Compensation Analyst

AppFolio is more than a company. We’re a community of dreamers, big thinkers, problem solvers, active listeners, and multipliers. At every opportunity, we set the pace while delivering innovation built to carry real estate into the future. One in which every experience feels effortless, yet meaningful. Where customers are empowered to take on any opportunity. We show up as one team, connected by our values to be a force for good. Because together, we have the power to create extraordinary outcomes for our customers, our communities, and ourselves.

The Compensation Analyst is the analytical engine behind how AppFolio pays its people. Every merit increase, promotion, bonus, and equity refresh runs through the models, benchmarks, and data you build, and leaders rely on that work to make sound pay decisions. In this role, you will power the analysis behind our broad-based pay programs across the Grow cycle, job architecture, and incentive plans, with support for equity refresh analysis.

This is a high-trust role. You will work with some of the most confidential data in the company, and the accuracy of your work shapes real outcomes for employees. You will be the analyst HRBPs, Talent Acquisition, and business leaders turn to for market data, and the partner who helps program owners deliver on time and with confidence. This role reports to the VP, Total Rewards.

What You’ll Do

• Be the market data expert. Benchmark new and changing roles against market data, then recommend job matches and pay grades for review. Respond to ad hoc market data requests from HRBPs, Talent Acquisition, and business leaders with speed and care.
• Build the models behind Grow. Build and QA the models that inform merit, promotion, and bonus decisions during the Grow cycle. Support Grow enablement by preparing the data, examples, and materials that equip managers to have strong pay conversations.
• Support market pricing and salary structures. Contribute to market pricing and salary structure analysis that keeps our job architecture current and competitive.
• Own survey submission readiness. Prepare and validate survey submissions so inputs are accurate and on time.
• Support incentive programs. Support non-sales short-term incentive plans with calculations, reporting, and documentation.
• Prepare the equity refresh. Prepare eligibility, guideline, and budget data for the annual equity refresh.
• Strengthen pay equity. Provide data support for pay equity reviews.
• Keep leaders informed. Maintain the dashboards and reports that give leaders timely, accurate pay information.
• Support compliance. Support labor law reporting and audits.
• Document with rigor. Document models and processes clearly so any teammate can run them.
• Make the function smarter. Identify opportunities to automate recurring analyses and improve data quality.
  
  

What We’re Looking For

• Analytical and detail-driven. You build models that hold up under scrutiny. You catch what others miss, and you design checks that catch what people miss.
• Sound judgment with confidential data. Colleagues and leaders trust you with sensitive information because you handle it with discretion every time.
• Clear communicator. You can explain complex data to non-technical partners in plain terms, in writing and in conversation.
• Organized under pressure. You manage deadlines across several workstreams and deliver on the date you committed to.
• Builder of durable work. You document your work and look for ways to automate it, so the whole team gets faster.
• Curious about the craft. You want to build deep compensation expertise and grow with the function.
  
  

Must Have

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 2 to 4 years of compensation, total rewards, or related analytical experience, ideally in a SaaS or technology environment.
• Advanced Excel skills, including complex modeling, lookups, and pivot analysis.
• Working knowledge of Google Workspace.
• Clear written and verbal communication, with the ability to explain data to non-technical partners.
• Strong organization and the ability to manage deadlines across several workstreams.
• Sound judgment with confidential data.
  
  

Nice to Have

• Workday experience.
• Exposure to survey vendors or compensation consultants.
• Exposure to equity plans, pay equity analysis, or regulatory compensation reporting.
  
  

Compensation & Benefits

The base salary that we reasonably expect to pay for this role is: $77,600 - $97,000

The actual base salary/hourly wage for this role will be determined by a variety of factors, including but not limited to: the candidate’s skills, education, experience, etc.

Please note that base pay is one important aspect of a compelling Total Rewards package. The base pay range indicated here does not include any additional benefits or bonuses/commissions that you may be eligible for based on your role and/or employment type.