Performance & Reward Consultant

Brunswick Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Brunswick Group in London is seeking a hands-on expert to strengthen reward, performance and mobility governance across the global firm. The role collaborates with Group People, Finance, and regional leads to deliver coherent programmes that align with Brunswick’s strategy.

The successful candidate will analyze pay equity, benchmark practices, and ensure compliance with regional regulations while supporting talent planning and performance management.

Qualifications

• Experience across reward, benefits and mobility in a matrixed People team.
• Familiar with employment legislation and People policy frameworks.
• Strong analytical and reporting capabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and embed global reward principles aligned with firm strategy.
• Lead benchmarking and pay positioning across regions.
• Coordinate salary governance and performance-linked pay globally.
• Support global mobility framework and secondments programs.
• Provide clear reward reporting to ExCo and Board.

Skills

Reward experience

Mobility experience

Matrix organization

Policy governance

Stakeholder leadership

Excel skills

Communication skills

Tools

Excel

Job description

Opportunity

As Brunswick grows in scale and complexity, reward and performance management are critical levers for driving business performance, growth and innovation across the firm. This role introduces dedicated expertise to bring together greater insight, coherence and governance to how we manage programmes and processes globally. It ensures our offer remains competitive, equitable and aligned with Brunswick’s commercial ambition and partnership model.

About the Role

The role has broad, hands-on exposure and is positioned to bring high, meaningful impact to the People function and the firm. The role holder is expected to collaborate extensively with other Group People functions, Finance, Operational Leads and wide range of regional and local stakeholders.

With a global remit that focuses on non-Partner colleagues globally, this role is based in London and reports to the Group Head of People Operations. Key responsibilities will include the following:

Reward Strategy & Governance

• In partnership with regional teams, advise and influence on developing and embedding global reward principles in line with firm strategy.


• Lead and manage benchmarking and pay positioning exercises across regions.


• Partner with Finance and regional People and leadership teams to help coordinate salary and bonus governance and processes globally


• Partner closely with group and regional people teams to ensure strong alignment between performance management and reward outcomes.


• Keep abreast of on latest pay-related regulations across regions (such as pay transparency laws), and work with regional teams to ensure compliance.


• Conduct pay equity analysis and recommend corrective action where applicable or required.

Performance Management & Governance

• Collaborate closely with group and regional People and Operational teams to support the delivery of the firm’s performance appraisal and calibration processes, ensuring consistency and transparency in the process.


• Analyze performance outcomes and provide insight to inform talent planning, leadership development and reward decisions.

Global Mobility

• Support the implementation of global mobility framework and secondments programme management that aligns with workforce planning and firm strategy.

Insight & Reporting

• Analyze and provide clear reward reporting for People function, ExCo and Board.


• Partner with regional teams and Finance on modelling, cost control and scenario planning

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience from working in matrixed People teams, in a role focused on reward, benefits and mobility, ideally in client facing, partnerships or professional services business models as an individual contributor


• Familiarity with employment legislation and People policy frameworks.


• Strong analytical and reporting skills, with proficiency in Excel.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex topics to a range of audiences and stakeholders


• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.


• High level of integrity and discretion in handling sensitive information.


• Collaborative and relationship-oriented, with the ability to work autonomously and pro-actively


• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality.


• Curious and continuously learning, with a solution focused mindset


• Committed to delivering an excellent employee experience.

Why Join Us

Whether you are joining a client facing team, a core services team, or starting out on your professional career journey, joining Brunswick unlocks a range of employee benefits to support your financial future, health and wellness, family and community and continuous professional development.

About Brunswick

Brunswick is a global advisory firm. We help companies tackle high-stakes issues, navigate complex stakeholder relationships, and deliver high-impact outcomes.

Our clients value our ability to anticipate, shape, and respond to the key players and forces in the financial and investment arena, regulatory and geopolitical universe, NGO community, workforce and beyond. They rely on us for deep experience, fresh perspectives and original thinking. So, in Brunswick you will find an exceptional range of experience and talent with a rich mix of backgrounds. From the beginning, we have prioritized attracting, developing, and retaining the best professionals in the industry, united by a culture of inclusivity, excellence, and intellectual curiosity.

Founded in 1987 in London, the firm has organically grown to 27 offices in 18 countries across the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia. We operate as a “one-firm firm” with no individual profit centers. This allows us to assemble fully integrated, bespoke teams for each client, able to draw on the full resources of Brunswick anywhere in the world.

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