at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Katten is a full-service law firm with approximately 700 attorneys in locations across the United States and in London and Shanghai. Clients seeking sophisticated, high-value legal services turn to Katten for counsel locally, nationally and internationally. The firms core areas of practice include corporate, financial markets and funds, insolvency and restructuring, intellectual property, litigation, real estate, structured finance and securitization, transactional tax planning, private credit and private wealth. Katten represents public and private companies in numerous industries, as well as a number of government and nonprofit organizations and individuals.
Compensation Analyst
The Compensation Analyst is responsible for managing the compensation processes for business professionals and attorneys. This will include merit and bonus processes, salary surveys, and benchmarking new and existing positions. The Compensation Analyst maintains professionalism and strict confidentiality in all client and firm matters.
This position may be located in either the Chicago or New York office.Katten offers a hybrid work model, allowing the flexibility to work both on-site and remotely on a regular basis (KattenFlex).
Essential Duties and Responsibilitiesinclude,but may not be limited to, the following.Other duties may be requested and/or assigned.Essential functions are primary job duties that an individual must be able to perform successfully with or without a reasonable accommodation.Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Deliver compensation guidance regarding business professionals and compensation programs aligned with the firms strategy, mission and law firm industry market.
- Lead the compensation analysis and market pricing of roles for a competitive pay structure while adjusting as needed for market trends, internal equity and engagement.
- Collaborate with Non-Legal Staff Recruiting Manager in the analysis and review of job classification and reclassification requests; quality controls the job classification process for both existing positions and newly created positions, performing job audits as appropriate.
- Collaborate with Chief Talent Officer, Director of Human Resources and Finance to strategize a merit and bonus structure for non-partner attorneys that are not classified as Associates.
- Identifies and researches market changes in compensation and/or bonus structures for other Am Law 100 firms. Equal Opportunity Employer - minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity
