Reward & People Analytics Analyst

Spirax-Sarco Engineering; Charlton Kings; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative global engineering firm is looking for a Reward & People Analytics Analyst to support the Reward team with data analytics and operational tasks. This hybrid role involves managing centralised pay data, supporting annual reward cycles, and delivering insights for business decisions. The ideal candidate will be analytical, detail-oriented, and comfortable working independently and in global teams to make a meaningful impact.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible working arrangements

Generous holiday allowance

Paid volunteering leave

Inclusion support benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in reward, HR analytics, or a similar analytical role (preferred).
• Proven ability to manage and analyse large datasets, ensuring data quality and consistency.
• Experience working without a formal HRIS and developing manual or semi-automated data solutions (advantageous).

Responsibilities

• Support the operational delivery of annual reward cycles.
• Maintain and update centralised records for grading and pay ranges.
• Provide analytical and administrative support for reward-related projects.

Skills

Data management

Analytical skills

Collaboration

HR analytics

Job description

Job Title: Reward & People Analytics Analyst
Location: Cheltenham, Portsmouth or Falmouth
Location Type: Hybrid
Salary: Circa £35000 - £42000
Website: https://www.wmfts.com/en/
Group: https://www.spiraxgroup.com/

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions is part of SpiraxGroup, a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.
When you join us, you will be integrated into a cooperative and encouraging team, participate in challenging yet critical work, and experience ongoing growth opportunities to help you achieve your full potential. Visit our website to learn more.

Key Responsibilities

The Reward & People Analytics Analyst provides analytical and operational support to the Reward team, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of data related to global grading, pay ranges, and incentive outcomes. This role is responsible for maintaining centralised reward data, supporting annual reward cycles, and delivering insights that inform business decisions. The Analyst will play a key part in process improvement and data management, especially in an environment without a formal HRIS.

Key accountabilities include:

• Support the operational delivery of annual reward cycles, including performance-related pay reviews, annual bonus, and incentive plan administration.
• Provide analytical and administrative support for reward-related projects, such as global grading, pay range reviews, and benefits harmonisation.
• Maintain and update centralised records for global grading and pay ranges, ensuring data accuracy and consistency.
• Assist with the administration and data gathering for processes such as Gender Pay Gap, Ethnicity Pay Gap, bonus calculations, and employee share schemes.
• Act as a point of contact for reward data queries from HR colleagues and employees, escalating complex issues as needed.
• Provide accurate and timely data and analysis to support the Reward and HR team in embedding reward processes and supporting performance and development frameworks.
• Collect, validate, and analyse reward and people data for accuracy and to identify trends and provide actionable insights.
• Prepare regular and ad hoc reports and dashboards for the Reward team and business leaders.
• Support external market research using salary surveys and benchmarking tools.

Skills / Experience

• Experience in reward, HR analytics, or a similar analytical role (preferred).
• Proven ability to manage and analyse large datasets, ensuring data quality and consistency.
• Advantageous although not essential - Familiarity with job evaluation, grading frameworks, and market benchmarking tools (highly desirable).
• Experience working without a formal HRIS and developing manual or semi-automated data solutions (advantageous).
• Comfortable working independently and collaboratively across global teams and time zones.

At Watson-Marlow, we believe in taking care of our colleagues. We offer a generous benefits package, including:

• A competitive salary
• Flexible working arrangements
• A generous holiday allowance
• Three days’ paid volunteering leave
• Additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan

Everyone is Included at Spirax Group

We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.

We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will always consider requests for flexible working.

We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. These include:

• Gender-neutral parental leave
• 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave
• Paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss or domestic abuse
• Menopause-friendly workplace principles and more

Learn more at spiraxgroup.com/inclusion.

We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer. If you would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in our application form.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

If you require accommodations during the application process, please let us know.

Company Overview

At Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, part of Spirax Group, we are driven by innovation and are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is empowered to make a difference. As a world leader in manufacturing peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies for the life sciences and process industries, we offer a wide range of products, including tubing, specialised filling systems and products for single-use applications.

Our shared Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 116 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!

Our inclusive culture and Values unite us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.