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Job Title: Senior Reward & Benefits Manager
My client, a leading Corporate and Commercial law firm with offices across the globe, is looking to appoint an experienced Senior Reward & Benefits Manager on a 12-month fixed-term contract to cover a period of parental leave.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an accomplished reward professional to join a high-performing HR function and play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering the firm's reward and benefits strategy across multiple international jurisdictions. Working as a member of the HR leadership team and reporting directly to the HR Director, you will provide strategic insight, expert guidance, and hands-on leadership across all aspects of compensation, benefits, and reward governance.
The successful candidate will lead a small specialist team and partner closely with senior stakeholders across both business services and fee-earning populations to ensure the firm's reward offering remains competitive, commercially focused, and aligned to business objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development and implementation of the firm's reward and benefits strategy across international locations.
- Provide market intelligence, benchmarking data, and reward insights to support strategic decision-making.
- Drive a strong pay-for-performance culture through the design and delivery of salary structures, bonus schemes, and incentive programs.
- Manage the annual salary and bonus review processes, ensuring fairness, consistency, and compliance throughout.
- Advise HR and Talent Acquisition teams on remuneration for new hires, promotions, and internal moves.
- Partner with senior stakeholders to develop and embed reward initiatives that support attraction, retention, and engagement objectives.
- Oversee job evaluation, grading, and salary benchmarking activities.
- Manage relationships with external reward and benefits providers, consultants, and brokers.
- Lead the ongoing review and enhancement of employee benefits programs both in the UK and internationally.
- Ensure compliance with relevant legislation and reporting requirements, including Gender Pay Gap reporting and emerging pay transparency regulations.
- Provide governance and oversight of pension arrangements and international retirement benefit programs.
- Manage the Reward & Benefits team, providing leadership, coaching, and development.
- Contribute to broader HR and business projects where reward expertise is required.
- Support annual HR budgeting and workforce planning activities.
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Requirements
To be successful in this role, you will be an experienced Reward & Benefits professional with a proven track record of operating at a strategic level within a complex professional services environment. You will possess:
- Significant reward and benefits experience, ideally gained within legal, financial, or professional services sectors.
- Demonstrable experience managing and developing a specialist reward team.
- Strong knowledge of compensation frameworks, incentive schemes, salary benchmarking, and job evaluation methodologies.
- Experience operating across multiple jurisdictions with an understanding of international reward practices.
- Expertise in reward analytics, reporting, and data-driven decision-making.
- Experience producing and interpreting regulatory reporting, including Gender Pay Gap analysis.
- Advanced Excel and data analysis skills.
- The ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders with confidence and credibility.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to simplify complex information for different audiences.
- Strong project management and organizational skills.
- A highly analytical approach combined with excellent commercial awareness.
- CIPD qualification (or equivalent).
- Experience of leading high-profile reward projects with firm-wide visibility.
- Knowledge of benefits legislation and compliance requirements across multiple jurisdictions.
- Experience using job evaluation and grading frameworks.
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Why Apply?
This is an excellent opportunity to join a highly regarded international law firm where reward and employee experience are viewed as key strategic priorities. You'll work closely with senior leaders, influence business-wide decisions, and play a central role in shaping the future reward agenda during an exciting period. The firm offers a collaborative culture, flexible hybrid working, and the opportunity to work within a supportive and forward-thinking HR leadership team.
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