Reward Analyst

Ofcom

Compensation & Recognition Analyst ensuring competitive compensation for colleagues at Ofcom. Collaborating within the People and Culture team to enhance employee reward systems.

Posted 5/20/2026full-timeManchester • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Work with the Compensation and Recognition Manager to design and develop the annual pay and bonus review model recommendations
Participate in the development and design of new programmes/policies to meet business objectives
Act as reward business partner, providing guidance and recommending the best course of action to the People Business Partners (PBPs) and wider People and Culture team
Create and maintain close relationships with Payroll, Finance, People Operations, Workday and other relevant teams to ensure Reward information is accurate and relevant
Coordinate Ofcom’s participation into salary surveys and ensure they are completed in a timely and accurate manner
Research and gather internal and external salary data providing salary benchmarks and package recommendations
Manage the job levelling process including job evaluation, communication and maintenance of outcomes
Play a key role in the conduction of the Equal Pay Audit and Pay Gap reporting
Provide day-to-day support for all employee Compensation & Recognition matters
Provide ongoing support to all the recognition activities
Develop and help with the preparation of internal communications and materials required to support compensation projects and processes
Contribute to internal governance papers, including Ofcom’s People Committee
Ensure that Ofcom’s HRIS (Workday) is up to date with relevant data such as job profiles, salaries and bonuses

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience of an annual reward cycle and building pay models
Highly proficient in Microsoft Office package, particularly Excel
Ability to use complex formulas and functions such as IF, VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, COUNTIFS, and array formulas to manipulate and analyse large datasets
Expertise in creating and modifying Pivot Tables for data summarisation, trend analysis, and reporting
In-depth experience of all aspects of job analysis and pricing, including survey analysis
Experience in data analysis and manipulating large volumes of data
Extensive knowledge of Willis Towers Watson (WTW) Job Evaluation and benchmarking methodologies
Current knowledge of best practice in Reward, with ideally a good understanding of Recognition fundamentals
Experience of advising colleagues on reward queries

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexibility in working hours
Support for well-being and providing practical information
Learning and development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

annual reward cyclepay modelsdata analysisjob analysispricingsurvey analysisWillis Towers Watson (WTW) methodologiesExcelPivot Tablescomplex formulas

Soft Skills

guidancerelationship buildingcommunicationsupportcollaborationadvising