Compensation Analyst

Lumos is looking for a full-time Compensation Analyst! The Compensation Analyst plays a critical role in shaping and supporting Lumos’s compensation strategy, ensuring our pay practices are competitive, equitable, and aligned with our growth objectives. In this role, you’ll partner closely with HR, Finance, and business leaders to deliver meaningful market insights, maintain salary structures, and drive compensation processes that promote transparency and consistency across the organization.

This is an opportunity for a detail-oriented, analytically strong professional to influence how we reward and retain talent. With a focus on data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement, the Compensation Analyst will help build scalable, sustainable compensation programs that support Lumos’s continued growth.

Company Summary

Lumos is on a mission to deliver lightning-fast, 100% Fiber Optic internet to the communities that need it most. After the merger of Lumos Networks and North State in 2022, we quickly rose to become a leading fiber internet provider. And as of April 1, 2025, we’ve joined forces with T-Mobile to launch T-Fiber—a joint venture that blends Lumos’ infrastructure expertise with T-Mobile’s national reach to bring fiber to more homes than ever before.

We currently connect over 475,000 homes, businesses, and multi-family buildings across nine states in the East and Midwest. With major growth in markets like Ohio, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia—and a shared goal of reaching 12 to 15 million homes by 2030—Lumos is playing a vital role in closing the digital divide.

Our Mission and Values

At Lumos, we are driven by our commitment to a brighter tomorrow. We take pride in being the first to deliver 100% Fiber Optic Internet for families, small businesses, and communities. We know the possibilities of tomorrow can’t be built on the infrastructure of yesterday. And when we deliver uninterrupted Internet and limitless capacity, we create new opportunities for everyone.

We believe that the past is over, and the future is fast. That’s why we are who we are: the disruptors of the status quo. Guided by our purpose and startup mindset, we step up, move first, and adapt as we go. Here, there’s no hierarchy, only hustle.

We are all servant leaders, confident in our purpose and humble enough to pay close attention to the details. We all have the power to help solve problems and find solutions for our customers and teammates - and we do - by putting people first and doing whatever it takes to build loyalty with our customers and within our team.

We’re passionate about our customers’ experience. Their futures don’t stand still, and neither do ours. We’ll never stop reinventing ourselves to meet our customers’ evolving needs - because we know that our work, delivering 100% fiber optic internet, truly changes people’s lives.

Essential Functions

Compensation Strategy & Analysis

• Conduct market benchmarking and pricing analysis using Payscale and other relevant survey tools.
• Maintain and update salary structures, pay ranges, and job classifications to ensure competitiveness and internal equity.
• Evaluate pay compression, leveling consistency, and internal equity concerns; recommend adjustments as appropriate.
• Provide compensation recommendations for new hires, promotions, transfers, and other pay adjustments.

Merit & Incentive Administration

• Support the end-to-end administration of the annual merit cycle, including planning, modeling, system configuration, and communications.
• Partner with Finance and HR leadership to align merit budgets and payout modeling.
• Support administration of bonus and incentive programs as applicable.

Systems, Reporting & Data Management

• Utilize UKG to manage compensation data, job architecture, and reporting.
• Ensure accuracy and integrity of compensation-related data within HR systems.
• Develop dashboards and reporting tools to provide actionable insights to leadership.

Executive Support & Governance

• Prepare compensation analytics and presentation materials for executive leadership and Compensation Committee meetings.
• Develop clear, data-driven narratives to support pay decisions and program recommendations.
• Maintain documentation to support audit readiness and governance standards.

Process Improvement & Compliance

• Document and refine compensation processes to promote scalability and operational efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local wage regulations.
• Support pay equity analysis and related reporting initiatives.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required

• Demonstrated experience in compensation analysis, market pricing, and salary structure administration.
• Strong analytical skills with advanced Excel proficiency and comfort working with large data sets.
• Ability to translate data into clear recommendations and executive-level insights.
• Experience supporting annual merit cycles and compensation planning processes.
• Hands-on experience with UKG required; experience with Payscale or similar market pricing tools preferred.
• High attention to detail with strong organizational and data management skills.
• Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion and professionalism.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing executive-level materials.
• Comfortable operating in a growing, fast-paced environment with evolving priorities.

Other Experience & Requirements

• 2+ years of direct compensation experience required.
• 5+ years of progressive HR experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, or related field preferred.
• Experience preparing materials for executive leadership or Compensation Committee presentations preferred.
• Experience in a telecom, fiber, or technology environment is a plus.

Physical Requirements

• Frequently operates a computer, keyboard, and other standard office equipment.
• Near-constant use of sight, speech, hearing, comprehension, and reasoning.
• Primarily remote work with occasional travel to a Lumos office or offsite meetings as needed.
• Must be able to sit or remain in a stationary position for extended periods.