A newly created role as a Senior Reward Manager has been created in a highly regarded Professional Services firm. Reporting into the HR Director, this is an exciting opportunity to be primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the firm’s compensation, benefits and wellbeing programmes.
This role will oversee and support all key annual reward processes such as salary reviews, bonus schemes, benefits renewals and enrolment windows as well as the preparation of data and creating and maintaining reports for the HR team and the wider business.
The role will involve building relationships across the business to ensure a high standard of support to internal stakeholders. You will act as the firm’s reward and benefits champion, driving efficiency and engagement, implementing best practice and identifying opportunities to improve the employee experience and employee value proposition.
Responsibilities:
- Benchmark salaries, ensuring consistency in approach, providing insights and analysis as required
- Manage and proactively review the reward strategy of the firm
- Regularly conduct thorough analysis of market data and trends to provide insights to support the business, including presentation to key Boards where needed
- Provide support to the HR Business Partner team for the design, implementation and delivery of annual salary reviews and bonus processes
- Manage and proactively review the firm’s provision of benefits.
- Develop and maintain strong partnerships with external providers, particularly during renewal periods, negotiating as required.
- Research and evaluate industry trends to ensure that the firm is competitive in the benefits market.
- Deliver informative communication materials that engage employees and partners with the firm’s benefits provision.
- Support the HR Business Partner team to understand and communicate in relation to benefits.
- Work collaboratively with key internal stakeholders to support the firm’s commitment to promoting wellbeing.
- Collate and utilise data to track, measure and report in relation to wellbeing goals, including analysis where this is required for client pitches.
- Design and implement initiatives designed to enhance physical, mental and emotional wellbeing to boost engagement and resilience across the business.
Experience:
- Degree qualified, ideally with a membership of a relevant body
- Proven experience of working in a compensation and benefits role, preferably including experience of wellbeing programmes within a professional services environment, ideally within a law firm
- Experience in using salary/market survey methodologies e.g. Willis Towers Watson and have handled pay reporting
- Highly numerate with strong analytical and statistical
- Excellent oral and written communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills
- Excellent administration, organisational and prioritisation skills with ability to manage time efficiently
- A track record of adhering to tight and demanding deadlines
- Ability to interact with people at all levels
- Calm and efficient under pressure
- Proficient in use of HRIS and MS Office (specifically Teams, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
