Senior Associate - Compensation

About Clear Street:

Clear Street is modernizing the brokerage ecosystem. Founded in 2018, Clear Street is a diversified financial services firm replacing the legacy infrastructure used across capital markets. 

We started from scratch by building a completely cloud-native clearing and custody system designed for today’s complex, global market. Our platform is fully integrated with central clearing houses and exchanges to support billions in trading volume per day. We’ve agonized about our data model abstractions, created horizontal scalability, and crafted thoughtful APIs. All so we can provide a best-in-class experience for our clients. 

By combining highly-skilled product and engineering talent with seasoned finance professionals, we’re building the essentials to compete in today’s fast-paced markets.

The Role:
As a Senior Associate, Compensation at Clear Street, you will support the development and execution of the firm’s compensation practices. This role is ideal for someone with a solid foundation in compensation and HR who is eager to deepen their expertise, contribute to scalable compensation processes, and partner with People Team colleagues and business leaders. You will assist in ensuring our compensation programs are competitive, consistent, and aligned with Clear Street’s business goals.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with People Team colleagues to evaluate compensation practices and ensure alignment with hiring, retention, and engagement strategies.
• Support the development and maintenance of a job title and leveling framework across departments.
• Assist with the annual compensation planning cycle, including merit increases and incentive programs, ensuring accurate execution of processes.
• Participate in salary surveys, analyze results, and provide insights on competitiveness in the market.
• Review compensation policies and identify areas for improvement, efficiency, or compliance risk.
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition and People Operations on market pricing for new and existing roles.
• Respond to employee questions regarding compensation and total rewards, ensuring a positive employee experience.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date HRIS data; support data hygiene efforts across systems.
• Generate reports and provide compensation data analysis to support decision-making.
• Work closely with Finance and other cross-functional partners on compensation-related projects.
• Contribute to ad hoc compensation and People Team initiatives as needed.
  

Requirements:

• Approximately five (5) years of experience focused on compensation.
• Experience with compensation benchmarking, salary surveys, and market pricing.
• Familiarity with job leveling frameworks and compensation structure design.
• Strong knowledge of federal, state, and local labor and compensation laws.
• Proficiency with HRIS systems (UKG preferred).
• Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, data analysis) required; exposure to BI tools such as Tableau or Looker is a plus.
• Detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills and ability to handle sensitive information with discretion.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to partner across teams.
• Problem-solving mindset, curiosity to question existing processes, and willingness to learn.
• HR or compensation-related certification (e.g., PHR, SHRM-CP) preferred.
  

We Offer:

The Base Salary Range for this role is $120,000-$135,000. This range is representative of the starting base salaries for this role at Clear Street. Where a candidate falls in this range will be based on job related factors such as relevant experience, skills, and location. This range represents Base Salary only, which is just one element of Clear Street's total compensation. The range stated does not include other factors of total compensation such as bonuses or equity.

At Clear Street, we offer competitive compensation packages, company equity, 401k matching, gender neutral parental leave, and full medical, dental and vision insurance. Our belief has always been that we are better as a business when we are all together in person. We are requiring employees to be in the office 4 days per week. In-office benefits include lunch stipends, fully stocked kitchens, happy hours, a great location, and amazing views.

Our top priority is our people. We’re continuously investing in a culture that promotes collaboration. We help each other through challenges and celebrate each other's successes. We believe that modern workplaces succeed by virtue of having high-performance workforces that are diverse — in ideas, in cultures, and in experiences. We put in the effort to make such a workplace a daily reality and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.  #LI-HYBRID