Human Resource Business Partner III

The City of Virginia Beach Human Resources Department is seeking an analytical and collaborative professional to serve as an HR Business Partner III-Compensation with a primary focus on compensation and total reward analysis. This position plays a critical role in supporting City reward related programming by analyzing market data, providing salary structures oversight and recommendations for improvement, and serving as centralized SME for HR leadership and organizational stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will bring strong technical skills, experience working with Workday (or comparable system), and the ability to translate large data sets into actionable outcomes. This role reports to the Director of Human Resources-Talent and Workforce Development. This position works directly with other HR Business Partners, technology partners, departmental liaisons, and various other stakeholders in the support of equitable and competitive compensation and total rewards practices.

Representative duties include, but are not limited to:

• Conduct complex labor market analyses, including job pricing, market benchmarking, and internal equity reviews to ensure competitive and fiscally responsible pay programming and pay practices
• Participate in and analyze salary surveys and total rewards programming to ensure competitive structure, policies and practices
• Assist with the development and refinement of compensation programs and related policies
• Perform regression analyses and statistical modeling to support pay equity, salary structure design, and compensation recommendations
• Design and maintain pay structures (step, open range), pay grades and job classifications; recommend adjustments as needed
• Work with other HRBPs in appropriately establishing new classifications within the pay structure; review existing classifications for appropriate placement based on internal equity factors and market competitiveness
• Ensure compliance with FLSA, state wage laws, and related compensation/total reward requirements; recommend policy updates as applicable
• Collaborate with Finance and Budget Offices on salary projections and position control
• Maintain and analyze compensation data within HRIS systems (e.g., Workday or similar platforms)
• Prepare compensation reports, dashboards and workforce analytics; develop executive level dashboards and reports
• Analyze trends in turnover, compression, retention, etc; effectively communicate findings to HR leadership
• Model financial impact of salary increases and incentive programs; support annual budget development process
• Create and analyze various HR and compensation reports to identify trends and provide data-driven insights for strategic decision making
• Support regulatory audits and respond to related inquiries

The City offers a generous benefits package which includes health, dental and life insurance, retirement and savings plans, maternity/paternity and parental leave, Holidays and Leave benefits.