Senior Manager, Compensation & Benefits
Avant is dedicated to building premier digital banking solutions for the middle class through a combination of technology, analytics and superior customer service. Since 2012, Avant has connected over 1.5 million customers to over $7.5 billion in loans and 500,000 credit cards. A high growth financial technology company, Avant has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, TechCrunch, Fortune, Bloomberg, and has raised over $600 million of equity capital. Visit www.avant.com for more information.
Avant is looking for a Senior Manager to join our growing Talent Team and partner with the business to appropriately structure Compensation, Benefits & Payroll programs, ensure appropriate benchmarking, provide education to leadership & people managers, and ensure successful delivery of compensation & benefits-related initiatives across the company. You will work in a collaborative environment with leaders across the company, and own projects that ensure we’re recruiting and retaining awesome people, ensuring appropriate recognition, complying with various compensation and benefits-related laws, and building relationships across the business. As a part of the Talent leadership team, your role will offer autonomy, leadership-facing opportunities, and most importantly, the sense of accomplishment that comes with being responsible for the most important growth effort for a company: its people.
What you will do at Avant:
- Build an overall Total Rewards strategy that aligns with our broader Talent & organizational strategy & initiatives.
- Provide oversight of Avant’s base pay, short-term incentive, and long-term incentive programs. Build reporting and communicate with leaders, managers, and stakeholders regarding the same.
- Participate in Compensation and Benefits surveys to ensure appropriate benchmarking, and build and maintain compensation ranges.
- Stay up-to-speed on critical trends & best practices in Compensation & Benefits, particularly within the Tech and Financial Services industries, and ensure appropriate application to Avant.
- Work with cross-functional partners to build processes & policies to ensure that the Talent Services team operates efficiently and in a customer-service-oriented manner.
- Lead Annual Benefits Renewal and Open Enrollment.
- Manage year-end and mid-year compensation review processes.
- Partner with the Talent Acquisition team to ensure appropriate recruiting strategy.
- Oversee Payroll function and provide support and guidance to payroll lead.
- Manage Avant’s equity recordkeeping program.
- Ensure continued compliance with all Federal, State, and local compensation and benefits laws.
Why you're a fit for Avant:
- BA/BS Degree
- 8+ years of Compensation, Benefits, or other relevant experience, including 3+ years of people management experience
- Excellent presentation and communication skills (verbal and written), and the ability to interact with employees at all levels
- Ability to apply significant discretion in sensitive situations
- Experience working with highly-skilled technical employees and large, non-exempt populations alike
- Strategic, big-picture thinking combined with execution skills to ensure that we’re getting things done
- Ability to multitask, meet deadlines, and work in a fast-paced environment
- Strong data analytics & excel skills, as well as comfort in operating within HRIS platforms & Google Suite
- Experience collaborating across multiple functional areas
- Strong bias for action
- Working understanding of Leadership Development and Talent Acquisition strategy preferred
- Prior experience with public company executive compensation and equity recordkeeping preferred
- Prior experience in Technology or Financial Services preferred
Why Avant is a fit for you:
At Avant, we believe our values make a difference:
We value, support, and help each other grow
We are committed to active inclusion and diversity
We are transparent and believe the best idea wins
We succeed when our customers succeed
We get sh!t done… responsibly
And we keep it fun!
We believe that ideas are more important than titles, everything is more fun together, everyone drives change, and everyone is an owner. While we believe the perks and benefits that we offer are terrific, nothing excites us more than having the ability to collaborate with intelligent, highly-motivated and talented people on challenging problems as we work to change the face of online lending.
Avant is an equal opportunity employer and individuals seeking employment are considered without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation or gender identity), age, disability or genetic information or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local law, regulation or ordinance.