Rewards Consultant, U.S

Shape Your World

At Alcoa, you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress. The way we see it, every Alcoan is a work-shaper, team-shaper, idea-shaper & world-shaper.

At Alcoa, you’re an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress
. This is an opportunity for you to bring your wealth of experience to the team and help shape the future of sustainability with world-changing innovations and low-carbon technologies. You have the power to shape things to make them better.

At Alcoa, our people are our greatest asset. We're looking for a Total Rewards Consultant, U.S. to play a key role in designing, administering, and enhancing compensation and benefits programs that help us attract, retain, and engage top talent across the organization.

This is an exciting opportunity for a compensation professional who enjoys blending analytics, strategy, and collaboration to meet our talent and business objectives. You'll work closely with HR leaders, managers, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure our total rewards programs remain competitive, compliant, equitable, and aligned with business goals.

As a trusted advisor and subject matter expert, you will:

• Analyze compensation data, market trends, and industry best practices to develop insights and recommendations that support talent attraction, retention, and engagement.
• Partner with HR and business leaders to provide expert guidance on compensation programs, job evaluations, and pay-related decisions.
• Lead the job evaluation process, ensuring consistency, internal equity, and compliance with established governance requirements.
• Manage key compensation activities, including market pricing, competitive analysis, salary benchmarking, survey participation, and variable pay support.
• Lead the annual salary planning process, supporting the design, administration, and implementation of merit and compensation planning activities.
• Develop and maintain compensation policies, process documentation, educational materials, and compliance resources
• Support compliance, audits, process improvements, and strategic Total Rewards initiatives, including global compensation and executive compensation projects.

• Experience leading projects and managing multiple priorities, with familiarity in areas such as healthcare benefits, retirement plans, and total rewards program design considered a plus.
• 5+ years of compensation experience with strong knowledge of compensation principles, market pricing, job evaluation, salary administration, and broad-based reward programs.
• Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable business insights and recommendations.
• Experience leveraging HR systems and technology, including Workday (preferred), along with advanced proficiency in Excel, Power BI, and/or VBA for compensation analysis and reporting.
• Ability to partner effectively with HR leaders and business managers, providing trusted guidance on compensation practices, pay decisions, job evaluations, and policy application.
• Knowledge of pay equity, pay transparency, regulatory compliance, and compensation governance, with the ability to support compliant and market-competitive programs.

• Competitive compensation packages, including pay-for-performance variable pay, recognition and rewards programs.
• 401(k), employer match up to 6%, additional employer retirement income contribution (no vesting period)
• Healthcare benefits: medical, Rx, dental, vision, flexible spending account, health savings account (generous employer contribution), life and accident insurance
• Work-life balance programs: flexible work scheduling, hybrid/remote working
• Paid time off: 15 vacation days prorated in the 1st year based on hire date, 12 paid holidays, 7 illness days, Care for Family leave up to 40 days, up to 5 bereavement days, maximum of 30 jury duty days, and up to 10 days annual training for military leave

Base Salary: 98, USD annually

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