Compensation Manager

Location: Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Company

Core & Main is a specialty distributor of water, wastewater, storm drainage, and fire protection products and related services, serving municipalities, private water companies, and professional contractors across the United States.

What you will do

• Lead compensation analysis, market benchmarking, and pay recommendations supporting competitive and equitable compensation practices.
• Manage job architecture, job leveling, compensation structures, and governance processes.
• Support annual merit and compensation planning through data validation, reporting, stakeholder support, and process improvement.
• Oversee equity program administration, including grants, vesting, reporting, participant support, and coordination with partners.
• Partner with HR, Finance, Payroll, Legal, HRIS, Tax, business leaders, and vendors to maintain accurate, compliant, and scalable programs.
• Support executive compensation and public-company governance, including proxy reporting, compensation disclosures, dashboards, analytics, automation, and team development.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Finance, Business, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• At least 7 years of progressive experience in compensation, compensation analytics, finance, HR analytics, or a related field.
• Experience with market pricing, benchmarking, job architecture, annual compensation planning, and compensation analytics.
• Advanced Excel skills and the ability to translate data into clear business recommendations.
• Strong communication, project management, stakeholder partnership, flexibility, and solutions-oriented judgment.
• Experience leading people, projects, programs, or cross-functional initiatives.

Nice to have

• Experience with Workday, compensation planning tools, equity administration platforms, or reporting tools.
• Experience with public-company compensation, equity programs, executive compensation, proxy reporting, SEC disclosures, international compensation, or mergers and acquisitions.
• Certified Compensation Professional designation or progress toward certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within a nationwide organization with more than 370 locations and 5,700 associates.
• Collaborate across HR, Finance, Payroll, Legal, HRIS, Tax, business leadership, and external vendors.
• Focus on continuous improvement, automation, operational excellence, and scalable compensation practices.
• Employment decisions are based on merit and qualifications, consistent with equal employment opportunity principles.