Reward Manager

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Act as reward subject matter expert for the People team, senior leaders, and divisional stakeholders; resolve complex queries.
• Lead annual pay reviews, bonus and incentive awards, and medical and risk benefit renewals, maintaining plans, timelines, and governance.
• Support design and implementation of pay structures and incentive schemes; oversee job evaluation, levelling, and salary benchmarking.
• Prepare remuneration committee and senior leadership papers and analysis.
• Manage benefit consultants, brokers, and benchmarking providers; monitor service levels, costs, and scheme documentation.
• Monitor reward data and market trends; report metrics and recommend improvements.
• Ensure compliance with pay and benefits requirements, including minimum wage, equal pay, and gender pay gap reporting.
• Coordinate reward changes with Payroll and Finance; lead reward communications and maintain accurate intranet benefit information.
• Support HR system workflows and data; lead tendering and retendering with the Reward Director and support Reward Team capability.

Knowledge, skills, and experience

• Significant reward experience, including pay and benefit programme delivery; experience managing third-party suppliers and advisers.
• Commercially minded and able to influence senior stakeholders; strong analytical, communication, relationship-building, and organisational skills.
• Strong Microsoft suite capability, particularly Excel; able to prioritise, meet deadlines, and handle sensitive information discreetly.
• Understanding of legislation and regulation affecting reward, pay structures, job evaluation, incentive design, and the employee benefits market.