Part-time Global Benefits Analyst - (FTC -12 months, 22.5hrs a week)

Fastmarkets is an industry-leading price-reporting agency (PRA) and information provider for global commodities, providing price data, news, analytics and events for the agriculture, forest products, metals and mining and new-generation energy markets. We are seeking a Global Benefits Analyst to join our Reward team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This role is a critical operational position designed to optimise, streamline, and future-proof our global benefits administration.

Responsibilities

• Drive efficiency and automation across global benefits administration by identifying manual processes, redesigning workflows and leveraging systems to reduce risk, effort and dependency.
• Support end-to-end process design, including onboarding, life events, offboarding, annual enrolment and payroll preparation, ensuring processes are scalable, well-controlled and clearly documented.
• Build durable knowledge and capability by creating high-quality supporting documentation and FAQs, and transferring ownership to HR Operations so benefits can be managed independently.
• Act as a problem-solver and escalation point for complex benefits issues, using data, curiosity and sound judgment to diagnose root causes and implement sustainable fixes.
• Partner with Finance to embed efficient, proportional financial controls across global benefits operations, including budget tracking, cost control, and the accurate and timely review of complex benefits invoices.
• Strengthen governance and compliance readiness by supporting the development of a global benefits compliance calendar.
• Use data and insight to improve outcomes, producing clear reporting on benefits operations, highlighting risks and opportunities, and making practical recommendations to enhance employee experience and operational performance.
• Continuously challenge current methods, stay curious about best practices and new tools, and proactively bring improvement ideas to the role.

Role Attributes

A minimum of two days per week in the office during the probationary period, reducing to one day per week thereafter.

Qualifications

We recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, united by a belief in our mission to provide the world’s leading and most trusted price reporting, events, and intelligence service for the markets we serve. We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace.

Knowledge, Experience and Skills

We are looking for a highly motivated, driven individual with a passion to be part of a fast-paced, successful team. Being a strong team player and flexible in work arrangements is important.

Essential

• Experience supporting benefits administration in a multi-country or global environment, with a solid understanding of day-to-day benefits operations.
• Demonstrated ability to improve, simplify or automate processes, with curiosity about how systems, data and workflows fit together.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to reconcile data, investigate discrepancies and find pragmatic solutions.
• Ability to produce clear, high-quality documentation and training materials that enable others to operate independently.
• Working knowledge of benefits compliance concepts, ideally across the US, with judgment to know when to seek specialist advice.
• High level of technical competence, particularly Excel and data handling, with a willingness to learn new tools quickly.

Desirable

• Hands-on experience with benefits platforms and HR systems.
• Experience supporting payroll preparation or system integrations where benefits data feeds into payroll.
• Exposure to US benefits administration and its operational or compliance complexity.
• Experience supporting vendor invoicing, budget tracking or financial controls within HR, Reward or Benefits operations.
• Experience with automation, ticketing, self-service or knowledge-management tools.
• Involvement in change or transformation initiatives, including embedding new processes or systems.

Personal Attributes

• Proactive and improvement-focused, spotting inefficiencies and taking ownership to fix them.
• Structured and detail-driven, able to prioritise in a global environment.
• Clear communicator, able to explain complex topics simply.
• Collaborative and dependable, effective across teams and partners.
• Curious and motivated to build expertise and global experience over time.

If your experience, skills or qualifications don’t perfectly align, we encourage you to apply anyway.

Additional Information

Our values guide how we work together: Metrics Driven, Accountable, Growth Mindset, Inclusive, Customer Centric, and Collaborative. We are committed to ensuring all candidates feel welcomed and supported, and we will provide accommodations for the interview process if needed.