In today’s competitive talent market, organizations are discovering that transparent, strategic compensation management is essential for retention and growth. With an increasing number of employees considering leaving their current role for better compensation transparency, the right technology platform can make the difference in building a workforce that feels valued and engaged.
Infor Compensation Management offers a comprehensive solution designed to transform how organizations plan, administer, and communicate employee compensation. This article will provide you with everything you need to know about Infor’s Compensation Management platform, from core features to implementation benefits and real-world business impact.
What is Infor Compensation Management?
Infor Compensation Management is a cloud-based compensation planning and administration solution within Infor’s Global HR Talent Management Suite. Rather than treating compensation as an isolated function, this platform integrates salary, bonus, equity, and incentive program management into one unified system.
The solution combines goal achievement, performance data, and compensation decisions to deliver accurate pay-for-performance alignment. This means your compensation decisions are directly connected to employee achievements, creating transparency and fairness that drives engagement.
Technical Foundation and Deployment Options
Built on Infor OS and Landmark technology, the platform supports both cloud and on-premises deployments with mobile-ready capabilities. This flexibility ensures seamless enterprise integration, allowing data to flow across HR functions and connecting compensation processes with payroll, benefits, and HR service delivery systems.
The platform’s robust architecture handles the complexity of global payrolls, multi-currency transactions, and diverse regulatory environments, making it suitable for organizations of any size operating across multiple jurisdictions.
Core Compensation Management Features
Budget Planning and Allocation
Infor Compensation Management provides comprehensive budget planning and allocation tools for salary increases, bonuses, and equity awards. The system supports both annual compensation cycles and off-cycle events, providing organizations with the flexibility to respond to market changes and retain key talent. Key budget management capabilities include:
- Real-time budget tracking and utilization monitoring
- Automated budget allocation across departments and business units
- Scenario planning for different compensation strategies
- Integration with financial planning systems for accurate forecasting
Automated Compensation Workflows
Manual compensation processes are both time-consuming and prone to error. Infor’s Compensation Management platform eliminates these challenges through automated compensation workflows that reduce manual administrative processes while ensuring consistency and compliance. These workflows streamline:
- Approval chains for salary adjustments and promotions
- Bonus calculation and distribution processes
- Equity award management and vesting schedules
- Policy compliance enforcement across all compensation decisions
Real-Time Compensation Modeling and Scenario Planning
One of the platform’s most powerful features is its real-time compensation modeling and scenario planning capabilities. HR professionals and business leaders can simulate the impact of different compensation decisions while staying within budget constraints. This modeling capability enables:
- What-if analysis for proposed salary increases
- Impact assessment of market adjustments
- Competitive positioning analysis
- ROI projections for retention initiatives
Seamless Integration Capabilities
The platform’s integration with payroll, benefits, and HR service delivery systems eliminates data silos, enhancing consistency across all HR functions. This comprehensive integration ensures that compensation decisions are immediately reflected in payroll processing and benefits administration. Integration benefits include:
- Automated data synchronization across HR systems
- Reduced manual data entry and associated errors
- Consistent employee experience across all HR touchpoints
- Streamlined reporting and analytics across functions
Pay-for-Performance Integration
Automatic Goal Sharing and Performance Alignment
Infor Compensation Management provides tools to link individual achievements and performance results to compensation decisions through automatic goal sharing between performance management and compensation modules. This creates transparent pathways for merit increases, bonuses, and equity awards.
The system’s connected components influence compensation awarding based on goal completion, ensuring that high performers are recognized and rewarded appropriately. This transparency builds trust and motivates continued high performance across the organization.
Performance-Driven Incentive Programs
Organizations can configure performance-driven incentive programs tied to specific achievement metrics. Whether it’s individual performance, team goals, or company-wide objectives, the platform automatically calculates and distributes appropriate rewards based on predefined criteria. This automation ensures:
- Consistent application of performance standards
- Timely recognition of achievements
- Reduced administrative burden on managers
- Clear line of sight between performance and pay
Total Compensation Statements
Comprehensive total rewards communication
Infor Compensation Management allows users to generate comprehensive total rewards statements showing the full compensation value to employees. These statements go far beyond base salary to include bonuses, benefits, equity, retirement contributions, and other forms of compensation.
Customizable branding and employee experience
The total compensation statements feature customizable branding with company colors, logos, and personalized employee experience elements. This ensures that the communication reflects your organization’s identity while providing employees with a clear understanding of their total rewards package.
Employees gain access to current and historical compensation statements for transparency through a mobile-ready portal for employee self-service compensation viewing. This accessibility helps employees understand and appreciate the full value of their employment package.
Implementation and Administration Benefits
Streamlined Administrative Processes
Infor Compensation Management eliminates manual compensation processes through automated workflows, significantly reducing administrative overhead for HR teams and managers. The platform streamlines complex compensation program management with business process-driven solutions that ensure consistency and accuracy.
Enhanced User Experience
The solution provides an enhanced user experience for administrators, managers, and employees through intuitive interfaces tailored to each user role. Administrators can access powerful tools for managing complex compensation programs, while managers receive simplified interfaces for making compensation decisions within their teams.
Global Compensation Management Support
For organizations with international operations, the platform offers global compensation management support with multi-currency capabilities. This includes localization for different regulatory environments and support for diverse compensation practices across countries and regions.
Regulatory Compliance and Risk Management
Built-in Compliance Reporting
The platform includes built-in compliance reporting for highly regulated compensation programs, helping organizations meet requirements across multiple jurisdictions. This is particularly important for companies operating in industries with strict pay equity regulations or those with global operations.
Automated Regulatory Compliance Processes
Automated regulatory compliance processes reduce legal risk by ensuring that compensation decisions follow established policies and regulatory requirements. The system maintains comprehensive audit trails and documentation to ensure transparency in compensation decisions.
Comprehensive Audit Support
Full audit trails support both internal and external audits, providing the documentation necessary to demonstrate compliance with pay equity laws, data privacy requirements, and other regulatory mandates. This reduces legal risk and supports defensible compensation decisions.
Business Impact and ROI
Improved Employee Retention Through Transparency
Organizations that implement Infor Compensation Management typically experience improved employee retention through transparent total compensation communication. When employees understand the full value of their compensation package, they’re more likely to remain with the organization.
Research shows that employees who receive total compensation statements are more likely to feel valued, even when actual pay remains unchanged, because they see the complete spectrum of their rewards.
Significant Cost Savings
The platform delivers enhanced cost savings through reduced recruiting expenses, further improving workforce stability and reducing turnover. These savings result from:
- Lower recruitment and onboarding costs
- Reduced training expenses for replacement employees
- Maintained productivity levels through the retention of experienced staff
- Decreased reliance on expensive temporary or contract workers
Enhanced Employee Engagement and Morale
Enhanced employee engagement and morale result from compensation transparency and the clear connection between performance and pay. Employees who understand how their compensation is determined and see a fair, consistent application of compensation policies are more likely to be engaged and productive.
Competitive Advantage in Talent Acquisition
Organizations that utilize comprehensive compensation management gain a competitive advantage in talent acquisition through extensive total rewards packages. Candidates increasingly seek transparency about total rewards, and organizations that can communicate their value proposition have a significant advantage in attracting top talent.
Faster Time-to-Productivity
New hires benefit from faster time-to-productivity through a clear compensation structure and understanding of advancement opportunities. When employees understand how compensation decisions are made and what they need to do to advance, they can focus on achieving those goals more quickly.
Employee Retention Psychology
Positive Employee Sentiment
Employees often experience positive feelings, similar to receiving a raise, without increasing pay costs, when they first see their total compensation statement. This perception of increased value can significantly impact retention and engagement, even without an actual increase in compensation costs.
Increased Benefits Participation
The platform often leads to increased participation in benefits programs, such as 401(k) matching, through the visibility of these programs and their value. When employees see the dollar value of benefits they might otherwise take for granted, participation rates typically increase.
Enhanced Employee Confidence
Transparent compensation management enhances employee confidence in the company’s investment in their future. This confidence translates into increased loyalty, higher engagement, and better performance outcomes.
Future-Ready Compensation Management
Modern Technology Foundation
Built on modern, cloud-native architecture, Infor Compensation Management is designed to evolve with changing business needs. The platform’s foundation supports emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence and advanced analytics, while maintaining the reliability and security that organizations require.
Regulatory Adaptability
As pay transparency laws and other regulatory requirements continue to evolve, the platform’s flexible architecture ensures that organizations can adapt quickly to new compliance requirements without major system overhauls.
Scalability for Growth
Whether organizations are planning for modest growth or significant expansion, the platform’s scalable architecture supports changing needs. This scalability extends to both user volume and functional complexity, ensuring that the investment continues to provide value as organizations evolve.
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Surety Systems brings extensive, hands-on experience with Infor’s EPM and HCM suites, understanding how to optimize Infor Compensation Management to align with your unique organizational structure and strategic pay-for-performance goals.
Our senior-level Infor Lawson consultants provide strategic advisory and support services tailored to your organization’s specific needs, ensuring you can achieve greater fairness, transparency, and effectiveness in your compensation programs.
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