Reward and Benefits Manager - CSG People Team - 2 Year Fixed Term Contract

DAC Beachcroft; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flex Forward scheme

Private medical insurance

Income protection insurance

Discounted gym membership

Professional funding

In person and remote social events

ESG activities

Job summary

DAC Beachcroft is recruiting a Reward & Benefits Manager on a 2-year fixed-term basis. The role is remote in England and Wales and open to full or part-time applicants.

You will lead reward frameworks, salaries, benefits and wellbeing initiatives to attract, retain and engage colleagues. Working with senior stakeholders and external providers, you will develop governance, benchmark pay, deliver DE&I analytics and drive value through strategic reward projects aligned with the firm’s people

Qualifications

• Significant experience in reward management and market analysis.
• Experience managing employee benefits programmes and supplier relationships.
• Expertise in reward reporting and analytics.
• Experience leading Gender Pay Gap reporting and pay equity analysis.
• Advanced Excel and data analysis skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication abilities.
• Experience delivering reward or benefits improvement projects.

Responsibilities

• Leading the ongoing development and management of reward frameworks, salary structures and reward policies.
• Providing expert reward advice and guidance to leaders and stakeholders across the business.
• Delivering salary benchmarking, reward analytics and market insight to support strategic decision-making.
• Owning reward reporting and workforce analytics, identifying trends, risks and opportunities.
• Leading Gender Pay Gap reporting, pay equity reviews and broader reward-related DE&I analysis.
• Managing and enhancing our benefits, pension and wellbeing programmes.
• Building strong relationships with benefit providers, brokers, consultants and advisors.
• Delivering reward and benefits transformation initiatives that improve value, governance and colleague experience.
• Developing compelling business cases and recommendations for senior stakeholders.

Skills

Reward management

Salary benchmarking

Market analysis

Benefits programmes

Reward reporting

Workforce analytics

Gender Pay Gap reporting

Pay equity analysis

Advanced Excel

Stakeholder management

Reward/benefits projects

CIPD qualification

Education

CIPD qualification or specialist Reward qualification

Job description

Department: CSG - Business Operations (Audit / Risk / Client Account Management / Finance / Legal / People / Procurement / Property and Facilities / Sales and BD / IT)

Location: Remote - England and Wales

Application Deadline: 12 November 2026

Description

Are you a reward professional who combines commercial thinking with a passion for creating exceptional colleague experiences?

We're looking for an experienced Reward & Benefits Manager to take ownership of our reward, benefits and wellbeing proposition, ensuring it remains competitive, meaningful and aligned to our people strategy. This is a fantastic opportunity to shape and influence reward frameworks, benefits programmes and wellbeing initiatives that support the attraction, retention and engagement of our people.

About the Role

As our Reward & Benefits Manager, you'll be the subject matter expert for reward, benefits and wellbeing across the business. You'll lead the development and governance of reward frameworks, provide market insight and data-driven recommendations, and play a key role in ensuring our reward offering supports both colleague experience and business performance.

Working closely with senior stakeholders, People Business Partners and external providers, you'll help shape the future of our reward and benefits strategy while driving continuous improvement and ensuring robust governance.

We are recruiting this role on a fixed term basis for 2 years and are happy to accept applications from people who can do full or part time.

What you will do

• Leading the ongoing development and management of reward frameworks, salary structures and reward policies.
• Providing expert reward advice and guidance to leaders and stakeholders across the business.
• Delivering salary benchmarking, reward analytics and market insight to support strategic decision-making.
• Owning reward reporting and workforce analytics, identifying trends, risks and opportunities.
• Leading Gender Pay Gap reporting, pay equity reviews and broader reward-related DE&I analysis.
• Managing and enhancing our benefits, pension and wellbeing programmes.
• Building strong relationships with benefit providers, brokers, consultants and advisors.
• Delivering reward and benefits transformation initiatives that improve value, governance and colleague experience.
• Developing compelling business cases and recommendations for senior stakeholders.

Who you are

You'll bring significant experience within a Reward & Benefits role together with strong commercial awareness and analytical capability. You'll be comfortable interpreting complex data, influencing senior stakeholders and balancing colleague needs with organisational objectives.

We're particularly interested in candidates who have:

• Strong experience in reward management, salary benchmarking and market analysis.
• Experience managing employee benefits programmes and supplier relationships.
• Expertise in reward reporting, workforce analytics and management information.
• Experience leading Gender Pay Gap reporting and pay equity analysis.
• Advanced Excel and strong data analysis skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication abilities.
• Experience delivering reward or benefits improvement projects.

We'd love it if you also have:

• Experience within a legal, professional services or partnership environment.
• Knowledge of Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting and wider DE&I analytics.
• Experience delivering reward or benefits transformation programmes.
• A CIPD qualification or specialist Reward qualification.

What's in it for you

This is an opportunity to make a real impact in a business that values data-driven decision-making and colleague experience. You'll have the autonomy to shape reward and benefits strategies, influence senior stakeholders and drive initiatives that support a fair, competitive and engaging employee proposition.

You will also get:

• High levels of flexibility and a great work life balance - https://www.dacbeachcroft.com/en/Work-with-us/Whats-in-it-for-you
• A well-rounded remuneration package (which includes private medical insurance, income protection insurance and discounted gym membership, amongst many other benefits)
• Opportunities for growth and progression including professional funding
• In person and remote social events
• Opportunity to get involved in a range of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) activities

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, which aligns closely to our cultural principles (Determined, Clear, Creative and Supportive). If you are excited about this role and being part of our culture, but your past experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!

We are happy to talk flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.