Sr Compensation Analyst

About TEGNA

TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) helps people thrive in their local communities by providing the trusted local news and services that matter most. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches more than 100 million people monthly across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. Together, we are building a sustainable future for local news.

Senior Compensation Analyst
Location: Indianapolis, IN (Hybrid – 2 days/week at WTHR office)
Reports to: Director, HR Operations & Technology

TEGNA is looking for a Senior Compensation Analyst who can do more than run numbers—you’ll help shape how we pay, reward, and retain talent across the organization. This role sits at the intersection of compensation strategy, analytics, and HR technology, and plays a key part in driving smarter, data-informed decisions.

You’ll partner closely with HR, Finance, and business leaders to design, analyze, and improve compensation programs that are competitive, scalable, and aligned to business outcomes. If you like digging into data, challenging assumptions, and actually influencing decisions (not just reporting on them), this is your lane.

What you’ll do

• Lead administration and analysis of base pay, annual incentive, and equity programs
• Evaluate and price jobs using market data and internal benchmarks; provide clear, actionable recommendations
• Own and evolve our equity program, including award modeling, administration, communications, and vendor management
• Manage salary surveys and translate market data into insights on pay positioning and competitiveness
• Build and deliver compensation analyses, dashboards, and reporting to support leadership decision-making
• Enhance and maintain compensation and HR dashboards in Power BI
• Partner with HRBPs and leaders to solve real business problems—not just answer comp questions
• Improve processes, simplify workflows, and find ways to make compensation operations more efficient and scalable
• Stay current on compensation trends, regulations, and best practices—and apply them pragmatically
• Collaborate across Payroll, Benefits, Finance, Legal, IT, and TA Operations on cross-functional initiatives

What you bring

• 5–8 years of experience in compensation, HR analytics, or related field
• Strong analytical mindset—you’re comfortable with data, but more importantly, you know what matters
• Advanced Excel skills (if you love messy datasets, even better)
• Experience with HR systems and reporting tools (UKG, Cognos, or similar)
• Power BI experience preferred
• Working knowledge of compensation-related regulations (FLSA, pay equity, etc.)
• Ability to operate independently, prioritize effectively, and move work forward without hand-holding
• Strong communication skills—you can translate complex analysis into clear business recommendations
• Curiosity and a bias for improving how things work

Why this role

You’ll have visibility, influence, and the opportunity to help modernize how compensation works at TEGNA—especially as we continue to lean into analytics, automation, and smarter decision-making across HR.

Benefits: 

TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.

Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.

Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.

TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year. 

* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.

EEO statement:

TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, disability, medical condition, enrollment in college or vocational school, political affiliation, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. TEGNA will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application, please email askhr@tegna.com 

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Recruiters or Hiring Managers will never request payments, ask for financial account information or sensitive information such as social security numbers.