Strategic Reward Advisory Director

Ideas People Trust

We're BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today's changing world.

We work with the companies that are Britain's economic engine - ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them.

Overview

Part of our Global Employer Services division, Strategic Reward Advisory takes pride in working with entrepreneurial, fast growing businesses to help them engage and incentivise their workforce. The projects are wide-ranging, collaborative and often novel - with bespoke solutions required to solve complex problems.

You'll form a critical part of a unified team, gaining exposure to colleagues and clients at all levels right from day one. This is not a traditional Reward consulting role - it's ambition, efficacy and approach that matter most. You'll be expected to navigate ambiguous and charged challenges independently, while also delivering best-in-class solutions that incorporate elements from beyond your own domain.

Responsibilities

• Providing Reward advisory services to a wide range of clients
• Helping clients develop compensation strategies for their Executive Team and wider employee population(s) from first principles
• Translating strategies into practical Reward frameworks incorporating market benchmarking, financial modelling and corporate governance compliance
• Designing short-term and long-term incentive plans that are aligned with clients' strategic business objectives and culture
• Dealing with all matters relating to the management of a portfolio of existing clients
• Developing and owning the go-to-market approach and business performance of a key market segment (e.g., FinTech)
• Providing assistance to senior members of staff in both client work and in the management of the group, as appropriate
• Pro-actively managing their own workload, communicating with directors/partners on a regular basis

We're looking for someone with

• Demonstrable professional experience in a remuneration-related role - within reward consulting or inhouse is preferred but not essential
• The ability to work independently under pressure and ambiguity, building an answer if it doesn't exist
• Strong commercial acumen, alongside a keen awareness of the broader impact of Reward on business performance, HR, tax etc.
• Robust analytical skills and experience in research and, data manipulation and modelling to derive actionable insights
• Excellent written and verbal communication, and proficiency in MS Office (Excel and PowerPoint)
• Focus on producing high quality outputs and attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal skills and relationship building both internal and external stakeholders
• Desirable: an in-depth technical knowledge of executive remuneration and/or broad-based rewards, including pay benchmarking, bonus and equity incentive plan design and performance monitoring, reward strategy, corporate governance and remuneration reporting, job evaluation and grading, gender pay gap reporting, wellbeing, and recognition etc.
• Knowledge of how market data surveys work is a plus
• Interest in mentoring and coaching more junior staff
• Educated to degree level, ideally in business, human resources, law, accounting, finance or a related field (or equivalent experience)