Total Rewards Analyst

EPM Scientific; Andover (MA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

EPM Scientific is seeking a Total Rewards Analyst in Massachusetts to partner with HR, Finance, and business leaders. You will perform market pricing, compensation analysis, and benefits evaluation, while delivering analytics and governance to support pay equity and budgeting decisions.

You’ll develop dashboards, audits, and reports to improve processes, ensure data integrity, and enable informed workforce planning. This role emphasizes collaboration, data-driven insights, and compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Finance, Business, Economics, Analytics, or related field.
• 3-5 years of Total Rewards, Compensation, Benefits, HR Analytics, or a related discipline.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience with HRIS, compensation, or benefits administration systems.
• Ability to communicate data and recommendations to diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Conduct market pricing, salary benchmarking, and compensation analysis.
• Support job evaluations, salary structures, pay equity reviews, and annual compensation planning.
• Analyze benefits utilization, costs, enrollment trends, and program effectiveness.
• Assist with benefit renewals, open enrollment, vendor management, and employee communications.
• Provide compensation guidance for hiring, promotions, transfers, and retention initiatives.
• Develop reports, dashboards, and analyses related to compensation, benefits, and workforce trends.
• Maintain HR data integrity and perform audits to ensure accuracy and consistency.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes through automation, reporting tools, and HR technology.
• Support workforce planning, budgeting, forecasting, and strategic decision-making.
• Ensure compliance with compensation and benefits regulations and company policies.
• Support audits, reporting requirements, and documentation processes.
• Maintain confidentiality of employee and compensation data.
• Partner with HR, Finance, Talent Acquisition, and business leaders to provide actionable insights and recommendations.
• Support special projects including pay equity, organizational changes, HR technology implementations, and workforce planning initiatives.

Skills

Total Rewards

Compensation analysis

Benefits analysis

HR analytics

Advanced Excel

HRIS

Data visualization

Education

Bachelor's degree (HR/Finance/Business/Analytics)

Tools

HRIS

Power BI

Microsoft Excel

Job description

The Total Rewards Analyst supports compensation, benefits, and HR analytics programs by providing data-driven insights, market analysis, and operational support. This role partners with HR, Finance, and business leaders to ensure competitive rewards programs, compliance, accurate reporting, and a positive employee experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct market pricing, salary benchmarking, and compensation analysis.
• Support job evaluations, salary structures, pay equity reviews, and annual compensation planning.
• Analyze benefits utilization, costs, enrollment trends, and program effectiveness.
• Assist with benefit renewals, open enrollment, vendor management, and employee communications.
• Provide compensation guidance for hiring, promotions, transfers, and retention initiatives.

Analytics & Reporting

• Develop reports, dashboards, and analyses related to compensation, benefits, and workforce trends.
• Maintain HR data integrity and perform audits to ensure accuracy and consistency.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes through automation, reporting tools, and HR technology.
• Support workforce planning, budgeting, forecasting, and strategic decision-making.

Compliance & Governance

• Ensure compliance with compensation and benefits regulations and company policies.
• Support audits, reporting requirements, and documentation processes.
• Maintain confidentiality of employee and compensation data.

Business Partnership

• Partner with HR, Finance, Talent Acquisition, and business leaders to provide actionable insights and recommendations.
• Support special projects including pay equity, organizational changes, HR technology implementations, and workforce planning initiatives.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Finance, Business, Economics, Analytics, or related field.
• 3-5 years of experience in Total Rewards, Compensation, Benefits, HR Analytics, or a related discipline.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience with HRIS, compensation, or benefits administration systems.
• Ability to communicate data and recommendations to diverse stakeholders.

Preferred

• Experience with enterprise HR platforms and reporting tools (e.g., HRIS, Power BI).
• Background in compensation planning, pay equity analysis, benefits administration, or workforce analytics.
• Professional certifications such as CCP, CBP, CEBS, SHRM, PHR, or SPHR.