Global Reward & Performance Analyst

Cochlear; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Cochlear in Sydney is seeking a Global Reward & Performance Specialist to join the People & Culture team. You’ll work at the intersection of people, data and systems to support global remuneration, performance cycles and the job framework.

With strong analytical capability, you’ll handle large datasets, drive benchmarking, and partner with regions across time zones to improve data, automation and HR insights.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years’ experience across HR, Reward, Performance, Analytics, or workforce reporting.
• Advanced Excel: pivot tables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, complex formulas and large dataset management.
• Experience producing reports and insights from HR or business data.
• Experience using HR technology, ideally Workday.

Responsibilities

• Support annual performance and remuneration cycles with data preparation, validation and reporting.
• Collaborate with Regional Reward Managers on Workday Advanced Compensation testing and administration.
• Maintain Cochlear's Global Job Framework, descriptors and architecture data.
• Assist job evaluation activities and ensure strong global data governance.
• Manage market data submissions and remuneration benchmarking and range reviews.
• Analyze reward, workforce and performance data to provide insights for People & Culture teams.
• Contribute to global Reward & Performance projects, system enhancements and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Explore opportunities to use AI, automation and technology to improve efficiency and data quality.

Skills

HR analytics

Reward

Performance

Workforce reporting

Advanced Excel

Workday

Tools

Workday

Job description

Cochlear in Sydney is seeking a Global Reward & Performance Specialist to join the People & Culture team. You’ll work at the intersection of people, data and systems to support global remuneration, performance cycles and the job framework.

With strong analytical capability, you’ll handle large datasets, drive benchmarking, and partner with regions across time zones to improve data, automation and HR insights.