Reward Lead

• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with the People Partners to provide relevant, pro-active reward solutions
• Maintaining the ongoing execution of our career level pay framework, conducting job evaluation and benchmarking
• Act as a subject matter expert key partner to key stakeholders
• Assist in maintaining pay governance and compliance, staying ahead of legislation
• Ensuring the employee journey is clear and engaging by maintaining appropriate communication content
• Increasing employee awareness, transparency and understanding of reward
• Working with the Head of Reward to manage the execution and delivery of cyclical reward projects, including pay review, bonus, LTIP and the benefits cycle
• Assisting and leading on a variety of tactical projects, supporting business change, group transformational/M&A activity, system improvements etc.
• Partnering with the finance team to ensure that key costs are correctly tracked
• Mentoring other team members to share knowledge, upskill and build careers
• Develop and utilise data analysis, modelling and insights to drive informed decisions
• Engaging with our external providers to manage the administration and develop the total reward offering
• Maintaining constructive dialogue with internal and external networks to identify key trends in the market
• Monitoring and analysing current policies and practices to identify and make recommendations for improvement or change
• Advising on and handling relevant queries day-to-day

• Experience working across Total Reward in a large organisation
• Confidence working in a complex, fast-paced, progressive environment
• Ability to adapt, manage ambiguity and resilience to work positively under pressure
• Experience in partnering with teams to understand, analyse and recommend Reward solutions that solve business problems
• A positive determination and tenacity to find a way through complex situations
• Ability to manage and prioritise multiple time sensitive projects, including annual pay and bonus cycles
• Excellent interpersonal skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to adapt and effectively communicate with a variety of stakeholders and employees
• Confidence in articulating thoughts clearly in order to influence senior leaders
• Experience across the full, or broad parts of, the total reward cycle
• Experience of conducting job evaluation and salary benchmarking (ideally Willis Towers Watson)
• Strong numerical and analytical skills with attention to detail and strong excel or Google Sheets skills
• Experience with Workday, WTW and Darwin is desirable

Experience with Workday, WTW and Darwin

• On-target bonus of 15%
• 9% Flex Pay (4% auto enrolled into pension, 5% for flexible benefits)
• 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays)
• Healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance
• Critical illness cover
• Life assurance
• Health assessments
• Gym membership
• Travel insurance
• Workplace ISA
• Will writing services
• Dental insurance
• Extra holiday buying
• Discount dining
• Home & tech loans
• Give-as-you-earn donations
• Up to £400 towards any OVO Energy plan
• Discounts on solar, smart thermostats and EV chargers
• Ultra-low emission car leasing
• Cycle to work scheme
• Public transport season ticket loans