Reward Analyst

About the role:

We’re looking for an experienced Reward professional to join our HR team as a Reward Analyst in Birmingham. In this role, you’ll support the delivery of our reward and benefits programmes by providing clear, high-quality analysis, insights, and data-led recommendations.

You’ll play a key part in ensuring our reward decisions are informed by market data, internal equity, and accurate reporting, while also spotting opportunities to improve processes and enhance our overall reward offering.

About you:

We’re looking for a detail-driven Reward professional demonstrating strong experience in a Reward, Compensation or HR analytical role. You’ll bring strong numerical and analytical skills, with the confidence to interpret complex data and turn it into clear, meaningful insights that support business decisions.

Highly proficient in Excel and comfortable working with large datasets, you’ll have a natural eye for detail and a real focus on accuracy. You’ll also be someone who can work independently, manage competing priorities, and thrive in a fast-paced environment where deadlines matter.

What We Can Offer You:

The opportunity to work for a firm that has been recognised as one of best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work® for 26 consecutive years.

Excellent benefits, including:

• A hybrid approach to office and remote working.
• 25 days annual leave, with the option to buy up to a week's extra annual leave
• Private medical insurance, and the option to add family members
• A generous pension allowance
• Life assurance covering four times your annual salary
• The chance of a three-month sabbatical every five years
• Maternity, paternity and adoption leave schemes
• A range of health and wellbeing programmes
• State of the art offices, with an onsite restaurant
• Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development

Equal Opportunities:

Gowling WLG is committed both to promoting equality and diversity in the firm and to Equal Opportunities in employment.  The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender re-assignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity and paternity.  This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.

At Gowling WLG we seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, to create an exciting and rewarding place to work.  Our aim is to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.

If you have any queries in relation to this position or would like to see a full job description please contact Meg Astley at meg.astley@gowlingwlg.com 

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