Senior Rewards Specialist

We are looking for a commercially minded Senior Reward Analyst to join our People & Culture team to help deliver compensation, benefits, recognition, and reward programs across Australia and New Zealand. 

Reporting to the ANZ Compensation & Benefits Lead, you will play a key role in remuneration reviews, market benchmarking, reward analytics, employee share plans, benefits administration, and reward system optimisation. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Reward Analyst looking to broaden their exposure across both strategic and operational reward activities within a global organisation.

Reward & Remuneration 

• Support the delivery of compensation programs across Australia and New Zealand. 
• Conduct market benchmarking, remuneration analysis, and internal equity reviews. 
• Lead compensation data preparation and analysis for annual salary reviews, promotions, and market adjustments. 
• Provide insights and recommendations to support reward decision-making. 
• Support reward governance, compliance, and executive reporting. 

Benefits, Recognition & Equity Programs 

• Coordinate administration and reporting for the Employee Share Ownership Plan (ESOP). 
• Support employee recognition programs, annual awards, and reward initiatives. 
• Manage reward and benefits enquiries and stakeholder communications. 
• Partner with vendors on benefits administration, renewals, reporting, and audits.
• Analyse benefits utilisation and identify improvement opportunities. 

Systems, Analytics & Continuous Improvement 

• Act as a key user for reward systems, including SuccessFactors Reward and Pay modules. 
• Develop dashboards, reports, and workforce reward analytics. 
• Support system enhancements, testing, and process improvements. 
• Drive automation and simplification of reward processes. 

Stakeholder Management 

• Partner with HR, Payroll, Finance, Talent, and People Services teams. 
• Provide expert support on compensation and benefits matters. 
• Contribute to reward projects, governance activities, and leadership reporting. 

• At least 4 years' experience in Reward, Compensation & Benefits, HR Analytics, Payroll, Finance, or a related analytical discipline. 
• Strong understanding of remuneration frameworks, salary review processes, and employee benefits. 
• Advanced Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP, Power Query, and data modelling. 
• Experience working with HRIS platforms such as SuccessFactors or Workday. 
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to turn data into actionable insights. 
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills. 
• High attention to detail and experience managing confidential information. 

• Work across the full reward lifecycle, including remuneration, benefits, recognition, and equity programs. 
• Partner with HR, Finance, and business leaders across ANZ. 
• Develop expertise in reward strategy, analytics, and reward technology. 
• Lead process improvement and automation initiatives. 
• Gain exposure to a global People & Culture environment with clear career pathways into senior reward leadership roles. 

If you are passionate about reward, analytics, and influencing business decisions through data-driven insights, we would love to hear from you.