Senior Analyst-Physician Compensation

Role summary

Senior Analyst-Physician Compensation is a role at Northwestern Memorial Healthcare in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on-site). Posted 2026-09-09. Experience level: 5-10.

Job title

Senior Analyst-Physician Compensation

Company

Northwestern Memorial Healthcare

Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Work arrangement

on-site

Category

Healthcare Support

Experience level

5-10

Date posted

2026-09-09

Job description

Company Description

At Northwestern Medicine, every patient interaction makes a difference in cultivating a positive workplace. This patient-first approach is what sets us apart as a leader in the healthcare industry. As an integral part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to join our quest for better health care, no matter where you work within the Northwestern Medicine system. We pride ourselves on providing competitive benefits: from tuition reimbursement and loan forgiveness to 401(k) matching and lifecycle benefits, our goal is to take care of our employees. Ready to join our quest for better?

Job Description

The Senior Compensation Analyst reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards. The Senior Compensation Analyst reports to the Program Director of Physician Compensation and supports the following:

Responsibilities:

Exercises significant discretion in interacting with all levels within the system to support compensation strategy, pay programs and policies.

Assists in designing, implementing and administering compensation and incentive programs across the organization. Develops incentive or special compensation programs as needed.

Prepares reports and analyses to ensure equity and competitiveness of pay programs.

Conducts research and provides summary findings to leadership and stakeholders to help design and review current total rewards and talent programs.

Reviews new and updated job descriptions and research, collects, and analyzes data in order to determine appropriate salary grade and title.

Independently conducts market reviews by identifying, extracting source materials (i.e. internal and external job descriptions and all components of compensation data), providing summary findings, making recommendations to compensation leadership and stakeholders, analyzing budgetary impact and developing implementation protocols (communication plan, coordination with MyHR for data updates).

Leads participation in annual salary surveys and serves as liaison with survey vendors. May delegate common surveys to additional support within HR to complete based on approved matches.

Independently consults with HR colleagues, leadership and employees in application of compensation practices, salary determinations and new hire compensation. May provide instruction/training in a formal setting regarding compensation practices and procedures.

Provides authorization for non-standard personnel actions, interim pay and other payments as appropriate, including the coordination of payments with payroll department.

Serves as departmental NMI/intranet content manager.

Serves as the compensation systems expert, partnering with appropriate resources in the design and maintenance of the system.

Maintains integrity of compensation data in PeopleSoft.

Proactively identifies opportunities for operational improvement, including the development and execution of subsequent action plans and routine audits.

Manages special projects as requested.

Additional Functions

Conducts training sessions and Town Halls.

Serves as PeopleSoft super-user and advises MyHR, Payroll, and IS when system updates require expert knowledge on compensation policies, practices, and programs.

Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required:

Bachelor's Degree, preferably in HR, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Finance or Business

Minimum of 3 years of Compensation experience and 5 years of relevant HR/Finance experience (minimum of 8 years of total experience)

Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and a working proficiency of Microsoft Access

Demonstrated organizational and administrative skills to include the ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks and projects concurrently

Excellent attention to detail

Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills and logical reasoning

Demonstrates history of exercising confidentiality and discretion

Knowledge of relevant federal, state and local regulations relating to Human Resources

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Ability to travel to various sites as needed

Preferred:

Experience in physician compensation

Master's Degree

Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) or Profession in Human Resources (PHR) designation

PeopleSoft experience

Healthcare experience

Additional Information

Northwestern Medicine is an equal opportunity employer (disability, VETS) and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.

Background Check

Northwestern Medicine conducts a background check that includes criminal history on newly hired team members and, at times, internal transfers. If you are offered a position with us, you will be required to complete an authorization and disclosure form that gives Northwestern Medicine permission to run the background check. Results are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and we follow all local, state, and federal laws, including the Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act.

Artificial Intelligence Disclosure

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position, however, all employment decisions will be made by a person.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events. Please visit our Benefits section to learn more.

Sign-on Bonus Eligibility (if sign-on bonus offered for position): Internal employees and rehires who