Senior Total Rewards Analyst — Compensation & Benefits Leader

Mercury Insurance Company; United States; Remote; USD 84,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Remote work flexibility (US)

Education assistance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Mercury Insurance Company is seeking a Sr. Total Rewards Analyst to design and analyze compensation and benefits programs.

The role blends compensation (60%) with benefits strategy (40%), partnering with HR, payroll, and finance to ensure equity, competitiveness, and compliance across Mercury’s programs. The position supports Mercury’s career architecture initiative, analyzes job data, and provides data-driven recommendations to align architecture with compensation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Finance, Economics, Business, or Mathematics.
• CCP, CEBS, PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, or other relevant certification preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of progressive experience in compensation, benefits, HR analytics, or Total Rewards with compensation focus.
• Experience with market pricing, compensation structures, annual planning, pay equity, and data analysis.
• Experience evaluating benefits programs and vendor data; supporting benefits strategy/communications.
• Experience supporting enterprise HR initiatives, job architecture, or cross-functional projects preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support compensation philosophy, governance, and program design.
• Conduct market pricing, internal equity, pay equity, range analysis.
• Prepare models, dashboards, reports, and recommendations for HR leaders.
• Support annual compensation planning, offers, promotions, transfers.
• Maintain compensation structures, job data, and range information.
• Support career architecture data alignment and governance.
• Help evaluate benefits programs, vendor data, and plan performance.
• Provide practical guidance to HR partners and managers on Total Rewards topics.
• Use HRIS and analytics tools to improve data quality and decision making.
• Stay current on compensation and benefits practices and regulatory developments.
• Identify and responsibly use AI-enabled tools to improve analysis and reporting.

Skills

Total Rewards

Compensation

Benefits

HR Analytics

Excel (Advanced)

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Finance/Economics/Business/Mathematics

Tools

HRIS

Compensation planning software

Job description

Mercury Insurance Company is seeking a Sr. Total Rewards Analyst to design and analyze compensation and benefits programs.

The role blends compensation (60%) with benefits strategy (40%), partnering with HR, payroll, and finance to ensure equity, competitiveness, and compliance across Mercury’s programs. The position supports Mercury’s career architecture initiative, analyzes job data, and provides data-driven recommendations to align architecture with compensation.