Total Rewards Analyst (1 Year Contract)

About the role

PepsiCo is looking for a Total Rewards Analyst for a 1-year contract covering the South East Europe & Baltic market unit. The role provides analytical, operational and reporting support for Total Rewards processes, ensuring accurate administration of annual incentive and compensation programs, executive compensation, severance reporting and Total Rewards analytics. It also acts as a key liaison between local stakeholders and the centralised reward-process teams.

Key responsibilities

• Annual incentive and compensation cycle: coordinate cycle communications, prepare reward systems, validate eligibility, performance inputs, targets, compensation data and calculations, review bonus recommendations, resolve discrepancies and coordinate approval workflows before payroll submission.
• Executive and leadership compensation: review and validate compensation statements, prepare manual statements when needed, coordinate bonus payout data and support trailing bonuses and premiums.
• Total rewards reporting and analytics: prepare fully loaded labour cost analyses, create monthly leadership compensation reports, consolidate compensation, benefits and employer costs data, and investigate trends and variances.
• Governance and stakeholder management: ensure compliance with policies and guidelines, handle exception requests, protect data confidentiality and act as the local point of contact for business stakeholders, People teams, payroll and centralised reward operations.

Required profile

• University degree.
• Previous relevant experience within Total Rewards or HR Operations.
• Understanding of compensation and benefits principles, annual incentive and salary review processes, HR data governance and compliance, reporting and workforce analytics, payroll interfaces and compensation administration.
• Fluent in English.

Required skills

• Advanced Excel skills.
• Data validation and reconciliation, with reporting and dashboard creation.
• Analytical thinking and attention to detail.