Reward Manager

GKN Aerospace; Birmingham; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

GKN Aerospace is seeking an experienced Reward Manager responsible for designing and delivering global Total Rewards programs. The role involves administering reward activities, developing analytical tools, and ensuring equitable compensation practices across the organization.

Benefits

Competitive salary dependent on experience

Industry Leading Pension Scheme

Life Assurance 8 x salary

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Flexible working hours & Remote Working

Employee Assistance Programme

Virtual GP Clinic

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of compensation structures and job evaluation methodologies.
• Experience in market benchmarking and incentive program design.
• Advanced proficiency in data analysis and visualization.

Responsibilities

• Administer global reward activity including salary reviews and bonuses.
• Develop Power BI dashboards for data-driven decision making.
• Collaborate with HR teams on job evaluations and salary benchmarking.

Skills

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Education

5+ years in Total Rewards or HR functions

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.35 bn.in 2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Job Summary

GKN Aerospace is currently seeking an experienced and proactive Reward Manager to support the design, development, and delivery of global Total Rewards programs. In this pivotal role, you will contribute to the consistent implementation of competitive, equitable, and data-informed reward practices across the organization.

As Reward Manager, you will play a key part in a wide range of Total Rewards initiatives, with a particular focus on supporting HR in business-as-usual (BAU) activities. These include the execution of annual salary and bonus review cycles, job evaluation processes, short- and long-term incentive programs, and the provision of detailed reward analytics.

You will collaborate closely with the Process and Communications Director to develop and deliver tools and frameworks that enable HR teams globally to carry out BAU reward activities effectively and consistently.

A core responsibility of this role is the design and development of Power BI dashboards and analytical tools. These will be essential in providing data-driven insights to inform robust, transparent, and fair reward-related decision-making across the business.

How You'll Contribute

• Support the administration of global reward activity, including salary review, bonus and, and long-term incentives.
• Build tools to help HR conduct job evaluations, and salary benchmarking and pay analytics in accordance with global standards and policies.
• Assist the central functions HR Director in managing the annual reward cycles (merit, bonus), ensuring accuracy and timely delivery.
• Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards and reporting tools to support data analysis, tracking, and decision-making.
• Work with VP of Reward at year end to support in DRR and audit requests.
• Collaborate with HR teams to ensure knowledge and understanding of job evaluation tools, salary range tool, and any other initiatives undertaken by this role
• Participate in global and regional total rewards projects and process improvement initiatives as assigned.
• Manage the annual submission of Mercer and Towers Watson survey’s

What You'll Bring

To help us make a difference, you’ll bring your passion and expertise/ talent for what you do along with the following skills, experience, qualifications and attributes:

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in Total Rewards, Compensation, or related HR functions, ideally within a global or regional organization.
• Solid understanding of compensation structures, job evaluation methodologies, market benchmarking, and the design and administration of incentive programs.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and Power BI, with a demonstrated ability to analyze and visualize complex data sets.
• Strong attention to detail and a data-driven mindset, with the ability to manage sensitive information with a high degree of confidentiality and integrity.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional and matrixed environments across multiple geographies.

What We'll Offer

Once you’re on board you’ll get the following perks and benefits:

• Competitive salary dependent on experience
• Industry Leading Pension Scheme = we’ll match your contributions up to 8% on a 1 : 1.5 basis
• Life Assurance 8 x salary
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Flexible working hours & Remote Working
• Income protection
• Shopping discounts
• Cycle To Work Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Virtual GP Clinic for you and immediate family
• A collaborative, dynamic working environment

As well as a competitive package we’ll offer you a world of opportunity. We want to see your career fly! We’ll support your career progression by providing you with learning and development opportunities. That’s the beauty of being part of a global business, once you’re on board you never know where you career journey may take you!

We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working

Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.

We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

We arethe place where human dreams, plus humanendeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.

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