Senior Total Rewards Analyst

About the role

Ardova is looking for a Senior Total Rewards Analyst to design, develop, recommend, implement and supervise its employee wellness, benefits and HR policy programmes. The role ensures an integrated, equitable, competitive, compliant and financially sustainable employee value proposition, and covers programme design, continuous improvement, operational oversight, vendor governance, employee advisory services and reporting, with defined support for compensation management, job evaluation and reward analytics.

Key responsibilities

• Wellness and wellbeing: design and refresh the enterprise wellness strategy, annual calendar, eligibility rules, budget, delivery channels and measurement framework; develop physical, mental, emotional, social and financial wellbeing initiatives; oversee employee health programmes and HMO service experience; partner with HRBPs, HSE and business leaders on campaigns.
• Benefits and employee support: maintain the benefits philosophy, portfolio, eligibility matrix, limits, funding models and governance; oversee medical, group life, personal accident and disability plans, enrolment, renewals and claims escalations; administer retirement and statutory benefits with payroll and Finance; run employee recognition programmes; design OOS duty, travel, relocation and housing support benefits; explore mortgage and housing-support initiatives.
• HR policy: lead drafting, review and refresh of HR policies and guidelines, conduct benchmarking and impact assessments, manage version control and approval routing, and advise HRBPs, managers and employees on policy interpretation.
• Compensation: support salary structures, pay bands and reward frameworks; run market benchmarking, pay equity and compa-ratio analyses; support job evaluation and role grading; prepare compensation scenarios, cost models and variable pay assessments.

Required profile

• Minimum 2.2 in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Accounting or a related discipline.
• Relevant HR/Total Rewards certification (CIPM, SHRM, CIPD or WorldatWork) is an advantage.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in Total Rewards, compensation and benefits, payroll, HR analytics or HR policy administration.

Required skills

• Knowledge of benefits design, HMO and insurance administration, wellness strategy, employee recognition, relocation allowances, HR policy design and compensation analysis.
• Advanced Excel and data analysis.
• Programme design, analytical thinking, vendor and stakeholder management, policy drafting and interpretation, confidentiality and negotiation.