Reward Analyst

Zenith Group; Leeds; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

24 days annual leave

Life Insurance

Free onsite parking

Health cash plan

Cycle to Work Scheme

Job summary

Zenith Group is seeking a Reward Analyst to shape reward decisions for ~1,500 colleagues. You will turn data into insight, influence pay strategy, and support governance across pay reviews, bonus cycles, and benefits while collaborating with HR and business leaders.

The role offers an opportunity to impact reward strategy across the business, ensuring competitiveness, equity, and a strong governance framework within a leading mobility-focused organisation.

Qualifications

• Experience in Reward, Compensation & Benefits or People Analytics.
• Experience in salary benchmarking and reward analysis.
• Strong Excel skills with data modelling and visualization.
• Experience supporting pay review and bonus cycles.
• Understanding of job evaluation methodologies.
• Able to present data-driven insights to stakeholders.
• Commercial awareness and confident recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Deliver analysis and modelling that supports reward decisions.
• Provide insight on pay competitiveness and internal equity trends.
• Play a key role in annual pay review and bonus processes.
• Manage job evaluation activity and Willis Towers Watson database.
• Evaluate and benchmark roles to support hiring decisions.
• Conduct pay gap and reward equity analysis.
• Improve reward processes through automation and continuous improvement.
• Maintain our reward platform and communications.
• Support review and management of employee benefits providers.
• Ensure strong reward governance and data integrity across the business.

Skills

Reward analysis

Salary benchmarking

Advanced Excel

Pay review cycles

Job evaluation

Data storytelling

Commercial awareness

Tools

Willis Towers Watson

Job description

At Zenith, our people are at the heart of our success. For more than 30 years, we've been helping organisations move further, smarter and more sustainably, while building a culture where colleagues can thrive. As we continue to grow, we're investing in how we reward, recognise and support our colleagues. That's why we're looking for a Reward Analyst to join our People Function and play a key role in shaping reward decisions that help us attract, retain and motivate great people.

What makes this opportunity different? You'll have the chance to influence reward strategy across the business, not just report on data. From pay reviews and bonus processes to reward governance, job evaluation and colleague benefits, you'll use data and insight to influence how we reward, recognise and support around 1,500 colleagues.

What's the Role

Working closely with HR and business leaders, you'll turn data into meaningful insight that supports reward decisions and improves colleague experience.

You’ll:

• Deliver analysis and modelling that supports reward and compensation decisions.
• Provide insight on pay competitiveness, attraction, retention and internal equity trends.
• Play a key role in annual pay review and bonus processes.
• Manage job evaluation activity and maintain the Willis Towers Watson job evaluation database.
• Evaluate and benchmark roles to support hiring and organisational decisions.
• Conduct pay gap and reward equity analysis and support reporting requirements.
• Improve reward processes through simplification, automation and continuous improvement.
• Maintain and enhance our colleague reward platform and communications.
• Support the review and management of employee benefits providers.
• Ensure strong reward governance, consistency and data integrity across the business.

What Can You Bring?

Essential:

• Experience within Reward, Compensation & Benefits, People Analytics or a similar analytical HR environment.
• Experience in salary benchmarking and reward analysis
• Strong analytical skills with advanced Excel capability, including data modelling and visualisation.
• Experience supporting pay review and bonus cycles.
• Understanding of job evaluation methodologies.
• Ability to communicate data-driven insights clearly to a range of stakeholders.
• Commercial awareness and the confidence to make recommendations that support business decisions.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with Willis Towers Watson job evaluation methodology.
• Benefits supplier management experience.
• Exposure to automation, process improvement or reward technology platforms.

Why Join us

• Our customers trust us – partnering with some of the UK's largest and most recognisable brands.
• Our people stay with us – we've built a collaborative, supportive culture where people are empowered to make an impact.
• We're ambitious – backed by recent recapitalisation, major investment, a clear strategy for long‑term growth and a thriving fleet of almost 170,000 vehicles.
• We're award‑winning – including Leasing Company of the Year (Fleet News 2026), Large Business of the Year and Diversity & Inclusion Award winners at the Yorkshire Post Excellence in Business Awards, and Wellbeing Award winners at Fleet News 2025.
• We're leading the transition to sustainable mobility – with over 41% of our fleet now Battery Electric Vehicles and a long‑standing commitment to sustainability.
• We're invested in your future – offering clear development opportunities, structured career pathways and the chance to build a long‑term career with a market leader.

What's In It for You

• Salary up to £45,000
• Annual bonus
• 24 days annual leave & 1 day for your birthday plus bank holidays
• The option to buy or sell holidays (+5 or -3)
• Life Insurance
• Breakdown Cover
• Dental & Health Cash Plans
• Critical Illness Cover
• Tech Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Perks at Work – save on everyday essentials
• Wellbeing support including: onsite GP, EAP, pensions advice, funded HRT treatment, Mental Health First Aiders
• Sports & Social Club, company activities, and team events.
• Agile working
• Free onsite parking
• Onsite bistro
• Inclusive culture with colleague-led equality networks
• Development opportunities with access to our MyGPS personal development framework.

Sound Like the Right Opportunity for You?

We want to positively encourage differences in Zenith and believe it is critical to our success as a company. Zenith is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace that seeks to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We therefore encourage applications from all genders, races, religions, ages and sexual orientations, as well as parents, veterans, people living with disabilities, and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to our business.

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