Barnett Waddingham Hiring for Reward Advisor – Compensation at Birmingham Full Time

Overview:
We are looking for an HR professional who has experience in Reward /Pay/Compensation. This experience could be their main role (preferred) or as part of a wider HR role they have been performing in a smaller organisation. It is essential that you have strong numeracy skills, a logical approach to problem solving and be confident using Excel to an advanced level.

The Total Reward team covers all aspects of remuneration and benefits for our employees – from company-wide processes such as the annual salary review, bonus and flexible benefits through to managing the payroll and general day-to-day employee pay and benefit queries. The team are based from our Birmingham, Bristol and Cheltenham offices and this role can be based out of any of these.

The wider HR team are based across our office with the main presence in Cheltenham, Bristol and Birmingham. It provides a full HR service to the Firm encompassing Resourcing and Talent Acquisition, HR Operations, Total Rewards & People Solutions, Organisational Development & Talent and Employee Experience & Engagement.

The Reward Advisor – Compensation can work on a hybrid basis, sharing time between home and the office (Birmingham, Cheltenham or Bristol).

This role represents an excellent opportunity for somebody wishing to build on their pay and compensation experience and to join an established Reward Team in a forward-thinking and award-winning professional services consultancy.

We are looking for somebody to join our experienced team as soon as possible.

** The closing date for this role is Friday 8th July, however, if you would like to apply, please do not delay in submitting your application as we may start interviewing prior to this date. **

Responsibilities:
The Reward Advisor – Compensation will be extensively involved in supporting various stages of the cyclical pay process including holiday buy-back, discretionary bonus scheme, salary review, promotions and bulk exam awards. This will usually involve some planning, manipulating data, compiling spreadsheets, co-ordination of recommendations and being the first point of contact for these processes.

Outside the cyclical tasks, other responsibilities will include providing support for a wide variety of ad hoc pay changes including but not limited to:

Flexible working requests

Sickness reporting, undertaking manual calculations to support other HR processes and support GIP tracking, calculations and reconciliations

Change of employment requests

Maintaining the integrity of our job matching and benchmarking and the Reward Advisor – Compensation plays an important part in making sure benchmarking data used across the firm is valid, accurate and up to date.

Support the preparation and validation of data for the company’s annual gender pay reporting

Supporting any TUPE take-on exercises

All aspects of the annual salary survey data submission

Providing guidance to wider HR team on more complex family friendly policy

Act as main point of contact for holiday or pay queries

Finally, where possible, there will be an opportunity to get involved with projects either within the Reward team or as part of a cross HR project.

Qualifications:
Maths and English GCSE at grade 6 / B or higher as a minimum but ideally educated in a numerate subject beyond GCSE level

Essential experience / skills:
Experience undertaking reward, pay or compensation either in Reward or as part of a broader HR position

Proven numerical experience and delivery is essential

Able to demonstrate a high level of proficiency and accuracy in both numerical and analytical skills and a strong attention to detail

Able to demonstrate ability to deal with queries relating to pay

High level of IT literacy, particularly Advanced Excel

Experience of working with employees and other internal customers

Experience of working in an integrated HR team

Desirable experience / skills:
Experience of working with compensation systems would be an advantage

Experience of working within a professional services organisation

What’s in it for you?:
Core & Flexible Benefits:
Competitive discretionary annual bonus

Core benefits paid for by BW including life assurance, group income protection, private medical cover and 25 days holiday per year with holiday trading

A generous pension scheme where we contribute 8% of your salary from day one of your employment

Employee Assistance Programme to support you and your family through any concerns or challenges you may experience

A comprehensive range of voluntary benefits to suit your life stage and lifestyle including a tech scheme, cycle to work scheme, dental cover, healthcare cash plan, health assessments, critical illness cover, extension of private medical cover or life assurance to family members, gym membership, travel insurance and a broad range of discounts at hundreds of retailers including supermarkets, fitness centres, travel and leisure companies

Fresh fruit, hot and cold drinks provided free of charge in all of our offices

Giving Something Back:
1 paid volunteering day per year as a commitment to our Corporate Social Investment

Support your favourite charity with the “Give as You Earn” option

Match-funding for individuals raising money for a recognised charity

Our corporate social investment programme is an integral part of what we do and is focused on ensuring that our overall impact is a positive one. We recognise that we have an impact that goes beyond our core activities.

Values: our values are PRINCIPLED, RESPECT, QUALITY AND PARTNERSHIP – they are important to us and we want them to be important to you as well.

Wellbeing: employee wellbeing has always been important to us and our approach is to create an environment where individuals will be engaged at work, successful in what they do and able to achieve their full potential, benefiting both their self and the business. BW offer a great range of employee benefits as we believe it’s important individuals are supported in making choices which are flexible enough to meet their needs and help support their wellness.

Diversity: we are committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce where people from all backgrounds, beliefs and perspectives can thrive, feel welcome and develop to their full potential. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, disability, religion/belief, age, pregnancy and maternity, and marriage and civil partnerships. Our recruitment processes are designed to be fair and consistent and enable candidates to compete on a level playing field. We recognise that diversity today means more than race and gender. This is why we created an environment where a variety of different voices are encouraged and heard through our employee network groups. The groups work together to build an inclusive and diverse place for us all to work. We have attained the Disability Confident Committed status and are actively working towards the next level, Disability Confident Employer.

Your progression: we offer career progression opportunities and a focus on training and professional development to provide you with the tools and skills to thrive. We also offer study support for relevant professional or skills qualifications.

Other activities: we have clubs, sporting events, social, cultural and belief groups across our offices if you’d like to join in and meet like-minded people.

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Postal applications should be sent to: Talent Acquisition, Barnett Waddingham, St James’s House, St James Square, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 3PR

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