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The Reward Specialist (Benefits) supports the design, delivery, and day-to-day management of C&C's employee benefits across Ireland and the UK. The role works closely with colleagues across HR, Finance, and external partners to keep our benefits competitive, well-run, and easy for employees to understand and use. It's a hands-on position for someone who enjoys problem-solving, improving processes, and helping employees make the most of what's on offer.
Job Responsibility:
Manage and evaluate UK & Ireland benefits programmes, including health, wellbeing, pensions (DB & DC), and risk benefits
Lead new benefits and wellbeing proposals, including financial modelling and recommendations
Own pension governance, setup, communications, and compliance
Lead provider and broker negotiations to optimise cost, service quality, and governance
Develop and deliver the wellbeing strategy, driving engagement and integration with benefits
Own employee benefits communications, platform management, and engagement initiatives
Manage annual benefits and pensions renewals and onboarding of new providers
Lead reward costing and financial modelling, supporting forecasting and decision-making
Process benefits invoices, manage vendor queries, and resolve issues
Conduct market benchmarking to ensure competitiveness and value
Ensure regulatory compliance across all benefits in the UK and Ireland
Collaborate with HR, Payroll, Finance, Legal, IT, and Procurement to deliver a seamless benefits experience
Contribute to annual reporting, employee support, and EU Pay Transparency Directive compliance
Requirements:
Proven experience in employee benefits management within a large or complex organisation, including cost analysis and financial modelling
Strong knowledge of benefits regulations and legislative requirements in the UK and/or Ireland
experience covering both jurisdictions is highly desirable
Advanced Excel capability, with demonstrable experience modelling costs, analysing financial data, and supporting budget forecasts
Experience developing employee communications to promote benefits and enhance understanding and engagement
Experience managing benefits platforms and working effectively with external providers, brokers, and technology partners
Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across a multi-functional HR team
Strong organisational skills with a proven ability to manage annual cycles (e.g., renewals), benefit events, and vendor relationships
Experience supporting the preparation of people-related inputs to annual reports (e.g., engagement, wellbeing, benefits utilisation) is an advantage
Nice to have:
Experience covering both UK and Ireland jurisdictions is highly desirable
Experience supporting the preparation of people-related inputs to annual reports (e.g., engagement, wellbeing, benefits utilisation) is an advantage