Compensation Reporting Analyst

Lazard is one of the world’s leading financial advisory and asset management firms. Our people make the difference. With just over 3,000 employees, our tight-knit community allows for professionals eager to learn and willing to teach to connect and grow together. We believe that diversity, equity, inclusion, and allyship are not just business imperatives — they are central pillars ofour employee experience. Our entrepreneurial culture and flat structure allow creative ideas and original concepts to drive our business forward — and for careers to take flight.

Our corporate functions empower strategic decision-making and ensure the continued success of our firm. From Finance and Risk, to Technology and HR — our colleagues around the globe support our financial advisory and asset management business lines and make sure they are compliant, operationally efficient and profitable — all powered by the latest technology.

Our HR team is looking for a Compensation Reporting Analyst. In this role, you’ll play an integral role in the planning, developing, and administering of compensation programs, policies, and procedures. You will be responsible for maintaining pay structures, conducting market review, and analyzing compensation data.

We’ll trust you to:

• Help manage our global broad-based compensation programs, including base pay, short-term incentive pay, and deferred compensation.
• Proactively partner with colleagues in the business and across HR to share insights drawn from data in a simplified, digestible manner.
• Administer the global year-end compensation process across financial advisory, asset management and corporate functions. Partner with HR Business Partners to provide compensation analysis and guidance during the annual compensation process.
• Plan, coordinate and execute the annual market review process to identify pay trends/market movement and validate that current pay practices are competitive.
• Perform complex data analysis and sophisticated compensation modeling.
• Anticipate requests from our Board and Compensation Committees and prepare for meetings accordingly.
• Provide ongoing support to our compensation system and provide any training needs to key stakeholders.

You’ll need to have:

• 2 or more years of compensation experience (global experience is a plus)

• Advanced excel skills required (complex functions, graphs, pivot tables and macros, as reporting and modeling are critical to this role) SQL, VBA, Python experience is a plus
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail and ability to distill insights from raw data
• Comfort working with and analyzing large sets of data and presenting results that tell a clear and compelling story
• Effective communication with strong interpersonal skills, as you will need to frequently interact with various HR professionals and senior management
• Teamwork and collaboration-orientated, with the ability to work independently on complex tasks
• Sound judgement: you know how to prioritize, when to escalate things, and how to manage confidential data with discretion
• Experience with PeopleSoft and PeopleFluent is a plus
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or HR with particular focus on analytics

What we offer

We strive to enhance the total health and well-being of our employees through comprehensive, competitive benefits. Our goal is to offer a highly individualized employee experience that enables you to balance your commitments to career, family, and community. When you work for Lazard, you are working for an organization that cares about your unique talents and passions, and will continue to invest in the development of your career.

We expect the base salary range for this role to be approximately 100-120K USD. Various factors contribute to determining the actual base compensation offered, including but not limited to the applicant’s years of relevant experience, career tenure, qualifications, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, relevant skills for the role. Base salary is one component of Lazard’s compensation package, which also includes comprehensive benefits and may include incentive compensation.

Does this sound like you?

Apply! We’ll get in touch on the next steps.

Diversity and Inclusion at Lazard

Lazard is an intellectual capital business focused on delivering the best advice and solutions to clients. Achieving these objectives requires us to identify, develop and retain the best talent. A workforce comprised of people with varied backgrounds and experiences creates a rich diversity of thought that empowers us to challenge conventional wisdom, as diverse perspectives lead to better decisions.

Our appreciation of diversity’s strength is ingrained in our multi-cultural heritage. As a global firm that has grown organically from local roots in different countries, we have a deep tradition of respect for individual differences, which has been core to our success for several decades.

The ongoing cultivation of diversity and an inclusive, equitable culture are essential to our continued growth. We are committed to sustaining an environment in which all employees – regardless of socioeconomic status, race, color, nationality, religion, gender, sexual orientation, physical abilities, veteran or military status – can bring their whole selves to work to maximize their individual potential and our collective success.

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