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Senior Compensation Analyst

Avalara

Avalara

IT
India · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Washington, DC, USA · Panchsil Society, Rajkot, Gujarat4, India
Posted on Jan 7, 2026

Job Description

What You'll Do

As our Compensation Analyst in Pune, Maharashtra, India, you will work on time-sensitive and detailed analysis. This analysis will involve offers, Market data, Salary ranges, merit process. We mean it to support the Business in hiring and motivating great people we have. Every day you will review your task queue to identify top priorities. Then you'll begin working to complete this work to support our team members across multiple departments to resolve their queries and find solutions.


What Your Responsibilities Will Be

  • Build compensation programs support activities, including assisting in the development, and administration of compensation policies; conduct job audits and prepare job descriptions that reflect responsibilities and requirements.
  • Be an compensation subject-matter expert to HRBPs and business leaders, advising on market competitiveness, internal equity, and pay decisions through clear, data-driven insights.
  • Work with Talent Acquisition and People Partners to design competitive and internally aligned offer strategies. Deliver training for TA, PP, and leaders on compensation fundamentals, offer decision-making, pay philosophy, and merit cycle readiness.
  • Participate in compensation surveys, analyzing external data to assess market competitiveness; review proposed salary actions for understanding of established guidelines and governance practices.
  • Lead the annual market pricing process, selecting survey sources, performing accurate job matching, and interpreting market results to inform salary structures and pay positioning recommendations.
  • Identify and recommend solutions to compensation-related issues, offering corrective actions that enhance fairness, consistency, and policy adherence.
  • Help implement annual pay cycles, including merit, promotion, and bonus programs. You will ensure system readiness, modeling and insights, promoting leader decision-making, and completing post-cycle analysis.
  • Develop analytical models to forecast compensation costs, assess pay compression risks, evaluate hiring affordability, and identify retention vulnerabilities.
  • Provide recommendations for salary structures and job architecture, including updates to role design, leveling, and organizational frameworks based on market data and business needs.
  • Monitor and interpret compensation-related regulatory requirements, advising on necessary adjustments to ensure compliance across programs, and policies.
  • You will report to Lead/ Sr Manager Compensation Analyst

What You'll Need to be Successful

  • We do Compensation differently. Motivated by our orange spirit, we lead with energy. We've got each other's backs. And we celebrate every win – no matter the size. Every day presents a new opportunity to improve and learn from those around you. Guided by our success traits, we're putting the action in to make Avalara a great place to work.
  • Bachelor's Degree with minimum of 7 years of relevant experience

#LI-Onsite


Avalara is an AI-first Company

AI is embedded in our workflows, decision-making, and products. Success here requires embracing AI as an essential capability.

  • You’ll bring experience using AI and AI-related technologies, ready to thrive here.

  • You’ll apply AI every day to business challenges - improving efficiency, contributing solutions, and driving results for your team, our company, and our customers.

  • You’ll grow with AI by staying curious about new trends and best practices, and by sharing what you learn so others can benefit too.


How We'll Take Care of You

Total Rewards

In addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses.

Health & Wellness
Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance.

Inclusive culture and diversity
Avalara strongly supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to integrating them into our business practices and our organizational culture. We also have a total of 8 employee-run resource groups, each with senior leadership and exec sponsorship.


What You Need To Know About Avalara

We’re defining the relationship between tax and tech.

We’ve already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing over 54 billion customer API calls and over 6.6 million tax returns a year. Our growth is real - we're a billion dollar business - and we’re not slowing down until we’ve achieved our mission - to be part of every transaction in the world.

We’re bright, innovative, and disruptive, like the orange we love to wear. It captures our quirky spirit and optimistic mindset. It shows off the culture we’ve designed, that empowers our people to win. We’ve been different from day one. Join us, and your career will be too.

We’re An Equal Opportunity Employer

Supporting diversity and inclusion is a cornerstone of our company — we don’t want people to fit into our culture, but to enrich it. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, national orientation, disability, sexual orientation, US Veteran status, or any other factor protected by law. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.