Total Rewards Analyst

Nuro•Mountain View, CA

About The Position

Nuro is seeking a Total Rewards Analyst to join their People team. This role will be instrumental in supporting and enhancing the company's compensation and benefits programs, ensuring they remain competitive, accurate, and aligned with business objectives. The analyst will handle benefits administration, compensation analysis, salary range development, market pricing, and provide support for recruiting offers and program audits. Collaboration with various internal teams, including Total Rewards, Recruiting, HRBPs, People Operations, Finance, Payroll, and business leaders, will be key. The ideal candidate is data-driven, detail-oriented, values accuracy and confidentiality, and can manage analytical tasks alongside employee-facing support in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

3+ years of experience in compensation, benefits, total rewards, HR analytics, People Operations, or a similar analytical HR role.
Strong numerical reasoning and analytical skills with advanced Excel or Google Sheets usage, including formulas, modeling, pivot tables, and large datasets.
Experience supporting compensation work such as market pricing, salary ranges, offers, merit, bonus, equity, or leveling.
Experience supporting benefits administration, employee inquiries, open enrollment, vendor coordination, invoice reconciliation, or audits.
High attention to detail, strong judgment, and discretion when working with confidential employee and company data.
Clear communicator who has experience explaining compensation and benefits topics to employees, managers, and cross-functional partners.
Comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities, deadlines, and stakeholders.
Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Familiarity with AI-enabled tools and interest in applying them thoughtfully to improve TR effectiveness, while maintaining confidentiality and appropriate judgment.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting global benefits and compensation programs.
Experience with compensation survey tools or market data providers such as Radford, Mercer, Pave, or similar platforms.
Experience with Workday or another modern HRIS.
Experience supporting equity compensation, RSU planning, or compensation planning systems.
Experience in a technology company or high-growth, start-up environment.
Certified Compensation Professional, SHRM certification, or similar HR / rewards certification.

Responsibilities

Support compensation modeling, market pricing, salary range development, offer analysis, and pay decision support for Recruiting, HRBPs, Finance, and Technology Group and Business Group leaders.
Support key compensation cycles, including merit, bonus, equity refresh, promotions, and off-cycle adjustments.
Build reports and analyses that help identify pay trends, internal equity considerations, market competitiveness, and compensation program needs.
Maintain accurate compensation and benefits data through audits, reporting, documentation, and system updates.
Improve Total Rewards processes through cleaner data, stronger documentation, scalable workflows, and thoughtful use of AI-enabled tools.
Optimize benefits administration processes, audit enrollments, invoice reconciliation, and compliance documentation to cut manual effort and reduce friction for employees.
Identify and build automation for recurring benefits operations, including eligibility checks, leave tracking, vendor coordination, and employee communications.