Rewards Analyst

Job Summary

The Total Rewards Analyst supports the design, administration, and evaluation of benefits, compensation and rewards programs that attract, retain and engage employees across mining and production operations and corporate functions in the US and Canada. The role provides critical analytical support, ensures data integrity and compliance, and partners with HR and operational leaders to deliver total rewards programs and solutions that align with Morton Salt organizational priorities.

The role will be primarily focused on employee benefits with a secondary emphasis on compensation-related programs and initiatives.

• Benefits Analytics and Administration
  • Support the administration of health, welfare, retirement, and leave programs. Provide guidance to HRBPs and employees on all matters related to benefits.
  • Assist with the annual benefits open enrollment cycle and vendor data management. Support the testing and rollout of any employee benefit changes (e.g. premium rate changes, program offerings, vendor changes, etc.).
  • Coordinate with Morton’s Salt’s vendor and broker partners to bring escalated employee questions and issues to resolution.
  • Partner with vendors and brokers to prepare and deliver materials for employees and HR to drive awareness and understanding of Morton’s Salt’s health and welfare, retirement, and leave programs in the U.S. and Canada
  • Identify and document Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to ensure efficient administration of Morton Salt’s benefit programs
• Compensation Program Design and Analysis
  • Conduct job market pricing evaluations for exempt and non-exempt jobs that range from skilled trades, union and non-union hourly, and industry specific jobs using robust industry recognized survey sources.
  • Support the evolution of job evaluation activities to build job architecture, pay structure leveling guidelines, and create internal equity frameworks.
  • Support the annual compensation cycles: merit, short-term and long-term incentive plans. Partner with the Learning and Development teams during the performance management calibration process to ensure all annual performance reviews are captured as part of the annual compensation process. Partner with the Payroll team to ensure accurate and timely payouts.
  • Prepare compensation reports and analytics to help support informed decisions on hiring, promotions, and retention.
• Employee Support and Communication
  • Provide top-tier customer service support to internal customers (HR, leaders, and employees).
  • Partner with HRBPs and site leaders to promptly address benefits and compensation questions.
  • In collaboration with Training & Development and Talent Acquisition, provide support with the employee onboarding experience by creating total rewards educational materials.
• Market data intelligence and support
  • Conduct benchmark and cost analysis of Morton Salt’s benefit programs to evaluate competitiveness to industry standards and determine financial impact of benefits programs. Prepare reports and presentation materials as required.
  • Research and participate in various salary surveys to ensure that the company has the most robust market pricing and merit survey tools available, including the annual participation process and quarterly ad-hoc surveys.
• Data Integrity, Reporting & Systems
  • Maintain accurate benefits and compensation data in both internal HRIS system and external vendor systems. Partner with HR compliance team and support any audit and compliance requirements including benefits plan documentation, compliance testing, pay transparency, FLSA, etc.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration/Management, Finance or related field.
• 4-7 years of experience in benefits administration, including health and welfare, retirement, and leave programs.
• Additional experience in compensation or total rewards strongly preferred.
• Experience with Canadian benefits programs preferred.
• Strong analytical and Excel skills (VLOOKUP, pivot tables, modeling) required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate to all levels of the…