Total Rewards Analyst (Versant Media)

Company Description VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four core markets: political news and opinion, business news and personal finance, golf, and sports and genre entertainment. These markets are served through a powerful portfolio of iconic and innovative brands, including CNBC, MS NOW, USA Network, Golf Channel, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, and Versant's sports division USA Sports, along with complementary digital assets including Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow and GolfPass. Job Description The Opportunity VERSANT is seeking a Total Rewards Analyst to support the execution and ongoing administration of our Total Rewards programs. Our Total Rewards function brings together Compensation and Benefits to attract and inspire world-class creative and commercial talent who will shape VERSANT’s future. We design rewards that help employees build meaningful careers, share in our success, and grow with us. Our approach connects achievement to impact. Through broad-based and executive compensation, financial wellbeing benefits, physical and health wellbeing benefits, recognition, and other rewards, we aim to give employees a meaningful stake in VERSANT’s success - through the impact they make, the recognition they receive, and the opportunities they have to grow. As a Total Rewards Analyst, you’ll gain broad exposure across these core areas, including broad-based compensation, executive compensation, financial wellbeing benefits, and physical and health wellbeing benefits, while also supporting recognition, global mobility, employee perks, communications, and other Total Rewards initiatives. Working closely with the Total Rewards team and cross-functional partners, you’ll help turn program priorities into organized, well-coordinated execution. You’ll support communications, launches, timelines, employee-facing materials, reporting, and day-to-day program administration while helping the team identify practical ways to simplify recurring work and improve how Total Rewards operates as a connected function. Why This Role Matters At VERSANT, we believe success should be shared, performance should be recognized, and rewards should fuel both employee growth and our company’s success. In this role, you’ll help bring that philosophy to life through strong execution. You’ll support the delivery of Compensation, Benefits, recognition, mobility, and other Total Rewards programs while helping employees understand and engage with the rewards and resources available to them. You’ll also help create leverage for the broader Total Rewards team. By keeping recurring work organized, spotting common needs across programs, and helping improve repeatable processes, you’ll allow our subject-matter experts to spend more time on the work that requires their expertise. What You’ll Do Bring compensation programs to life as part of an integrated Total Rewards experience: Partner with the Compensation team to understand priorities for broad-based and executive compensation programs and support their execution. Coordinate timelines, communications, materials, reporting, and key activities alongside other Total Rewards initiatives. Support the annual Year-End Planning Timeline and related compensation planning activities in partnership with the broader compensation team and key stakeholders. Bring benefits programs to life as part of an integrated Total Rewards experience: Partner with the Benefits team to understand priorities for financial wellbeing and physical and health wellbeing programs and support their execution. Coordinate communications, program launches, employee materials, reporting, and ongoing delivery so benefits are accessible, clear, and connected to the broader Total Rewards experience. Support the broader Total Rewards portfolio: Assist with recognition programs, employee perks, global mobility, and other Total Rewards offerings by coordinating program logistics, timelines, communications, documentation, and stakeholder activities. Strengthen employee understanding and engagement: Support Total Rewards branding, communications, presentations, program launches, and other employee-facing forums. Help translate program information into clear, employee-friendly communications and materials. Coordinate execution across Total Rewards: Maintain the Total Rewards calendar, project plans, action items, key milestones, dependencies, and upcoming communications. Help teams stay organized and aligned by tracking deliverables, following up on open items, and supporting coordination across HR, Communications, Finance, and other stakeholders. Help improve how work gets done: Learn recurring Total Rewards processes, document key workflows, and identify practical opportunities to reduce manual effort, improve consistency, or eliminate unnecessary steps. Surface recurring pain points or duplicative activities to the Sr. Manager, Total Rewards Operations & Strategy and help implement agreed improvements, including appropriate use of existing tools and technology. Support vendor, budget, and invoice administration: Track invoices, vendor expenses, contracts, and program costs; maintain organized records; monitor spend against budget; and support forecasting and periodic budget updates. Qualifications What You Bring A bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience. Approximately 2-5 years of experience in Human Resources, Total Rewards, Compensation, Benefits, HR Operations, or a related area. Interest in building broad experience across Compensation and Benefits, including broad-based compensation, executive compensation, and financial and physical/health wellbeing programs. Strong organizational and project-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and details. Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to turn complex information into clear, employee-friendly materials. Strong analytical skills and comfort working with spreadsheets, budgets, invoices, reporting, and data. Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with HRIS or other HR technology platforms is preferred. Curiosity about how work gets done and willingness to identify practical ways to make recurring work simpler, clearer, or more efficient. Strong attention to detail and consistent follow-through. Ability to work effectively across teams and build productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Sound judgment and discretion when handling sensitive and confidential employee, compensation, and business information. You’ll also bring VERSANT’s How We Do It behaviors to your work: Trust: Handle sensitive compensation, benefits, employee, and business information with integrity, sound judgment, and discretion. Teamwork: Collaborate effectively across Compensation, Benefits, HR, Finance, Communications, and other teams to advance shared priorities. Transparency: Communicate clearly about priorities, progress, open items, dependencies, and potential issues so stakeholders stay informed. Agility: Adapt as priorities change and balance recurring program activities with new Total Rewards initiatives. Entrepreneurial Spirit: Look for practical ways to simplify work, improve processes and communications, and strengthen the employee experience. Why You’ll Love It Here Total Rewards at VERSANT is about creating an experience where employees can build meaningful careers, share in our success, and grow with us. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to build broad experience across Compensation and Benefits - from broad-based and executive compensation to financial, physical, and health wellbeing benefits - while also gaining exposure to recognition, mobility, communications, and the broader employee experience. You’ll join a team focused on making rewards meaningful and accessible, with opportunities to learn across multiple Total Rewards disciplines while contributing to programs that help employees feel motivated, valued, and empowered. Additional Requirements Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week. Benefits & Perks: This role comes with a great benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k), paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and other great perks. You can learn more on the Benefits page of the Versant Media Careers site. ( Compensation: The salary range for this role is $85,000-$100,000, depending on experience and qualifications. Additional Information As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with a VERSANT Media employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. VERSANT Media's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [emailprotected]. VERSANT Media is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. We include a good faith pay range for each position to comply with applicable state and local pay transparency laws and to promote equity across our organization. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, experience, location and may include additional forms of compensation and benefits such as health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, etc. VERSANT Media is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at VERSANT via-email, the Internet, or in any form and/or method without a valid written Statement of Work in place for this position from VERSANT's Talent Acquisition team will be deemed the sole property of VERSANT. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by VERSANT as a result of the referral or through other means. #J-18808-Ljbffr