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This role will provide leadership and operational discipline for an increasingly complex function, ensuring compensation and evaluation activity is accurate, timely, confidential, well-controlled, and aligned with Firm leadership expectations as the Firm’s Partner population and compensation structures continue to evolve, including income partner-related processes. Working closely with the Partner Services Director, Partner Relations, Partner Operations, Partner Accounting, Tax, Finance, Strategic Planning, Firm leadership, and other stakeholders, this individual will serve as a key compensation and evaluation process leader, analytical partner, and coordination point for sensitive Partner compensation matters.\nDuties and Responsibilities:\nLead the Partner Compensation & Evaluation function and manage the team responsible for compensation process support, evaluation coordination, analytics, reporting, documentation, and stakeholder coordination.\n\nEstablish clear priorities, timelines, accountabilities, handoffs, controls, and service expectations for compensation and evaluation activity.\n\nManage support for the Partner evaluation and compensation review process, including preparation for Management Committee compensation review meetings.\n\nCoordinate evaluation-related timelines, materials, data inputs, stakeholder follow-up, process documentation, and leadership reporting.\n\nAnalyze quantitative and qualitative factors to support compensation discussions, leadership decision-making, Partner promotions, and other Partner population changes.\n\nOversee the development of compensation analytics, reporting, models, and decision-support materials for Firm leadership.\n\nTrack compensation-related decisions, individual agreements, committee determinations, special arrangements, and separation-related compensation implications.\n\nCoordinate closely with Partner Accounting, Partner Relations, Partner Operations, Tax, Finance, Strategic Planning, and Firm leadership to ensure compensation decisions, changes, payments, and reporting are accurately reflected.\n\nMaintain strong controls, documentation standards, confidentiality protocols, data quality, and process discipline for compensation and evaluation-related work.\n\nLead, coach, and develop Compensation & Evaluation team members, including clarifying roles, managing workload allocation, supporting training, providing feedback, and identifying staffing, process, system, or governance improvements.\n\nEducation and/or Experience:\nRequired:\nBachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics, Human Resources, Data Analytics, or related field.\n\nMinimum of 12 years of progressive experience in compensation, finance, accounting, analytics, human resources, professional services administration, or a related function.\n\nExperience managing confidential compensation, performance evaluation, financial, or senior stakeholder-related processes.\n\nDemonstrated analytical capability, including experience developing reports, models, dashboards, decision-support materials, or executive-facing analysis.\n\nExperience leading teams, managing projects or processes, and coordinating work across functions.\n\nDemonstrated ability to operate in a complex, matrixed, service-oriented environment.\n\nPreferred:\nExperience in a large law firm or sophisticated professional services organization.\n\nExperience with Partner compensation, professional services compensation, performance evaluation, executive compensation, or equity / income partner structures.\n\nAdvanced degree, MBA, CPA, SHRM certification, compensation certification, or related credential.\n\nExperience with financial systems, compensation systems, data management tools, or advanced Excel / reporting platforms.\n\nOther Skills and Abilities:\nThe following will also be required of the successful candidate:\nStrong organizational skills\n\nStrong attention to detail\n\nGood judgment\n\nStrong interpersonal communication skills\n\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills\n\nAble to work harmoniously and effectively with others\n\nAble to preserve confidentiality and exercise discretion\n\nAble to work under pressure\n\nAble to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines and priorities.\n\nThe target salary range for this role is:\n$161,400 to $229,950 if located in IllinoisSalaries vary by location and are based on numerous factors, including, but not limited to, the relevant market, skills, experience, and education of the selected candidate. Our compensation package also includes bonus eligibility and a comprehensive benefits program. Benefits information can be found at Sidley.com/Benefits.\nTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the Duties and Responsibilities above satisfactorily and meet the requirements. The requirements listed above are representative of the minimum knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. If you need such an accommodation, please email  (current employees should contact Human Resources).\nSidley Austin LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5535,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":12,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Legal Services"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-14T12:24:39Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":30,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.675,"p_room":0.45,"age_days":45,"expected_fill_days":27,"reasons":["conf:12","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-10-15T05:00:09Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":229950,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/sidley-partner-compensation-evaluation-associate-director","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/sidley-partner-compensation-evaluation-associate-director.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-15T05:00:09Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":7354,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-16T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":15213},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=15213"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fsidley-partner-compensation-evaluation-associate-director"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fsidley-partner-compensation-evaluation-associate-director"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fsidley-partner-compensation-evaluation-associate-director"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/sidley-partner-compensation-evaluation-associate-director\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsidley-partner-compensation-evaluation-associate-director"}]}