Director Compensation

About Us

Matson has been the leading ocean shipping and logistics provider throughout the Pacific since 1882. We are the supply chain lifeline for Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, and islands of the South Pacific. We also offer the top two ocean shipping services in the world’s largest trade lane - Asia to the U.S. West Coast. With our subsidiaries Matson Terminals and Matson Logistics, our business focus is exceeding customer expectations with quality, reliability, and integrity.

We strive to operate in an environmentally sustainable manner and promote land-based environmental programs in Hawaii, Guam, and Alaska. We help improve the communities in which we work and live through our community giving program that annually supports hundreds of local organizations. And we work to improve diversity, equity and inclusion in our company, communities and industry through an active social equity program.

Matson is a great place to work, and everyone who works with us becomes part of the Matson ohana or family. Join our team and help us move freight better than anyone.

Learn more at matson.com.

About the Role

As the Director of Compensation, you will play a vital role within our compensation team. You will be responsible for managing all compensation and equity programs and serve as a trusted advisor and expert. You will also play a pivotal role in delivering executive compensation reporting as well as Compensation Committee materials. 

This position offers a hybrid schedule with a three days per week working in office and two days per week telecommuting.

Matson offers an attractive and competitive compensation package, including salary, bonus, equity, 401(k) match and profit sharing, cash balance pension plan and other benefits, in a stable and progressive work environment.

What you’ll do:

• Under the general direction of the Sr. Director, Total Rewards, perform all aspects of broad-based compensation, including job grading, salary structure maintenance, compensation survey participation and the annual merit process.
• Lead the annual CD&A development process, which includes partnering with payroll, legal and finance/accounting to gather all required information, coordinating with the external compensation consultant to update CD&A language, as needed, ensuring the termination scenarios are accurately calculated, and circulating/maintaining draft materials for leadership review.
• Manage all aspects of the Company’s equity program administration using the Fidelity system and serve as the internal subject matter expert for all aspects of equity administration, including financial reporting.
• Partner with accounting, legal, payroll, and tax to ensure accurate, timely tax withholding, payroll reporting, budgeting, and financial reporting, and compliance with securities and tax laws, regulations, and disclosure requirements.
• Manage the preparation of Compensation Committee meeting materials in a timely and accurate manner. Act as the primary liaison between our external executive compensation consultant and the compensation team.
• Analyze total compensation arrangements (cash, variable and equity) relative to competitive market practices and the Company’s desired pay positioning.
• Manage the deferred compensation program for outside directors and employee participants.
• Conduct incentive plan and/or equity program training.
• Manage and/or support other HR projects or initiatives, as needed.

In addition to those essential job functions identified above, individuals in this position are also responsible for performing other duties or tasks that may be assigned. The Company retains the discretion to add to or change the essential job functions of this position at any time.

You have these skills:

• Hands-on equity administration experience (Fidelity SPS experience is a plus)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with senior leadership.
• Ability to effectively work independent of, and as part of an integrated operating team.
• Demonstrate strong analytical and organizational skills, and project management abilities.
• Extensive computer skills, especially Microsoft Office Suite (primarily Excel, Word, PowerPoint); needs to have extensive experie