Reward Analyst, Retail

About the role

We’re looking for an experienced Reward professional to join our HR team in Birmingham. As a Reward Analyst you’ll support the delivery of reward and benefits programmes by providing clear, high‑quality analysis, insights, and data‑led recommendations, ensuring decisions are informed by market data, internal equity and accurate reporting while spotting opportunities to improve processes.

Play a key part in ensuring reward decisions are informed by market data, internal equity and accurate reporting, and spot opportunities to improve processes and enhance the overall reward offering.

You bring strong numerical and analytical skills, are highly proficient in Excel and comfortable working with large datasets, have a natural eye for detail and a focus on accuracy, can work independently, manage competing priorities, and thrive in a fast‑paced environment where deadlines matter.

Opportunity to work for a firm recognised as one of the best places to work in the UK, ranked by Great Place to Work® for 26 consecutive years. Excellent benefits, including:

• A hybrid approach to office and remote working.
• 25 days annual leave, with the option to buy up to a week of extra annual leave.
• Private medical insurance, with the option to add family members.
• A generous pension allowance.
• Life assurance covering four times your annual salary.
• The chance of a three‑month sabbatical every five years.
• Maternity, paternity and adoption leave schemes.
• A range of health and wellbeing programmes.
• State‑of‑the‑art offices with an on‑site restaurant.
• Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development.

Gowling WLG is committed to promoting equality and diversity and to Equal Opportunities in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender re‑assignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.

At Gowling WLG we seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our aim is to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.