Are you an experienced Reward leader who thrives in a commercially focused, people‑centric environment? This is a rare opportunity to join a high‑performing professional services organisation in a pivotal role shaping the firm’s reward strategy, governance, and operational delivery across the full reward life-cycle.
As the business continues to evolve, they are seeking a reward lead who can bring insight, challenge, and strategic thinking — while remaining hands‑on enough to deliver critical annual reward processes.
The Opportunity
You’ll play a central role in helping the organisation attract, retain, and reward top talent, owning and leading key reward cycles and frameworks. This is not a back‑office role — you’ll be highly visible across the firm, partnering closely with HR Business Partners and senior leaders to influence decision‑making and elevate reward capability.
You will lead on:
- Salary & bonus cycles end‑to‑end, including April salary review and annual bonus review.
- Preparing and presenting REMCO packs, including investment modelling and recommendations
- Compensation benchmarking and market insights
- Pay transparency initiatives and governance
- Gender Pay Gap reporting and submissions
- Oversight of employee benefits, trainee reward frameworks, and Workday‑based processes
- Identifying pay risks, outliers, and trends across service lines
- Upskilling HRBP's to confidently discuss reward with leaders
- Building and maintaining a strong external reward network
- Ensuring operational excellence across the wider reward life-cycle.
You’ll be supported by a small team, including one direct report, two senior reward managers, and a junior benefits team, with scope for this role to take broader ownership as the function evolves.
About You
We’re looking for a Reward professional who brings:
- Strong experience in professional services (PE‑backed exposure advantageous)
- Proven experience leading salary, bonus, and governance cycles
- Confidence operating with senior stakeholders and presenting to REMCO.
- A proactive, connected, commercially minded approach
- A collaborative style — someone who enjoys being out in the business, not behind a spreadsheet.
This role would suit someone stepping into a Head of Reward remit or an established Reward leader seeking a broader, more commercially impactful position.
Location & Working Pattern
- Manchester or Liverpool (travel between multiple sites initially to build relationships)
- Hybrid: 2–3 days per week in the office
- Full‑time hours with flexibility available
Benefits
A highly competitive package including:
- Pension matched up to 8%
- 27 days holiday + bank holidays + your birthday off
- Flexible bank holidays (choose how you use the 8 days)
- Discretionary bonus
- Private medical & health cover
- Death in service
- Medical screenings
- Employee Benefits Trust (EBT)
- Flexible working policies
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