Sr Manager, Total Rewards

Avant is looking for a Senior Manager to join our People Team and partner with the business to appropriately design, implement and administer a comprehensive total rewards strategy and program for the organization. This position will structure Compensation, Benefits & Payroll programs, ensure appropriate benchmarking, lead HRIS (Workday) optimization, strategy and analytics, 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 to support our people managers as they lead critical initiatives to enable business growth. As a part of the People 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'll do at Avant:

• Evolve the organizations' overall Total Rewards strategy in alignment with our broader People & organizational strategy & initiatives. This includes health and welfare plans, retirement plans, life insurance, time off, wellness programs and any other employee benefit plans offered.
• Oversee the HRIS (Workday)function and lead initiatives to optimize system functionality to meet the needs of the organization.
• 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, maintain compensation ranges and provide key insights to inform the company's compensation strategy.
• 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 People 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.
• Partner with the Employee Relations and Development teams to ensure appropriate retention 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.
• Leverage all components of the total rewards function to extract analytical people related insights that ultimately inform business decisions and strategy.

Why you are 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
• Prior experience in Workday HCM and software
• 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

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We believe that a diverse set of backgrounds and experiences helps us create the most innovative solutions for our customers. We invite you to apply to our positions even if you do not meet 100% of the qualifications listed in the description. If you're passionate about our mission and aligned to our values, we hope you'll come contribute to our awesome culture.
Why Avant is the place for you:
At Avant, we believe our values make a difference:
Authenticity. We show up to work as our whole selves and make sure others can too.
Collaboration. We can only succeed when we do so as a team.
Problem-Solving. The harder the problem, the more satisfying the solution.
Customer. We are all owners of the customer experience.
Initiative. Plan. Adapt. Get Sh!t Done.
We believe that great ideas come from anyone and anywhere, that everyone is an owner who drives change, and that we have more fun when we work together. We're problem solvers who love collaborating with intelligent and highly-motivated people to reshape the face of digital banking. Avant offers terrific perks and benefits, fun social events with employees who actually like hanging out together, and a flexible growth environment where trying your hand at new projects and being the active owner of your career path is encouraged and supported.
Some of our benefits include:

• Choice of great Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance Plan options
• 401(k) Match
• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• Flexible Work Environment
• Generous Paid Parental Leave
• Lunch Allowance (Fooda) and In-office Snacks
• WFH Stipends for our Remote Employees
• Access to LinkedIn Learning for Professional Development
• No Meeting Wednesdays - (a.k.a. planned time to Get Sh!t Done)
• Summer Fridays
• Fun In-Office and Virtual Social Events
• And who doesn't love the swag

This position may require you to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. If required, you'll be asked to provide proof that you're fully vaccinated upon your start date or before working in or visiting our Chicago office. You're considered fully vaccinated two weeks after you receive the second dose of a two-dose vaccine series (e.g., Pfizer or Moderna) or two weeks after a single-dose vaccine (e.g., Johnson & Johnson/Janssen). Failure to provide proof of vaccination may result in termination. Subject to applicable law and requests for accommodation.