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SalaryI'm recruiting for a Reward Manager to join my Client's Employee Relations and Rewards team, focusing on delivering their People Supporting Strategy and embedding a strategic, positive, and successful approach to HR. This senior role is an excellent opportunity for a professional to lead and develop a team within the areas of Reward, Payroll, and Pensions, ensuring our policies and processes are compliant and effective.
Job Description:
- Lead and develop an engaged team, defining clear roles and responsibilities.
- Deliver an efficient payroll and pensions service, resolving operational and process queries.
- Manage the organisation’s pension offer and salary sacrifice schemes.
- Ensure payroll, pensions, and reward policies and processes are legally compliant and adhere to HMRC regulations.
- Provide expert advice and recommendations on employee reward to senior leaders.
- Develop and deliver an innovative reward and recognition offering.
- Lead on gender pay gap initiatives, equal pay audits, and other equality-related actions.
- Monitor legislative and regulatory changes impacting pay and reward, developing recommendations.
- Manage the payroll service, ensuring accurate and timely payment to employees.
- Advise on employment tax issues, NMW compliance, taxable benefits, and overseas working.
- Manage salary sacrifice schemes and ensure HMRC compliance.
- Act as the subject matter expert on pensions, guiding the organisation through legislative changes.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Proven background in a similar payroll and rewards role within a sizeable organisation.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to coach and support a team.
- Expertise in managing operational reward activities, including payroll and pensions.
- Knowledge of current legislation and regulations related to pay, pensions, and rewards.
- Experience in conducting benchmarking analysis and advising on pay and pensions changes.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to provide information and guidance on pension schemes.
Benefits:
- Additional holiday entitlement.
- Generous pension scheme.
- Comprehensive healthcare benefits.
- Wellbeing and childcare support.
- Employee discounts.
- Opportunities for professional development.
Location: Colchester
Job Type: Full-time, Hybrid (3 days home-based, 2 days on-site)
