[Hiring] Reward and Benefits Manager @DAC Beachcroft

Role Description

Are you a reward professional who combines commercial thinking with a passion for creating exceptional colleague experiences? We're looking for an experienced Reward & Benefits Manager to take ownership of our reward, benefits and wellbeing proposition, ensuring it remains competitive, meaningful and aligned to our people strategy. This is a fantastic opportunity to shape and influence reward frameworks, benefits programmes and wellbeing initiatives that support the attraction, retention and engagement of our people.

As our Reward & Benefits Manager, you'll be the subject matter expert for reward, benefits and wellbeing across the business. You'll lead the development and governance of reward frameworks, provide market insight and data-driven recommendations, and play a key role in ensuring our reward offering supports both colleague experience and business performance.

Working closely with senior stakeholders, People Business Partners and external providers, you'll help shape the future of our reward and benefits strategy while driving continuous improvement and ensuring robust governance.

We are recruiting this role on a fixed term basis for 2 years and are happy to accept applications from people who can do full or part time.

What you will do?

• Leading the ongoing development and management of reward frameworks, salary structures and reward policies.
• Providing expert reward advice and guidance to leaders and stakeholders across the business.
• Delivering salary benchmarking, reward analytics and market insight to support strategic decision-making.
• Owning reward reporting and workforce analytics, identifying trends, risks and opportunities.
• Leading Gender Pay Gap reporting, pay equity reviews and broader reward-related DE&I analysis.
• Managing and enhancing our benefits, pension and wellbeing programmes.
• Building strong relationships with benefit providers, brokers, consultants and advisors.
• Delivering reward and benefits transformation initiatives that improve value, governance and colleague experience.
• Developing compelling business cases and recommendations for senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in reward management, salary benchmarking and market analysis.
• Experience managing employee benefits programmes and supplier relationships.
• Expertise in reward reporting, workforce analytics and management information.
• Experience leading Gender Pay Gap reporting and pay equity analysis.
• Advanced Excel and strong data analysis skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication abilities.
• Experience delivering reward or benefits improvement projects.

Requirements

• Experience within a legal, professional services or partnership environment.
• Knowledge of Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting and wider DE&I analytics.
• Experience delivering reward or benefits transformation programmes.
• A CIPD qualification or specialist Reward qualification.

Benefits

• High levels of flexibility and a great work life balance.
• A well-rounded remuneration package (which includes private medical insurance, income protection insurance and discounted gym membership, amongst many other benefits).
• Opportunities for growth and progression including professional funding.
• In person and remote social events.
• Opportunity to get involved in a range of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) activities.