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full-timeCompensation Partner
Gusto · San Francisco, CA - Hybrid
Gusto is a technology company focused on supporting the small business economy by providing integrated payroll, benefits, and HR services. As a Compensation Partner, you will serve as an operational lead within the People team, ensuring that compensation programs are executed with high precision and consistency. Your day-to-day responsibilities involve managing annual cycles such as merit increases, equity refreshes, and promotions, while maintaining data integrity across systems like Workday and Pave. You will conduct market benchmarking, perform job matching, and model pay recommendations for new hires and internal transfers. A key aspect of this role is leveraging AI tools and automation to streamline recurring audits, reporting, and data analysis. You will act as a primary point of contact for HR business partners and managers, providing guidance on pay positioning and compliance. This position is well-suited for a candidate with a background in total rewards or people operations who possesses strong analytical skills, a systems-first mindset, and the ability to scale processes in a high-growth environment.
About Gusto At Gusto, we're on a mission to grow the small business economy. We handle the hard stuff — payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR — so owners can focus on their craft and their customers. With teams in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we support more than 500,000 small businesses nationwide and are building a workplace that reflects the people we serve. All full-time employees receive competitive base pay, benefits, and equity (RSUs) — because everyone who helps build Gusto should share in its success. Offer amounts are determined by role, level, and location. Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy . AI is a fundamental part of how work gets done at Gusto. We expect all team members to actively engage with AI tools relevant to their role and grow their fluency as the technology evolves. AI experience requirements vary by role and will be assessed during the interview process. About the Role: The Compensation Partner is a core member of Gusto's People team, supporting compensation programs that help us attract, retain, and reward top talent. This role is the operational engine of the compensation function: the person who makes sure our programs run accurately, on time, and consistently for every Gustie. Operating with a systems-first, AI-native mindset, the Compensation Partner uses automation and well-designed workflows to handle recurring analysis, audits, and reporting with speed and precision. This role partners closely with HR Business Partners, Finance, Legal, and business leaders to ensure our compensation programs are grounded in market reality and aligned to our values. Success in this role is measured by the accuracy and timeliness of compensation data and deliverables, the reliability of the programs you support, and your growing ability to answer questions independently rather than escalating them. Gusto's compensation function, built on first-principles thinking, is at an inflection point — scaling from early foundations to a mature, high-trust operation. You'll have real ownership to shape how we design and deliver compensation as the company grows. Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day: Support the execution of Gusto's compensation programs and cycles, including merit, promotion, and equity refresh, handling data preparation, validation, tracking, and follow-through. Serve as a first point of contact for compensation questions from HRBPs, recruiters, and managers, resolving requests and escalating the ones that need extra attention. Manage annual compensation cycles (merit, equity refresh, benchmarking) from data collection through communication. Conduct job matching and market benchmarking using survey data (Radford/Aon, Mercer, Pave) and prepare recommendations on pay ranges and offer positioning for review. Model and prepare new hire, promotion, and internal transfer recommendations against approved bands and internal equity comparisons. Maintain compensation data integrity across Workday, Pave, and our compensation bands, running recurring audits and reconciling discrepancies before they reach downstream processes. Prepare recurring reports and dashboards on pay positioning, band utilization, and cycle progress, and produce ad hoc analysis for partners across People and Finance. Use AI tools and automation to take manual work out of recurring analysis, audits, and reporting, with sound judgment about when output needs to be validated. Support compliance with federal, state, and local pay regulations, including pay transparency postings, FLSA classification reviews, and annual survey submissions. Document and improve compensation processes so that the work is repeatable, auditable, and not dependent on any one person's memory. Here’s what we're looking for: 3+ years of experience in Compensation, Total Rewards, People Operations, or a related analytical function - ideally in a high-growth technology environment. AI fluency: hands-on experience using AI tools to accelerate analysis, research, or documentation, paired with good instincts about when to trust and when to verify. Strong analytical foundation: advanced spreadsheet skills (Excel, Google Sheets) including lookups, pivots, and formula-driven models, and the ability to spot when a number looks wrong. Exceptional attention to detail and a track record of owning recurring, deadline-driven work without dropped threads. Exposure to compensation fundamentals such as salary bands, job leveling, market benchmarking, or offer modeling, or clear evidence of the analytical aptitude and curiosity to pick them up quickly. Comfort handling highly confidential information with discretion and consistency. Clear, concise written communication , with the ability to explain a number or a process simply to someone who does not work in compensation. Interest in compensation and employment law (FLSA, pay transparency, pay equity), with a drive to build real expertise over time. High integrity and intellectual curiosity ; someone wh
| Role | Compensation Partner |
|---|---|
| Company | Gusto |
| Location | San Francisco, CA - Hybrid |
| Compensation | Not disclosed |
| Posted | 2026-09-30 |
| Deadline | Rolling |
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- 1ApplicationSubmit your resume through the apply link.
- 2ScreeningRecruiter reviews your background against the role.
- 3AssessmentA technical test, assignment, or coding round, depending on the role.
- 4Interview(s)One or more rounds with the hiring team.
- 5OfferOffer letter with compensation and start date.
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