ELIGE BADER
Lake Forest,USA
Summary
Detail-oriented Compensation Consultant with progressive experience in salary benchmarking, job evaluation, and base pay and incentive program design. Strong background in internal and external market analysis, merit and variable pay cycles, and equity assessments. Proven ability to partner with HR and business leaders to deliver compliant, competitive, and data-driven compensation solutions aligned with organizational strategy.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Compensation Consultant
AAA Auto Club Enterprises
Costa Mesa, CA
03.2025 - Current
- Research and provide recommendations on policies and programs that are consistent with the goals and strategies of the company and comply with federal and state guidelines
- Provide counsel and support to HR staff on all matters related to compensation and to other management
- Participate in and evaluate the annual merit increases and variable pay process
- Perform internal and external salary analysis to determine appropriate salary levels, and participate in, conduct and evaluate salary survey data
- Perform job evaluations of new and existing jobs and develop new job classifications and salary levels
- Identify and raise issues regarding market equity and competition in order to ensure the ability to attract and retain talent in a competitive marketplace
- Monitor changes and trends in compensation and propose strategies to address the impact of these trends.
- Development of Base Pay and Market Rates for benchmark and non-benchmark jobs
- Exploring and developing recommendations to address potential market equity issues
- Development of new and revision/review of existing job descriptions.
Compensation & Benefits Analyst
C.A.T. Group
05.2022 - 10.2023
- Conducted compensation market surveys and benchmark studies to support competitive pay strategies
- Conduct research and analysis of compensation data from various sources such as Willies Towers Watson (WTW), to support the market pricing process during the Job Evaluation.
- Collaborate with hiring managers to establish competitive salary ranges for new hires, promotions, and internal transfers, and provide recommendations for salary adjustments as needed
- Participate in designing fair and attractive bonuses in coordination with organization's strategic direction
- Collaborate with Talent Acquisition, HR Partners and business to support and provide guidance on compensation related matters
- Performed job analysis by coordinating and meeting with employees and managers to create and maintain accurate job descriptions for each position in organization; ensuring descriptions accurately reflect work being performed by incumbents
- Designed and implemented compensation programs to enhance employee engagement and retention
- Partnered with senior leadership and stakeholders to design pay structures aligned with organizational objectives
- Collaborated with hiring managers to establish salary ranges for 500+ hires, promotions, and transfers
- Create performance appraisal form and collaborate with managers to evaluate employees' performances fairly and effectively in order to help them improve their work relations and productivity
- Managed complex compensation initiatives within tight deadlines
- Define fair, equitable, competitive total compensation, and benefits package by creating comparative tables for new or transferred employees
HCMS and Organizational Development Officer
C.A.T. Group
Lebanon
08.2020 - 05.2022
- Developed organization charts and succession planning databases using Visio and Excel
- Managed departmental budgets and achieved a 15% cost reduction through optimization
- Improved performance management processes contributing to a 20% productivity increase
- Designed and implemented compensation, benefits, and organizational development policies and procedures
- Supported succession planning by identifying high-potential employees
- Implemented an Asset Management System
Software Developer
C.A.T. Group
Lebanon
07.2018 - 08.2020
- Developed MySQL and Oracle 10g databases and HR profile web applications
- Improved application performance through query optimization and code enhancements
- Supported ERP document control systems and collaborated with cross-functional teams
- Worked with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax, PHP, and Oracle Application Server
Education
Bachelor of Science - Management Information Systems
Lebanese University
Beirut, LebanonPost Graduate Certificate - Data Science
LearningFuze
Irvine, California01-2025
Skills
- Compensation Strategy
- Market Pricing
- Job Evaluation
- Salary Structures
- Sales incentive programs
- FLSA compliance knowledge
- External compensation surveys
- Cost of living adjustments
- Incentive plan design
- Job classification review
- Equity Analysis
- Workforce Budgeting
- Advanced Excel
- HR Analytics
- Data Science Skills:
- Programming Languages: Python
- Data Analysis & Visualization: Pandas, NumPy, Seaborn, Tableau
- Machine Learning & Modeling: Scikit-Learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, XGBoost, Hyperparameter Tuning
- Regression Analysis: Experienced in linear and logistic regression modeling
- Big Data Technologies: SQL, Hadoop, Spark
- Data Wrangling & Preprocessing: Handling Missing Data: Skilled in various imputation techniques, including KNNImputer and SimpleImputer
- Salary benchmarking
- Competitive market analysis
- Feature Engineering: Expertise in creating new features to enhance model performance
- Development Tools: Jupyter Notebooks, Git,
- Soft Skills:
- Problem Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Communication: Effective in presenting complex data insights to non-technical stakeholders
- Team Collaboration: Proven ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams
Certification
- Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) – In Progress
- Creating Impact Through Total Rewards – WorldatWork (2026–2029)
- MarketPay Certification – Payscale (2025–2026)
- First Aid and CPR Course, Lebanese Red Cross, 2022-04-01
- GC LAU Model United Nations Certification, Lebanese American University (LAU), 2015-03-01
LANGUAGES
Arabic – Native / Bilingual
English – Fluent
French – Fluent
Timeline
Compensation Consultant
AAA Auto Club Enterprises
03.2025 - Current
Compensation & Benefits Analyst
C.A.T. Group
05.2022 - 10.2023
HCMS and Organizational Development Officer
C.A.T. Group
08.2020 - 05.2022
Software Developer
C.A.T. Group
07.2018 - 08.2020
Bachelor of Science - Management Information Systems
Lebanese University
Post Graduate Certificate - Data Science
LearningFuze