Reward Data & Benchmarking Analyst

CMS UK; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive basic salary

Hybrid working policy

Generous bonus scheme

Up to 25 days holiday

Private medical insurance

Enhanced parental leave

Disability adjustments

Job summary

CMS UK is seeking a Reward Analyst to support the Reward & Benefits team across job evaluation, benchmarking and pay analysis. You will work on salary reviews, market benchmarking and data analysis to support reward governance.

You will collaborate with stakeholders to analyse role profiles, maintain evaluation records, and participate in annual reward processes within a busy transformation period for the team.

Qualifications

• Experience of job evaluation and role benchmarking.
• Experience working with business stakeholders in a reward, people analytics or similar analytical role.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, identify trends and support evidence-based decision-making.
• Excellent attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.

Responsibilities

• Support job evaluation reviews by analysing role profiles, maintaining evaluation records and ensuring documentation is accurate and up to date.
• Assist with reward activity linked to organisational and business change, including preparing data, maintaining trackers and supporting analysis of impacted roles and employee groups.
• Support pay analysis by collating pay, grade and role data, checking data quality and helping prepare insight for review by senior reward colleagues.
• Contribute to market benchmarking exercises by reviewing job evaluation outcomes and preparing comparison data to support reward decisions.
• Support annual reward activities, including salary reviews, bonus reviews, pay gap reporting and EU pay transparency requirements.
• Help maintain accurate reward data and support the delivery of ongoing reward projects.

Skills

Job evaluation

Role benchmarking

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Time management

Communication

Organisational skills

Problem solving

Tools

Power BI

VBA

SQL

Job description

CMS UK is seeking a Reward Analyst to support the Reward & Benefits team across job evaluation, benchmarking and pay analysis. You will work on salary reviews, market benchmarking and data analysis to support reward governance.

You will collaborate with stakeholders to analyse role profiles, maintain evaluation records, and participate in annual reward processes within a busy transformation period for the team.