M&A Rewards Architect & Job Evaluation Partner

Syensqo SA; Oldbury; Hybrid; GBP 81,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Maternity/paternity leave extended

Training platform

Language courses

Well-being sessions

Smart working flexibility

Job summary

Syensqo is seeking an HR M&A Reward & Job Evaluation Partner to lead the Reward workstream across mergers, acquisitions and divestments, from due diligence to post-close integration. You will collaborate with HR, business and transaction stakeholders to embed consistent job evaluation and grading across the organisation.

In this role you will design reward integration plans, assess compensation and incentive arrangements, and build scalable job architectures.

Qualifications

• Strong Reward experience with practical exposure to compensation, incentive design and job evaluation/grading in a complex organisation.
• Experience supporting M&A, divestments or major organisational integrations, ideally including Reward due diligence and post-close integration.
• Sound knowledge of job evaluation, grading methodologies and job architecture, with the ability to translate analysis into credible recommendations.
• Strong analytical skills and confidence working with compensation data, organisational structures and financial implications.
• Structured project-management approach, able to manage multiple workstreams, deadlines and sensitive information in an ambiguous environment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate Reward activity across acquisitions, mergers and divestments, executing due diligence, transaction readiness, closing requirements and post-close integration.
• Assess compensation, incentive and related Reward arrangements to identify material risks, obligations, cost implications and integration considerations for transaction decisions.
• Design and deliver Reward integration plans, including role evaluation and regrading, salary positioning, bonus-plan mapping and transition into existing Reward structures.
• Support enterprise job evaluation and grading, preparing robust cases, recommendations and supporting analysis for grading discussions and decisions.
• Prepare materials for grading committees and ensure proposed grades are clearly evidenced, documented and aligned with the agreed methodology and governance.
• Contribute to the design and rollout of the job architecture programme, helping build scalable job families, levels and consistent evaluation principles.
• Partner with Reward, HR, Talent, Finance, Legal and business leaders to ensure pragmatic, well-governed outcomes across both transactions and ongoing grading activity.

Job description

Syensqo is seeking an HR M&A Reward & Job Evaluation Partner to lead the Reward workstream across mergers, acquisitions and divestments, from due diligence to post-close integration. You will collaborate with HR, business and transaction stakeholders to embed consistent job evaluation and grading across the organisation.

In this role you will design reward integration plans, assess compensation and incentive arrangements, and build scalable job architectures.