Reward & Benefits Assistant

We are currently representing a reputable and growing firm within professional services who are looking to appoint a Reward and Benefits Assistant on a full-time permanent basis.

This is a new role within the business, and will be responsible for providing efficient support to the Reward and Benefits Manager throughout the annual reward and reporting processes, including salary/bonus reviews, promotions, gender pay reporting, benefits renewals.

The role can be based out of their Worcester, Cheltenham, Birmingham or Cardiff offices, and can pay up to £27.5k (DOE).

Duties will include (but not limited to):

• Supporting with key compensation processes such as bonus, promotions and annual salary reviews

• Actively managing responses to Reward & Benefits queries from employees, HR colleagues and managers

• Developing and maintaining Salary Benchmarking data and Salary Models to help provide insights ahead of the pay reviews

• Ensuring communications and materials on benefits are clear and up to date

• Arranging annual pensions and benefits clinics (e.g. webinars, comms and workshops)

• Administering updates of employee data to suppliers for annual renewals (PMI, Income Protection, Life Assurance)

• Provide data and statistics as required to support HR colleagues as well as other internal functions, such as Finance/Payroll

• Interpreting employee data to identify significant differences, relationships, and trends in data

Skills required:

• Well organised, articulate, numerate and commercial

• Analytical approach to problem solving

• Inquisitive and curious - a desire to want to understand what the data is illustrating and why

• Strong communication skills and ability to build rapport with colleagues, senior managers, stakeholders and suppliers is key

• Detail-oriented

• Experience of extraction / analysis of large data sets

• Advanced/expert excel skills – able to use sophisticated pivot tables and other visuals to help interpret and display data analysis in a clear and meaningful way

• Strength in numeracy, analysis and problem solving

Benefits:

• Enhanced Pension Scheme

• Support staff bonus scheme

• 27 days annual leave (plus public holidays)

• Happy People/Perks at Work benefits portal

• Cycle to Work scheme

• Life Assurance

• 1/3 gym membership contribution

• Flu vaccinations

Working hours:

• 35 hours per week

• Monday – Friday

• 9am-5pm

Please note that you require recent experience to apply for this role.

James Andrews is acting as an employment agency and business in relation to this role.

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