GENERAL SUMMARY
Responsible for the design, implementation, and administration of employee compensation programs, policies, and procedures. This position is responsible for assuring compliance with governmental regulations.

FOUR DIAMOND SERVICE AGREEMENT
All Team Members will display a Four Diamond commitment to customer service through the delivery and maintenance of the Quality Standards established by Pechanga Resort Casino.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Design, evaluate, and modify salary structure to ensure that the salary program is current, competitive, and in compliance with PRC policies and legal requirements.
• Prepare and maintain job descriptions for each position in the Company; ensures descriptions accurately reflect the work being performed by incumbents.
• Interview and survey employees and managers to gather and document job, organizational, and occupational information including duties, responsibilities, and skills required by each job.
• Assesses jobs and their respective duties to determine classification as exempt or nonexempt and appropriate salary range.
• Benchmarks jobs against survey data and other market intelligence to determine competitive compensation ranges for each position.
• Prepares and maintains job classifications and salary scales.
• Participate in the design and administration of internally created salary surveys, as well as compile data for and complete external salary surveys.
• Evaluate exempt and non-exempt positions and designate an exemption status based on FLSA standards.
• Develop, analyze, and oversee job evaluations, salary surveys, compensation packages, and other related compensation projects and practices.
• Lead the annual appraisal and merit processes through PRC performance management software.
• Prepare and oversee the preparation of reports, salary administration policy manuals, internal publications, and program description materials. Draft communications related to annual compensation planning, compensation analyses, and related initiatives.


• Advise management and Team Members on interpretations of compensation policies and practices.
• Manage the annual year-end compensation planning process, partnering with HR partners and payroll colleagues to facilitate payments.
• Conduct benchmarking analyses using external market surveys.
• Maintain accurate compensation and job profile data in PRC’s HRIS systems.
• Prepare various reports and related recommendations by utilizing disparate data and sources, and applying data analytics and logic.
• Develop, deploy, and administer compensation plans that are fair, competitive, supportive of organizational strategies, and compliant with Company direction, local laws, pay equity, or other statutory requirements.
• Management and execution of ad hoc projects related directly or indirectly to compensation, including but not limited to, organizational structure grading/pay analysis, structure analysis for specific grade/function requests, new structure/grade development, and approvals.
• Other duties as required.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

ACCOUNTABILITY: The Compensation Manager is responsible for managing the compensation functions of Pechanga Resort Casino.

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QUALIFICATIONS AND GUIDELINES
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EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/TRAINING: A Bachelor's degree (B.A.) in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field; or 5 – 7 years related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS: This position requires the ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations. This position also requires the ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedural manuals. Furthermore, this position requires the ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public. Must be able to communicate clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: This position requires the ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. This position also requires the ability to compute rate, ratio, percent, and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
REASONING ABILITY: This position requires the ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. This position also requires the ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.


CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:
• Must qualify to obtain and maintain a Class “A” gaming license.
• PHR and/or CCP certification preferred.

SKILLS/ABILITIES:
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Proficient with internet applications.
• Proficient with HR information systems.

• Knowledge of statistics and salary survey techniques, job analysis, and job evaluation techniques along with a working knowledge of database and spreadsheet software.
• Must possess mathematical aptitude and exceptional analytical skills.
• Thorough knowledge of job evaluation systems, incentive pay programs, and executive bonus programs.
• Extensive knowledge of compensation practices, methodologies, and strategies.
• Ability to lead and motivate; demonstrated ability to build strong, collaborative teams.
• Collaborative and inclusive with the end goal of achieving results.
• Must be highly organized, adaptive to change, and have delegation skills.
• Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills required, with the ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment.
• Demonstrate strong attention to detail.
• Experience in conflict resolution and effective negotiation skills.
• Ability to work independently.