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We have an excellent opportunity for a highly skilled Senior Reward Analyst to join the Group Reward Team at DS Smith reporting to the EMEA Reward Manager. In this high impact role, you will partner closely with Reward colleagues and Regional HR teams to support a fair, consistent, and competitive reward offering that enables the business to attract, retain, and engage top talent. You will apply and continue to develop your specialist reward expertise, supporting key reward processes, frameworks, and policies, while managing the full reward lifecycle for our global senior leadership cadre. This is a wide-ranging role with significant exposure across the business and the opportunity to contribute to impactful, organisation wide initiatives.
Job Responsibility:
Coordinate and evaluate analysis for the operational management of reward for the global senior leadership cadre across the full employee lifecycle
Work closely with the Group Reward Manager to deliver all aspects of the annual compensation review process for the senior leadership cadre
Provide benchmark data and analytical insight to support senior leadership package recommendations
Provide training and guidance to the wider HR network
Responsible for managing the annual reward processes including salary, bonus, and long-term incentive planning
Support the maintenance and evolution of reward policies, frameworks and governance processes
Lead job evaluation and salary benchmarking activities, using Mercer and Willis Towers Watson methodologies
Provide analysis and market data to support the review and development of salary frameworks across all job levels and c.30 countries
Coordinate the annual submission of salary survey data to external providers
Analyses trends and advise on changes that could maintain our competitive and fair pay positioning
Calculate statutory reporting requirements for the PLC
Support the Group Reward team with analytical input into major reward projects
Produce high-quality reward analytics, reports and dashboards for stakeholders
Ensure data integrity within reward systems and processes
Act as the first line contact for HR queries on Group Reward principles, frameworks, processes, and governance
Partner with Regional HR teams to provide reward expertise and guidance
Act as trusted advisor on reward matters including job evaluation, grading, salary positioning
Support reward-related projects and initiatives
Drive continuous improvement in reward processes and systems
Requirements:
Strong analytical skills with excellent attention to detail
Experience using Excel, formulas and data consolidation tools
Knowledge of statistical methods
Confident and proactive problem-solver
Strong planning and organisational capability
Able to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines
Clear communicator with strong stakeholder management skills
Comfortable working both autonomously and collaboratively
Experience in Reward and HR experience with a strong knowledge of reward processes
Experience in managing core operational reward activities, including annual pay review, short-term incentives and ideally senior-level reward packages
Knowledge of long-term incentive plans and share schemes
Exposure to international reward practices and multi-country compensation
Experience in analytics or reporting roles
Familiarity with HR systems (advantageous)
Experience managing third-party suppliers or platforms (advantageous)
Knowledge of job evaluation and benchmarking methodologies (Mercer and/or Willis Towers Watson preferred)
Nice to have:
Familiarity with HR systems
Experience managing third-party suppliers or platforms