
• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business, finance, or a related field; equivalent relevant…