Reward Manager

Reward Manager

£60,000-£70,000 + circa £6,900 car allowance
Northampton Hybrid - 2 days per week on site

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Reward Manager to join a large, established UK organisation as part of its senior People/HR function.

This is a broad Reward role with genuine ownership across reward and benefits, working closely with senior stakeholders and supporting a large workforce.

You'll lead a small team and play a key role in implementing reward programmes and initiatives in line with the wider EMEA reward strategy.

The role

You'll take ownership of a broad reward portfolio, including:

• Leading and implementing reward policies, programmes and initiatives
• Managing and developing the organisation's benefits offering, including annual enrolment
• Owning job evaluation, reward benchmarking and the annual pay review process
• Managing external reward, benefits and consulting partners
• Overseeing sales compensation and commission plans
• Managing the company car fleet and associated suppliers and processes
• Supporting the performance management process
• Providing reward insight, analysis and recommendations to senior stakeholders
• Supporting ongoing job architecture and reward projects
• Presenting reward information and recommendations to senior leadership and Board-level stakeholders
• Working collaboratively with European colleagues on wider reward projects

About you

We're looking for an experienced Reward professional who combines strong technical reward knowledge with excellent stakeholder management skills.

You'll ideally have:

• Previous experience working within a Reward function, ideally in a sizeable organisation
• Strong knowledge of reward policy, planning and practice
• Experience across salary benchmarking, job evaluation and annual pay review
• Strong analytical, numerical and financial skills
• Excellent Excel and data analysis capability
• Experience or understanding of sales compensation/commission schemes
• Strong project management and influencing skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Experience managing people
• The confidence to work with senior stakeholders and present at Board level
• A high level of accuracy, confidentiality and attention to detail

This would suit someone operating at Reward Manager / Reward Partner level who enjoys a broad, hands-on remit and wants the opportunity to influence across a sizeable organisation.

What's on offer?

• £60,000-£70,000 salary
• Circa £6,900 car allowance
• Hybrid working with 2 days per week on site in Northampton
• Opportunity to lead a team and own a broad Reward portfolio
• Exposure to senior leadership and Board-level stakeholders
• A varied role spanning Reward, Benefits, Pay, Job Evaluation, Sales Compensation and Performance

Interested?

If you're an experienced Reward professional looking for your next opportunity in a sizeable, established organisation, we'd love to hear from you.