The role

At Jensten Group, our growth continues, and we're looking for a talented Reward Analyst to join our People & Culture team on a 6-month fixed-term contract.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys delivering operational excellence at pace, in an ever evolving environment and understands the values of building strong foundations. Working closely with senior leaders, People Business Partners and the wider People & Culture team, you'll play a key role in helping us understand what our reward data is telling us and how it can support informed business decisions.

You'll be responsible for producing high-quality reward reports, dashboards and analysis, transforming complex data into clear, actionable recommendations. You'll support the delivery of our reward strategy by providing acting as a key point of contact for Reward based queries for senior into compensation, benefits, pay structures and workforce trends, helping ensure our reward approach remains competitive, fair and aligned with business needs.

You'll be a key part of our People team, working alongside Operations, Talent Acquisition and Payroll, whilst collaborating with senior stakeholders across the wider business.

Other key responsibilities include:

• Support varied reward activities including project work, regular delivery, cyclical activities and on demand requests.

• Maintaining central data pertaining to reward, including ownership of data quality in People Systems - A high level of attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy is essential.

• Responsibility for championing a standardised approach across bonus schemes, including employee communication, approvals and governance.

• Support on reward-related activity arising from acquisitions and organisational change programmes, working as a trusted expert to share best practice.

• Translate complex data into concise executive summaries, helping senior leaders understand key insights and recommended actions including preparation for regular People Committee meetings.

• Lead annual salary review activities, from providing the CPO with necessary data for scenario planning through to monitoring project timelines to ensure timely completion.

• Analyse reward, compensation and workforce data to identify trends, risks and opportunities including group benefits offerings.

• Conduct benchmarking and market analysis to support competitive and fair pay practices across both regular and variable pay.

About you

As our Reward Analyst, you'll be naturally curious, highly analytical and take pride in producing accurate, insightful work that helps drive better decision-making.

You'll enjoy working at pace, have a keen eye for detail and be confident presenting data in a way that is meaningful to a range of stakeholders, including senior leaders.

You will also be or have:

• Experience within Reward, Compensation & Benefits, HR Analytics or a similar people data-focused role.

• Strong analytical and numerical skills, with the ability to interpret complex datasets and identify meaningful trends.

• Experience creating dashboards, reports and executive-level summaries using workforce or reward data.

• Advanced Excel skills and confidence working with HR systems and data reporting tools.

• An ability to transform data into clear recommendations and business-focused insights.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Experience working with senior leaders and influencing decision-making through data and analysis.

• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines, ensuring speed and management of stakeholder expectations.

• A proactive, self-starting approach with high personal standards and pride in delivering quality work.

• Work collaboratively with People Operations colleagues and provide support across the wider People & Culture function when required - a collaborative mindset and willingness to work as part of a wider team.

Additional Information

• 6-month fixed-term contract with the potential for extension.

• Ideally based near London or Huntingdon, with Norwich considered as an alternative location.

• Travel will be required, including regular attendance in our London office. We would expect London-based colleagues to spend approximately 2-3 days per week in the office, with at least weekly attendance for colleagues based elsewhere.

• This role requires someone who can start as soon as possible.

Rewards & Benefits

When you join us, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits which include:

• Competitive salary with an annual pay review and bonus scheme.

• 27 days annual leave (including a day off for your birthday and another for a religious holiday of your choice), plus bank holidays.

• Auto enrolment into our excellent pension scheme (5% employer matched contribution).

• Flex-benefits - a range of flexible benefits to choose from that are most important to you.

• Professional qualification study support relevant to your role and career.

• Perks at Work - amazing discounts on cinema tickets, meals out, luxury items and more.

About Us: 

Jensten is one of the UK’s leading insurance intermediary groups, known for putting clients and people first. Since launching in 2018, we’ve built a standout business in a crowded marketplace — combining scale, deep technical expertise and entrepreneurial spirit.

Jensten is entering an exciting new chapter, with the business evolving into two clearly defined trading divisions: Broking and Product & Distribution. The Broking division will bring together Regional Broking, Specialist Lines & London Markets, and also Network Broking- while Product & Distribution will unite Jensten’s market-leading Schemes & Affinity businesses with Jensten Underwriting. This will enable us to deliver tailored insurance solutions directly to clients and through a network of trusted third‑party broking partners.

Thanks to strong organic growth and a strategic acquisition programme, Jensten is now a Top 10 Independent Broker, placing around £600 million GWP into the market. We employ over 1,000 colleagues across 50 locations across the UK and Ireland and support 93 entrepreneurial franchise holders nationwide.

Our purpose — “Protecting today, empowering tomorrow” — reflects the role we play for our clients, our communities and each other. Our people bring this to life every day through our values: Caring, Curious, Skilled and Bold.

We sit in a unique space between large consolidators and local brokers — big enough to offer capability and influence, yet agile enough to maintain the culture, autonomy and client focus of a truly independent business