Benefits & Reward Manager

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Benefits & Reward professional to shape and influence the reward strategy of a complex, people‑focused organisation. The role will be hybrid, based in one of our UK offices (Luton, Manchester or London), and will involve designing, delivering and continuously improving our benefits and reward offering across the UK and Ireland.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the design and ongoing development of benefits and reward programmes.
• Manage relationships with benefits brokers, providers and technology partners.
• Drive the annual pay review and bonus cycles.
• Support compensation benchmarking, market analysis and reward strategy development.
• Deliver statutory reporting, including Gender Pay Gap and pay transparency requirements.
• Use data, insights and analytics to optimise employee experience and programme effectiveness.
• Oversee digital benefits platforms and support continuous process improvement.
• Develop engaging communications that help employees understand and maximise their total reward package.
• Ensure compliance with relevant UK and Ireland legislation and governance requirements.

Required profile

• Established Benefits & Reward professional with experience across both benefits and reward.
• Strong knowledge of flexible benefits, pensions and reward frameworks.
• Experience managing annual salary review and bonus cycles.
• Ability to operate within a complex organisational structure with multiple legal entities.
• Experience managing differing benefit and reward arrangements across worker types.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into meaningful recommendations.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Experience working with HR systems, benefits platforms and people data.
• Commercial mindset with a passion for improving employee experience.