Senior Total Rewards Analyst

What you will do :

The Senior Total Rewards Analyst plays a critical role in the design, administration, execution, and continuous improvement of Emburse’s global total rewards programs. Supporting both compensation and benefits, this role acts as an analytical and operational subject matter expert, ensuring our programs remain market-competitive, cost-effective, compliant, and aligned with company strategic objectives.

The Senior Total Rewards Analyst collaborates closely with internal stakeholders (HR, Payroll, Finance, Legal) and external partners (brokers, carriers, vendors) to deliver exceptional customer service, streamline operational processes, and provide data-driven insights across global health, welfare, retirement, leaves, base pay, variable compensation, and job evaluation frameworks.

Essential Functions
• Balanced Compensation & Benefits Administration: Serve as a subject matter expert delivering day-to-day administration, analytical modeling, and operational oversight for both global compensation and benefits programs. Draft and distribute clear communications to employees, managers, and HR Partners.
• Benefits Administration & Renewals: Manage global health, welfare, leave of absence, and retirement plan administration. Assist in open enrollment execution, plan renewals, vendor evaluation, and system programming across regions. May serve as the lead for annual enrollment.
• Compensation Program Management: Support the execution of compensation cycles (annual pay reviews, merit, bonus, equity), maintain salary structures, conduct job evaluations/leveling, and lead participation in market salary surveys.
• Analytics & Reporting: Conduct complex data modeling, market research, pay equity analysis, and benefits utilization trends analysis to evaluate competitiveness, identify cost efficiencies, and help drive strategic decision-making.
• Employee Education & Support: Manage escalated inquiries via shared mailboxes, deliver clear total rewards communications, and lead educational initiatives to increase employee engagement and understanding of total rewards offerings.
• Leaves of Absence & Accommodations: Oversee and administer leaves of absence (FMLA, statutory/personal/parental leaves) and related ADA accommodation requests in compliance with applicable laws.
• Global Compliance & Auditing: Drive compliance initiatives across federal, state, and international regulations (e.g., FLSA, ERISA, ACA, Form 5500 filings, non-discrimination testing, statutory reporting, local labor laws).
• Cross-Functional Collaboration & Process Optimization: Partner with Payroll, HR Systems/HRIS, HR Business Partners, and Finance to ensure data integrity, audit system accuracy, automate workflows, and enhance operational efficiency.
• Vendor & Broker Management: Collaborate with global brokers, benefits carriers, and retirement advisors to ensure service level agreements (SLAs) are met, resolve performance issues, and optimize plan design.
• Data Integrity: Ensure the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of total rewards data across HRIS, compensation, benefits, and reporting systems; identify and resolve data-quality issues to support reliable analysis and decision-making.

What we are looking for :

Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.

Experience Required:
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in total rewards, compensation or employee benefits administration (or a combined total rewards model).
• Preferred: Experience administering global benefits programs and compensation programs across multiple countries.
• Certifications Preferred: CEBS, CCP, PHR or SHRM-CP