- Company Name
- Catalyst Partners
- Job Title
- Rewards Analyst
- Job Description
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Job title: Rewards Analyst
Role Summary:
Analyze, manage, and report on remuneration and performance data to support annual review cycles, market benchmarking, and incentive administration for a financial services organization.
Expectations:
Provide timely, accurate data support to Senior Reward Manager and HR teams; maintain high data integrity within HRIS and reward systems; deliver actionable insights through advanced analytics; ensure compliance with statutory reporting, audits, and risk controls; manage global incentive programs with precise payment and communication schedules.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver annual remuneration and performance review processes, including system improvements for accurate data capture.
- Reconcile, validate, and report compensation data for routine reports and audit purposes.
- Lead external market benchmarking exercises and prepare submissions.
- Update and maintain compensation data across HRIS, reward systems, and People & Culture dashboards.
- Conduct complex modelling (pay equity, market positioning) to inform remuneration decisions.
- Partner with HR Business Partners and Finance to integrate reward data into business metrics, identifying trends and anomalies.
- Administer global incentive programs, ensuring on‑time payments and communications.
- Prepare statutory/regulatory reporting (e.g., Gender Pay Gap) and support audit activities.
- Champion continuous improvement of remuneration procedures, enhancing accuracy, efficiency, and risk management.
- Coordinate with Payroll for accurate processing of remuneration and benefits.
Required Skills:
- Advanced Microsoft Excel (complex formulas, pivot tables, Power Query, VBA, data visualisation).
- Proficiency in HRIS/compensation platforms (Workday, Oracle, HRSoft).
- Experience with data visualisation tools (Power BI) a plus.
- Strong understanding of compensation principles, benchmarking, and McLagan market data.
- Excellent analytical, organisational, and planning abilities.
- Effective verbal and written communication, capable of presenting complex data clearly.
- Ability to handle confidential information with precision and discretion.
- Self‑motivated, proactive, adaptable, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced, global, matrixed setting.
Required Education & Certifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, or related field.
- No mandatory certifications, but knowledge of compensation and benefits certifications (e.g., Certified Compensation Professional) is advantageous.