Senior Compensation Analyst

About the Team + Role

Robinhood's Compensation team designs the programs that help attract, motivate, and retain talent as the company scales. As a Senior Compensation Analyst, you will own compensation analytics and the systems behind broad-based base pay and variable compensation programs. You will build models driving pay decisions, manage workflows for People and Recruiting teams, and leverage automation and AI to improve operations.

This role is based in Menlo Park, CA, New York, NY, or Chicago, IL, with in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week.

What You'll Do

• Build and maintain compensation models: Develop scalable models for market benchmarking, budget planning, scenario analysis, and data reconciliation.
• Lead compensation analytics: Drive survey participation, job matching, market pricing, and trend analyses across global markets.
• Design and maintain reporting: Create compensation trackers, dashboards, and budgets for cross-functional stakeholders.
• Administer broad-based compensation: Support merit, promotion, and variable/incentive compensation cycles end-to-end.
• Build and improve compensation systems: Enhance compensation tooling, job catalogs, databases, and automations.
• Support M&A integration: Deliver compensation due diligence, pay structure harmonization, and integration analysis.
• Drive AI and automation: Apply AI and modern tools to streamline benchmarking, analysis, communications, and reporting.
• Partner cross-functionally: Collaborate with People Partners, HRIS, Finance, and Legal.

What You Bring

• 5+ years of compensation experience in a fast-paced, high-ambiguity environment.
• Advanced Excel/Google Sheets modeling skills with large datasets and dynamic, QA'd models.
• Demonstrated market pricing and benchmarking experience (e.g., Radford, Pave, Mercer), including salary structures and equity bands.
• Fluency with AI tools and an orientation toward automating analytical work.
• Experience administering broad-based and variable/incentive compensation.
• Clear communication and ability to turn complex analysis into actionable recommendations.
• Attention to detail, sound judgment with sensitive data, and strong ownership.
• Experience with HRIS/compensation systems (e.g., Workday) is a plus.