Reward Analyst

Kennedys is seeking a Reward Analyst to join our supportive and forward-thinking global HR team.

As part of our Global Reward team, the Reward Analyst will play a key role in providing data, insights and analysis to support effective reward decision-making across the firm. The role will be responsible for producing meaningful reward insights, market benchmarking, financial modelling and reporting to help ensure our reward programmes remain competitive, cost-effective and aligned with our business objectives.

Working closely with the Global Head of Reward, Reward Manager, HR teams and Finance, the Reward Analyst will support key reward activities including annual pay reviews, benchmarking exercises, employee recognition initiatives and reward reporting. The role will help translate data into actionable insights, supporting evidence-based decisions and the continued development of our global reward approach.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop your reward expertise within a growing global law firm and contribute to high-profile reward projects linked to our firm-wide strategy.

At Kennedys, we recognise the value of flexibility and offer a hybrid working approach, allowing employees to split their time between home and the office in a way that supports both individual needs and team success.

Team

The Kennedys HR team support the firm around the world with all people related matters.

The HR team is based in various locations globally across Kennedys' five regions; APAC, EMEA, US, LATAM and UK. The areas of HR that we have responsibility for are Business Partnering, Talent, Recruitment, Responsible Business, Operations, and Reward.

You will be working in a fast-paced, demanding, and global environment as we strive to make a difference for our people, clients and communities where we work.

Key responsibilities

Reward Analytics

• Assist with the management and analysis of the firm's benefits offerings, including flexible benefits, private medical, pensions, and wellbeing initiatives to identify trends and opportunities
• Produce KPI's, dashboards, reports and management information for senior stakeholders
• Support salary benchmarking exercises using external market data
• Analyse market positioning and internal pay structures
• Work closely with the HR Data & Systems team and wider HR team to execute the firm's reward strategy
• Support with budget management including reward invoicing and reconciliation of membership listings

Annual Reward Cycle

• Support the annual salary and bonus review process
• Prepare and validate reward data
• Produce modelling to support pay review recommendations.

Financial Modelling

• Support budgeting and forecasting for salary and bonus
• Produce scenario modelling for recruitment, promotions and organisational change
• Monitor reward costs and identify risks or opportunities.

Governance & Compliance

• Support pay equity analysis
• Assist with EU Pay Transparency reporting requirements
• Ensure data accuracy and integrity across HR systems.

Continuous Improvement

• Support adhoc strategic projects across the firms total reward portfolio working closely with the Global Head of Reward
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting and reward processes
• Support strategic reward projects
• Maintain an awareness of market information on current and future reward related developments in the legal sector including those arising as a result of legislative changes and legal requirements
• Develop automated dashboards and reporting where appropriate.

Required experience

• Experience in a reward or compensation analyst role, ideally within a legal or professional services environment
• Strong experience in benchmarking ideally having used Willis Towers Watson methodology
• Experience supporting in annual salary and bonus processes would be desirable
• Strong Excel skills including Pivot Tables, Power Query and advanced formulas
• Experience producing dashboards and management information, experience with Power BI or Tableau would be advantageous
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret data efficiently
• Excellent attention to detail
• Understanding of reward legislation and governance
• High attention to detail, strong numerical ability and ability to manage sensitive data
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to build credibility and relationships quickly
• Ability to build strong relationships with key stakeholders, acting as a trusted advisor
• Strong multi-tasking and time management skills
• Strong organisational skills with a focus on high quality delivery.

Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to be made in order to submit your application to Kennedys.

• where a level of experience is indicated, this is a guideline only and represents the amount of time we would usually expect a candidate to accumulate the requisite level of experience. This does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.

About Kennedys

Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 3,000 people in 45 offices across 18 countries around the world we have some of the most respected legal minds in their field.

Our lawyers handle both contentious and non-contentious matters, and provide a range of specialist legal services, for many industry sectors but we have particular expertise in litigation and dispute resolution, especially in defending insurance and liability claims.

We're a fresh-thinking firm, and we're not afraid to bring challenging new perspectives to the table way beyond the traditional realm of legal services. We empower our clients with a diverse range of ideas, tools and technology to make their lives easier, as well as delivering exceptional results, every time.

What do we have to offer?

We welcome high-performing lawyers, business services professionals, secretaries, graduates and apprentices to join our rapidly expanding global firm. Whatever your role at Kennedys, you'll be involved in exciting and stimulating work, where your input will make a difference.

Our culture and values form a big part of who we are and we take them seriously. We make a difference by being approachable, straightforward, supportive, distinctive and ambitious. Our values are at the core of who we are and what make us a great firm to work with and for.

The Firm recognises the value of investing in our people's development and believes our culture and values contribute to the quality of our work and of our client relationships. With a culture of on-the-job and experiential learning, peer to peer learning, mentoring, resources and tools that enable you to drive your career, we can support your development in your current and future roles. A variety of other opportunities are available including secondments to clients and our global offices.

We strive to celebrate diversity, empower our people and ensure everyone can bring their authentic selves to work. We've created a culture based on client service, professional excellence, hard work and trust, where diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) is a key priority. We recognise that many of our people want to work for an employer that is aligned to their values, which is why we are building an inclusive culture, decarbonising our operations and supporting our people to thrive at work. Our people are the key to driving this change and helping us to make a difference to our clients, our people and the communities in which we live and work.

Kennedys is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. We expect all employees to be aware of and comply with all relevant policies and procedures within their jurisdiction, including those relating to Information Security, Data Protection and Quality Management, refer any breach promptly to Risk & Compliance and to complete all mandatory training when requested.