Compensation & Reward Lead - Hybrid 12-Month Contract

Experis - ManpowerGroup; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 6,199,000 - 8,266,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

SC clearance preferred

Job summary

Experis - ManpowerGroup is seeking a Compensation & Reward Lead in Reading for a 12-month contract with hybrid work (2-3 days onsite). You will lead compensation activities, oversee mobility services, and ensure reward governance aligns with regulatory requirements and business objectives.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience in base pay, allowances, incentive programmes, benchmarking, and reporting, with strong stakeholder engagement and audit readiness. SC clearance is preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering compensation programmes and reward governance.
• Strong ability to benchmark, analyse data and provide pay guidance.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and develop compensation frameworks, including base pay structures, allowances, and incentive programmes.
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of compensation arrangements, making recommendations based on market insight and data analysis.
• Lead the delivery of mobility services domestically and internationally, ensuring policies remain competitive.
• Conduct regular market benchmarking and compensation analysis to support reward strategy.
• Manage annual pay review processes and staff incentive distributions.
• Collaborate with HR to communicate programmes effectively across the organisation.
• Provide expert compensation advice to managers and senior stakeholders.
• Produce compensation-related reporting including gender pay gap analysis.
• Analyse reward metrics and KPIs to support strategic decisions.
• Ensure processes comply with legislative, regulatory, and governance requirements.
• Act as focal point for internal and external audits on compensation.
• Oversee payroll-related compensation activities and data submissions.
• Support employee mobility requirements, overseas and domestic assignments.
• Contribute to pay discussions with trade unions.
• Line manage reward professionals and foster development.
• Share best practices across the reward function.

Skills

Compensation

Mobility management

Benchmarking

Reward governance

Stakeholder management

Job description

Experis - ManpowerGroup is seeking a Compensation & Reward Lead in Reading for a 12-month contract with hybrid work (2-3 days onsite). You will lead compensation activities, oversee mobility services, and ensure reward governance aligns with regulatory requirements and business objectives.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience in base pay, allowances, incentive programmes, benchmarking, and reporting, with strong stakeholder engagement and audit readiness. SC clearance is preferred.