Senior Total Rewards Analyst
At Justworks, you’ll enjoy a welcoming and casual environment, great benefits, wellness program offerings, company retreats, and the ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community. We work hard and care about our most prized asset - our people.
We’re helping businesses get off the ground by enabling them to focus on running their business. We solve HR issues. We’re data-driven and never stop iterating. If you’d like to work in a supportive, entrepreneurial environment, are interested in building something meaningful and having fun while doing it, we’d love to hear from you.
We're united by shared goals and shared motivations at Justworks. These are best summed up in our company values, which are reflected in our product and in our team.
If this sounds like you, you’ll fit right in.
Your Success Profile
Who You Are
Justworks is seeking a data-driven total rewards professional who knows how to turn numbers into strategy and strategy into action. You bring the technical chops to analyze market data, design structures, and spot trends before others do. But you’re not just about spreadsheets - you know how to build trust, influence stakeholders, and communicate complex ideas in a way that resonates.
You’re highly skilled and business-savvy, bringing a well-rounded total rewards mindset with the ability to dig into benefits strategy just as confidently as comp, ensuring that every program reflects employee needs and business goals. You understand that every compensation decision shapes employee experience and fuels company performance, driving strategy, growth, and our competitive advantage. You balance openness with the confidence to stand firm when it matters, ensuring decisions reflect equity and stay true to our values and principles. You bring the rare ability to turn analytics into impact—shaping rewards that inspire people and power business success.
What You Will Work On
Compensation Program Management
- Lead full-cycle compensation and rewards initiatives - from strategy definition to implementation and impact tracking.
- Define and execute equity, bonus, and incentive program design with an eye toward strategic alignment, equity, and performance.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with HRBP, Finance, Recruiting, and Legal to drive pay transparency, equity, and decision-consistency.
- Manage and improve compensation processes, including job architecture, salary reviews, and pay equity analyses; support compliance with relevant laws and policies.
- Develop compensation communication materials and deliver clear reporting and analytics.
Benefits & Wellness
- Analyze benefits utilization data and market trends to assess competitiveness and cost-effectiveness of current offerings.
- Develop annual benefits strategy by modeling plan design changes, premium share scenarios, vendor comparisons, and renewal evaluations.
- Evaluate new benefits offerings and propose enhancements that reflect employee needs and business goals.
- Support benefits program reviews, benchmarking, and vendor evaluations to ensure competitive offerings.
- Partner with the PeopleOps team on annual enrollment, employee communications, and data audits.
- Provide insights on benefits and support cross-functional rewards projects.
Strategy & Insights
- Translate total rewards data into strategic business decisions that fuel talent attraction, retention, and financial outcomes.
- Influence the design and implementation of enterprise-wide total rewards strategy, advising on how compensation and benefits programs impact employee behavior, motivation, and retention.
- Integrate compensation, benefits, and performance data into a cohesive, insight-driven total rewards strategy that aligns with business and talent outcomes.
- Evaluate emerging trends and technologies (e.g., AI in comp, personalized benefits) and recommend test-and-learn pilots.
- Deliver reporting, analytics, and communication materials to ensure leaders and employees understand total rewards programs.
Operations & Process Excellence
- Champion improvements to comp systems, workflows, data integrity, and equity analytics—using AI and modern comp tech where applicable.
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How You Will Do Your Work
As a Senior Total Rewards Analyst, how results are achieved is paramount for your success and ultimately result in our success as an organization. In this role, your foundational knowledge, skills, abilities and personal attributes are anchored in the following competencies:
- Consultative - takes an approach that focuses on building relationships with others, understanding their problems, and developing solutions to their challenges through open-ended questions and active listening.
- Solution-oriented - identifies the source of a question or challenge and provides the right, or a better, way of doing things.
- Good judgement - the exercise of critical thinking, analyzing and assessing problems and implications, identifying patterns, making connections of underlying issues, understanding risks and developing mitigation strategies, and taking ownership of the outcome.
- Functional expertise - subject matter expertise of specific function(s), including knowledge of principles, practices, and domain knowledge.
- Clear communication - the ability to articulate thoughts and express ideas effectively using oral, written, visual and non-verbal communication skills, as well as listening skills to gain understanding.
In addition, all Justworkers focus on aligning their behaviors to our core values known as COGIS. It stands for:
- Camaraderie - Day to day you can be seen working together toward a higher purpose. You like to have fun. You’re an active listener, treat people respectfully, and have a strong desire to know and help others.
- Openness - Your default is to be open. You're willing to share information, understand other perspectives, and consider new possibilities. You’re curious, ask open questions, and are receptive to thoughts and feedback from others.
- Grit - You demonstrate grit by having the courage to commit and persevere. You’re committed, earnest, and dive in to get the job done well with a positive attitude.
- Integrity - Simply put, do what you say and say what you'll do. You’re honest and forthright, have a strong moral compass, and strive to match your words with your actions while leading by example.
- Simplicity - Be like Einstein: “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.”
Qualifications
- Experience & Expertise: 5+ years of progressive Compensation/Total Rewards experience with deep knowledge of compensation frameworks, salary structures, job architecture, pay equity practices, and benefits strategy/operations (including vendor evaluation, renewals, and benchmarking).
- Program Design & Analysis: Hands-on experience designing and administering bonus, equity, and incentive programs; proven ability to interpret and apply market data from providers such as Radford, Mercer, or Option Impact.
- Business Acumen: Demonstrated ability to connect total rewards strategy to organizational goals, financial realities, and employee engagement; skilled at anticipating business needs and tailoring recommendations to unique organizational and market contexts.
- Systems & Technical Acumen: Proficiency with compensation tools/ technology, HRIS (Workday required), and advanced Excel/Google Sheets; strong ability to ensure data accuracy, integrity, and effective reporting.
- Strategic & Analytical Thinking: Strong systems thinker with the ability to see how tools, processes, and people interact; adept at translating complex data into clear, actionable insights for business leaders.
- Execution & Project Management: Highly detail-oriented with a focus on data integrity/accuracy; proven project management skills; able to prioritize, maintain urgency, and execute autonomously and efficiently in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
- Collaboration & Communication: Outstanding written and verbal communication skills; trusted partner who can balance analytical rigor with strategic perspective; approachable team player comfortable leading initiatives independently.
- Professionalism & Adaptability: Maintains confidentiality and discretion at all times; resilient and adaptable in ambiguity; self-starter with the ability to thrive in dynamic, evolving environments.
- Compliance Knowledge: Solid understanding of relevant legal and regulatory requirements (e.g., FLSA, pay equity, ACA).
The base wage range for this position based in our New York City Office is targeted at $122,000.00 to $134,200 per year.
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Actual compensation is based on multiple factors that are unique to each candidate, including and not limited to skill set, level of relevant experience, and specific work location. Salary ranges for positions based in other locations may differ based on the cost of labor in that location.
For more information about Justworks’ Total Reward Philosophy, including all of the perks and benefits we are proud to offer our team members, please visit Total Rewards @ Justworks.
Diversity At Justworks
Justworks is committed to maintaining a workplace where diversity of identity, culture, and life experience is the norm and is celebrated authentically and respected consistently. Diversity in our work, our people, and our product drives creativity and innovation, entrepreneurial leadership and integrity, competitiveness, and collaboration throughout our business and in the market. We depend on our differences to make our team stronger, our workplace more dynamic, and our product accessible to all of our customers.
We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer open to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or familial status, disability, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected status. Justworks is fully dedicated to providing necessary support to candidates with disabilities who may require reasonable accommodations. We also provide reasonable accommodations to employees based on their sincerely held religious beliefs, as well as for other covered reasons consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws. If you're in need of a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at accommodations@justworks.com. Your comfort and success matter to us, and we're here to ensure an inclusive experience.
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