Compensation Benefits Manager

HRIT People; Slough; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Competitive salary

Job summary

HRIT People is seeking a Compensation and Benefits Manager in Central London with hybrid working. You will lead payroll, manage benefits, and partner with HR and business leaders to shape reward strategies that attract and retain talent.

The role involves delivering pay reviews, benchmarking, and staying abreast of pensions, reporting, and legislative changes. Excellent Excel skills and senior stakeholder communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Generalist in Compensation and Benefits.
• Excellent organisation and ability to drive multiple initiatives.
• Process improvement mindset to streamline admin.
• Calm under pressure with collaborative approach.
• Strong communication with senior management.
• Advanced Excel and numerical skills.
• Knowledge of HR systems and reporting.
• Influencing and stakeholder management experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee monthly payroll instructions and accuracy.
• Manage benefits process with broker and providers.
• Lead pay reviews and annual bonus/benchmarking processes.
• Collaborate with People team on pay and benefits decisions.
• Analyse payroll data, headcount and KPIs.
• Line manage one Administrator and two Analysts.
• Stay compliant with legislation on reward matters.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Numerical skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Tools

HR systems

Job description

Compensation and Benefits Manager

Location: Central London (Hybrid Working)

Compensation: up to £65,000 Per Annum

Reporting to the Head of Compensation and Benefits, our client is looking for a proactive, flexible, friendly and driven Compensation and Benefits Manager to join their People team and support in running all the Reward and Benefit processes across their central services. This is a key partnering role working closely with the wider People team, managers across the business, and internal and external service providers.

A hands‑on role, this is an exciting opportunity to bring your passion and specialist knowledge in the field of Payroll, Compensation and Benefits to drive improvement and efficiency and contribute to the development of an industry‑leading reward proposition, you will recommend and implement reward programmes that support attraction, engagement and retention across the organisation.

Responsibilities include:

• Overseeing the accurate and timely monthly payroll instructions and checking
• Supporting preparation and submission of benefit in kind and other reporting to our Shared Services team
• Building effective relationships across the business with an approachable and knowledgeable style, ensuring timely and accurate responses to pay and benefits queries from employees
• Partnering with and providing expert advice and guidance to the People Business Partnering team to support pay (e.g. benchmarking, pay bandings) and benefits (e.g. harmonisation, TUPE) discussions and decisions with their stakeholder groups
• Overseeing the benefits process including managing relationships with our benefits broker and external providers
• Submission of data to third-party providers for benefits and salary surveys
• Analysing the current offering and carrying out competitive analysis to make recommendations for changes to our benefits
• Managing and delivering the bi-annual pay review and annual bonus scheme
• Supporting the Head of Compensation and Benefits on group-wide reward projects
• Keeping up to date with upcoming changes in legislation regarding any aspects of reward (e.g. pensions, gender pay reporting, commission, holidays etc.) and proactively making recommendations to the team and the wider business
• Analysing data and reporting on payroll information, headcount and other key People metrics
• Line management, alongside the Head of Compensation and Benefits, of one Administrator and two Junior Compensation and Benefits Analysts
• Cross-party working on wider projects

About you:

• A generalist in Compensation and Benefits
• Incredibly organised and able to drive multiple initiatives with competing deadlines in a pressured and agile environment
• Solution-focused, with a drive to streamline processes and procedures and reduce unnecessary admin
• Able to keep calm under pressure and think with a collaborative approach
• Strong communication skills — able to communicate effectively and collaborate with colleagues at all levels, including senior management
• Optimism and a can-do attitude, with a genuine passion for the field
• An ideas-person with natural creative flair
• Advanced Excel experience and strong numerical skills
• Knowledge and experience of HR systems and reporting
• Strong influencing skills and senior stakeholder management experience

Equal Opportunity Statement:

We are an equal opportunity agency and value diversity in our sourcing. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Our hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs.

In response to the increasing global demand for businesses to deploy efficient HR/IT and ERP systems, our niche recruitment knowledge and extensive experience within these communities have enabled us to establish reliable connections with professionals across Europe. We successfully collaborate with small enterprises to large corporations across various industries, including Automotive, Manufacturing, Technology, Media, Government, Banking, and Insurance.