Reward Operations & Data Advisor

About the role:
Are you an experienced Reward professional who enjoys turning complex data into clear insights and better Reward decisions? Bring your Reward expertise and passion for improving processes to a role with impact across Europe.

As our Reward Operations & Data Advisor – Europe, you’ll help shape how we manage, analyse and continuously improve Reward across our European organisation. By combining hands-on data analysis with process improvement, you’ll make Reward activities more accurate, consistent and effective, supporting business decisions and helping our Reward programmes attract, motivate and retain top talent.

Reporting to the Head of Reward and Recognition, Europe, you’ll work closely with our Global Reward team, European HR colleagues, Talent Acquisition, HR Data Management, Hiring Managers, Finance and other key stakeholders. Your work will span annual salary reviews and bonus cycles, benchmarking, job architecture, EU pay transparency and Reward analytics.

This highly visible role offers the opportunity to make a real difference across our European business. You’ll help turn Reward data into meaningful insights while ensuring our processes are accurate, consistent and ready for the future.

This permanent, Europe-wide role offers remote or hybrid working options. You can be based in an eligible JELD-WEN European location, including the UK - EHQ, France, Germany, Sweden, Austria and Estonia, or another eligible European country where we operate.

What Impact You Will Make:

• Lead and support key Reward processes and data analysis across Europe, ensuring accurate, consistent and timely delivery.
• Project manage our annual salary review and bonus cycles, including data audits, communications, training and stakeholder support.
• Partner with our Global Reward team on job architecture, grading, salary benchmarking and Reward analysis.
• Play a key role in our EU Pay Transparency programme, including pay analysis, gender pay gap reporting and supporting job architecture and grading.
• Work closely with HR and Finance to provide meaningful Reward insights, cost analysis, bonus modelling and benchmarking to support business decisions.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, improve and automate Reward processes and reporting, improving data quality and how we work across Europe.
• Support broader HR projects, mobility, incentives and initiatives with compensation and benefits data and analysis.

What You Need to Succeed:

• Strong experience (7+ years) within Reward, Compensation & Benefits, Reward Operations or HR Analytics, ideally gained within a complex, multi-country organisation.
• Good knowledge of core Reward principles, including job architecture, grading, market benchmarking, compensation reviews, bonus and incentive programmes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with advanced Excel capability, including formulas, pivot tables, Power Query and data modelling. Experience with SAP, SuccessFactors, Power BI, Tableau or similar systems would be advantageous.
• Excellent attention to detail, with experience of data quality, governance, reconciliation and audit controls, together with a strong understanding of confidentiality and compliance.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to work across HR, Finance and business leadership teams throughout Europe. Fluent English is required, with German, French or another European language an advantage.
• A degree in HR, Reward, Finance, Business, Data Analytics, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics or a related discipline would be beneficial, although we’re equally interested in candidates who can demonstrate strong relevant Reward and analytical experience.

Why Join us:

• Enjoy a competitive compensation package.
• Work remotely or on a hybrid basis.
• Broaden your experience across a diverse European organisation and collaborate with colleagues around the world.
• Gain exposure to high-profile Reward projects and initiatives across Europe and globally.
• Career growth and development opportunities.
• The opportunity to make a real impact on how Reward processes, data and analytics support our European business.

If you’re passionate about Reward, comfortable getting into the detail of complex data and enjoy improving how things are done, we’d love to hear from you.

Starting salary range: £70,000 to £90,000 reflecting the typical compensation range for this position and determined based on the requirements, responsibilities, and competencies required for the role.

In accordance with the EU Pay Transparency Directive (EU) 2023/970, the range has been established using objective and gender-neutral criteria. The specific salary within this range will depend on the level of competencies, skills, and relevant experience required for and applicable to the role.

We do not take previous salary history into account and are committed to the principle of equal pay, ensuring transparent and objective compensation decisions.

About JELD-WEN:

JELD-WEN, founded in 1960, is a leading global manufacturer of doors and windows. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, JELD-WEN designs, manufactures and distributes an extensive range of interior and exterior doors and related building products for residential and non-residential markets.

Our products and services give us the opportunity to be part of people’s workplaces, homes and everyday lives. With this privilege comes a responsibility to ensure the products we deliver are reliable and enrich the places and lives they touch.

JELD-WEN is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, colour, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.

Unless explicitly requested or approached by JELD-WEN, the company will not accept unsolicited CVs from headhunters, recruitment agencies or fee-based recruitment services.