Reward Analyst

About the role

• Own and deliver core reward cycles, including quarterly bonus accruals, annual benefits enrolment, and regular reward reporting activities. 
•  Produce, validate, reconcile, and maintain reward data, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and audit readiness. 
•  Develop and maintain reward models, calculations, and analytical tools to support bonus schemes, accruals, and reward decision-making. 
•  Provide insightful reward analytics and reporting to HR, Finance, and business leaders to support strategic and operational decisions. 
•  Maintain robust governance, controls, and documentation across all reward processes, ensuring compliance and data integrity. 
•  Leverage HR systems, including Anaplan, to support reward modelling, reporting, and process optimisation. 
•  Utilise market benchmarking and external reward data to inform compensation, benefits, and reward recommendations. 
•  Lead the annual benefits enrolment process and drive continuous improvements to the employee benefits experience. 
•  Manage and optimise benefits and pension programmes, delivering data-driven recommendations to enhance value and effectiveness. 
•  Oversee relationships with third-party reward, benefits, and pension providers, ensuring high-quality and cost-effective service delivery. 
•  Own the production, reporting, and integrity of bonus accruals, Long-Term Incentive (LTI) programmes, and Total Reward Statements. 
•  Act as a trusted reward subject matter expert, supporting policy development, organisational change, M&A activity, and reward integration initiatives.

About you

• Strong experience in a reward or compensation role with a clear analytical focus 
• Proven track record of managing cyclical reward processes (e.g. bonus cycles, salary/benefits reviews, reporting) 
• Advanced Excel skills, with experience building and maintaining complex models, reconciliations, and large datasets. Anaplan experience desirable. 
• Strong knowledge of job evaluation and grading frameworks (WTW, AON McLagan)
• Exceptional attention to detail, with the ability to work with sensitive data accurately and consistently 
• Strong understanding of data governance, controls, and audit requirements within reward processes 
• Experience with incentive schemes, including bonus accruals and/or long-term incentives 
• Good knowledge of reward regulation and market practice 
• Ability to translate data into clear, commercially relevant insight 
• Confident stakeholder engagement, including with senior leadership