What are the responsibilities and job description for the Compensation Analyst position at Vast?
At Vast, our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. We are building artificial gravity space stations, allowing long-term stays in space without the adverse effects of zero-gravity. Our initial crewed space habitat will be Haven-1, scheduled to be the world's first commercial space station when it launches into low earth orbit in August 2025. Our team is all-in, committed to executing our mission safely and on time. If you want to work with the most talented people on Earth furthering space exploration for humanity, come join us.
Vast is looking for a Compensation & Benefits Analyst, reporting to the Senior Compensation Manager, to support the development of the systems that will be required for the design and build of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations.
This will be a full-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location.
Responsibilities:
- This role involves conducting market research, participating in salary surveys, and developing competitive and equitable salary recommendations.
- Maintain quarterly compensation related dashboards, regular on-going reporting, and ad-hoc reporting as needed.
- Stay abreast of relevant federal, state and local laws related to compensation and recommend plan changes accordingly.
- Conduct job analysis and market pricing.
- Develops analytical tools and templates to be used for analysis.
- Prepares and maintains job descriptions for each position in the organization; ensuring descriptions accurately reflect the work being performed by incumbents.
- Supports the administration of the company's benefits and health plans and programs.
- Performs quality checks and audits of benefits-related data.
- Responsibilities include benefits tracking cost trends, recommending plan changes to ensure they remain competitive and cost-effective.
- Support open enrollment enrollment.
- Collaborate with vendors and brokers to optimize benefit offerings.
- Develop material and support communication around the total rewards package.
Minimum Qualifications:
- 2 years of experience in compensation or related field
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, or related field or equivalent years of experience
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- Ability to prioritize workload, demonstrate initiative, and manage competing priorities.
- Experience in a tech start-up or high growth company.
- Strong technical knowledge of excel required including development of spreadsheets with formulas, functions, pivot tables, lookups.
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational and multitasking abilities.
Additional Requirements:
- Ability to travel at least once a year to our Mojave facility and as needed to our Hawthorne location
- Willingness to work evenings and/or weekends to support critical mission milestones
U.S. EXPORT CONTROL COMPLIANCE STATUS
The person hired will have access to information and items subject to U.S. export controls, and therefore, must either be a "U.S. person" as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.62 or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing. This status includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents (green card holders), and asylees and refugees with such status granted, not pending.EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
