Pay Equity Audit

A case-study template for audit support, data cleanup, and issue review.

Situation

An organization is preparing for a pay equity review and needs clean data, consistent job information, and a practical way to surface issues for follow-up.

Questions to answer

• Which fields need to be validated before analysis begins?
• Where are the biggest risks in job matching, level alignment, or data quality?
• How should findings be documented for HR and leadership review?

Inputs

• employee-level pay data
• job codes, levels, and family structure
• demographic variables used in the review
• business-unit context and historical decisions

Working approach

1. Clean and reconcile the source data.
2. Confirm that jobs are grouped in a defensible way.
3. Separate data issues from true compensation questions.
4. Track follow-up items in a format leadership can actually use.

Useful artifacts

• audit-prep checklist
• data validation log
• issue tracker
• summary notes for review meetings

Why it matters

Pay equity audit support depends on clean data, careful job grouping, and clear language about findings and follow-up.