Compensation and Benefits Managers

$121.01K Median Salary 1.2K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 5.1% Job Growth

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About This Career

Plan, direct, or coordinate compensation and benefits activities of an organization.

Reported Job Titles

Benefits Coordinator, Benefits Manager, Compensation and Benefits Manager, Compensation Director, Compensation Manager, Compensation Vice President, Employee Benefits Coordinator, Employee Benefits Director, Employee Benefits Manager, Payroll Manager

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Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Oral Comprehension Oral Expression Written Comprehension Written Expression Speech Clarity Speech Recognition Problem Sensitivity Deductive Reasoning Inductive Reasoning Near Vision Originality Category Flexibility Fluency of Ideas Information Ordering Mathematical Reasoning Number Facility

Knowledge

Personnel and Human Resources Administration and Management English Language Customer and Personal Service Mathematics Law and Government Economics and Accounting

Skills

Technology Skills

Human resources software Enterprise resource planning ERP software Data base user interface and query software Graphics or photo imaging software Project management software Electronic mail software Accounting software Document management software Desktop publishing software Analytical or scientific software Web page creation and editing software Spreadsheet software Medical software Video creation and editing software Office suite software Word processing software Data base reporting software Internet browser software Presentation software

Tools

Photocopiers Read write digital versatile disc DVD Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers Notebook computers High capacity removable media drives Tablet computers Liquid crystal display projector Scanners Desktop computers Personal computers Desktop calculator

Abilities

Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Originality: The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Mathematical Reasoning: The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
Number Facility: The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.

Knowledge

Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

Skills

Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Management of Personnel Resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.
Management of Financial Resources: Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
Negotiation: Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Operations Analysis: Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.

Technology Skills

Human resources software: Oracle Taleo
Enterprise resource planning ERP software: Oracle PeopleSoft
Data base user interface and query software: Data entry software; Database management software; Microsoft Access; Relational database software
Graphics or photo imaging software: Microsoft Visio
Project management software: Microsoft Project
Electronic mail software: Email software; Microsoft Outlook
Accounting software: Intuit QuickBooks
Document management software: Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
Desktop publishing software: Microsoft Publisher
Analytical or scientific software: Computer modeling software; HATPRO; SAS; Statistical software
Web page creation and editing software: Facebook; LinkedIn
Spreadsheet software: IBM Lotus 1-2-3; Microsoft Excel
Medical software: SRSsoft SRS EHR
Video creation and editing software: YouTube
Office suite software: Corel WordPerfect; Microsoft Office
Word processing software: Microsoft Word
Data base reporting software: Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services; SAP Crystal Reports
Internet browser software: Web browser software
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint

Tools

Photocopiers: Copy machines
Read write digital versatile disc DVD: Optical disk drives
Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers: Personal digital assistants PDA
Notebook computers:
High capacity removable media drives: Universal serial bus USB flash drives
Tablet computers:
Liquid crystal display projector: Liquid crystal display LCD projectors
Scanners: Computer data input scanners
Desktop computers:
Personal computers:
Desktop calculator: Desktop calculators

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