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Compensation Manager
Ritchie Bros.Posted 10/20/2026full-timeWestchester • Illinois • United StatesSeniorLead💰 $111,940 - $139,930 per yearWebsite
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in developing and managing compensation strategies, including annual merit and incentive programs, while ensuring compliance with US and Canadian regulations. Proven ability to lead teams, conduct market analysis, and design effective incentive programs to attract and retain talent.
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Compensation Strategy DevelopmentMarket Research And AnalysisUS And Canadian Compensation RegulationAdvanced Excel And Data AnalysisTeam Leadership And Development
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Develop, implement and manage RB Global's compensation strategy and programs to attract, retain and motivate employees at all levels
- Own annual merit, equity grant, promotion and incentive bonus programs for the US and Canada, from budget modeling through manager guidance, calibration support and payroll handoff
- Administer the Annual Incentive Plan, including eligibility, target setting, payout calculations, accruals with Finance and employee communications
- Design and maintain salary structures and ranges by country, refreshing them against market movement each year
- Design and evaluate short-term incentive programs
- Own salary survey participation and market pricing for both countries, including survey submissions, job matching and data cuts
- Deliver offer, promotion and equity-adjustment recommendations for People Business Partners and recruiters
- Run pay equity analysis and build compensation reporting and dashboards for leaders
- Help build and maintain job architecture, including job families, levels, leveling guides and title conventions
- Manage job mapping and benchmarking processes
- Maintain compensation decision rights and approval matrix for pay actions
- Ensure compliance with US and Canadian requirements, including FLSA, provincial employment standards classification, pay transparency posting laws and pay equity legislation
- Partner with Internal Audit and Payroll on controls, audit requests and remediation
- Collaborate with People Team workgroups and business leaders to align compensation practices with organizational goals
- Advise People Business Partners and leaders on pay decisions, retention cases and organizational changes
- Support severance, M&A and integration work with compensation analysis and benchmarking
- Create manager and employee materials explaining how pay works
- Lead, coach and develop a team of three compensation professionals
- Build team capability in market pricing, analytics and program administration
- Standardize processes, templates and documentation across both countries
- Act as escalation point for complex compensation questions and cases
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor's Degree
- 7+ years of progressive compensation experience, including at least 2 years leading or mentoring others
- Hands-on experience running annual merit and incentive cycles for a workforce in both the US and Canada
- Strong market research, analysis and pricing skills with major survey providers, for example WTW, Mercer, and Radford
- Demonstrated experience designing incentive programs, including annual bonus and equity or long-term incentive plans
- Working knowledge of US and Canadian compensation regulation: FLSA and provincial exemption rules, pay transparency and pay equity laws
- Advanced Excel and data analysis skills; experience with an HRIS compensation module, for example Workday
- Outstanding communication, influencing, interpersonal, management, and conflict resolution skills, with credibility at the executive level
- Strong project management, change management, and organizational skills
- Flexibility and ability to adapt to a fast-paced culture, changes in the environment, and shifts in priorities
- Travel requirement up to 10%
- Preferred: Experience supporting compensation outside North America, including the UK, Europe, Australia or Asia-Pacific
- Preferred: Experience building or rolling out a job architecture or leveling framework
- Preferred: Exposure to sales incentive plans or M&A integration
- Preferred: Experience in a publicly traded company, including support for proxy or Compensation Committee materials
Benefits
Comp & perks- Annual merit program
- Equity grant program
- Incentive bonus program
- Annual Incentive Plan (AIP)
- Up to 10% travel opportunity
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Hard Skills
Compensation Program DesignAnnual Merit Cycle ManagementIncentive Program DesignSalary Structure MaintenancePay Equity AnalysisJob Architecture DevelopmentBudget ModelingPayroll HandoffData AnalysisJob Mapping
Soft Skills
Outstanding CommunicationInfluencing SkillsInterpersonal SkillsConflict ResolutionProject Management
Tools & Technologies
HRIS Compensation ModuleWorkdayCompensation DashboardsSalary Survey Tools
Industry Keywords
FLSA CompliancePay Transparency LawsPay Equity LegislationM&A IntegrationJob Benchmarking