Reward Manager

Travelers Canada; Northampton; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance (BUPA)

Life assurance

Pension contributions matching

Job summary

Simply Business in the United Kingdom is seeking a Reward Manager to lead pay and perks strategy, reporting to the Global Head of Total Rewards. You will balance rigorous analytics with empathy to attract and retain top talent.

You will design salary surveys, maintain job architecture, oversee gender pay gap reporting, annual salary reviews, and bonus frameworks while collaborating with Finance and People teams across UK and US markets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR or related field.
• Proven experience in compensation, rewards, and job architecture.
• Experience with gender pay gap reporting and internal equity audits.

Responsibilities

• Design, execute, and analyze annual salary surveys and market benchmarking data.
• Implement, maintain, and evolve job architecture, grading systems, and salary bands.
• Lead gender pay gap reporting and equity audits to ensure fair compensation.
• Lead annual salary reviews and bonus cycles with clear frameworks for people managers.
• Forecast total compensation spend with Finance and ensure regulatory compliance across UK/US.
• Support design and calculation of bonus schemes and LTIP administration.

Skills

Salary benchmarking

Pay & rewards

HR analytics

Stakeholder management

UK employment law

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

Tools

HRIS

Excel

Payroll

Job description

Who Are We? We insure small businesses and enable big dreams – not just for our customers, but for our people and communities too. With over 1,000,000 active insurance policies, we protect builders, bakers, landlords and more than 1,200 other trades. We’re a technology company as well as one that sells insurance. That means we build, we fail, we learn and we improve. Through our global social impact strategy, called 'The Big Dreams Project’, we're working to help 10,000 small businesses start or grow by 2030. Why not check out our advert on YouTube: Simply Business TV advert 2024: 'Simply the Best'.

Job Category Human Resources Position Type Target Openings 1

What Is the Opportunity? Here’s what you’ll be doing:

Reporting directly to our Global Head of Total Rewards, you’ll work alongside our Benefits Manager while collaborating with a collaborative, "all hands on deck" team. As our Reward Manager, you’ll act as our subject matter expert on all things "pay and perks"—balancing sharp analytical rigour with real empathy to help us attract, motivate, and keep top talent thriving.

• Design, execute, and analyze annual salary surveys and market benchmarking data to keep our pay structures ahead of the curve.
• Implement, maintain, and evolve our company job architecture, grading systems, and salary bands.
• Conduct regular gender pay gap reporting and internal equity audits to ensure completely fair, unbiased compensation.
• Lead our annual salary review and bonus cycles, providing clear frameworks and data toolkits for people managers.
• Partner with Finance to forecast total compensation spend and ensure compliance with local labor laws and tax regulations across UK and US markets.
• Support the design and calculation of bonus schemes and equity/LTIP administration as our business evolves.

If you thrive on turning raw data into meaningful impact, building smart frameworks, and solving complex reward puzzles using modern HR tech, we want to hear from you.

We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, supportive place for you to be you and do your very best work.

What are the benefits of working at Simply Business: we offer a great work-life balance where workloads are manageable and everyone has the flexibility to work hybrid on top of the 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), we offer the option to buy five more days of holiday with your flexible benefits our flexible parental leave allows you to approach an important time how you want - with six months full pay to the primary caregiver and four weeks full pay if you're the secondary caregiver our life event leave is an extra days leave every two years for those big moments in your life like moving house or your birthday. And our long-serving employees get a two week paid sabbatical after five years of service, then four weeks off after ten years of service private medical insurance through BUPA, that covers any pre-existing condition is a core benefit. Plus a health cash plan that covers your everyday medical expenses we offer a competitive salary based on your experience and the current market. Plus the potential to earn an annual bonus based on performance access to tools to support your personal development on our dedicated learning platform. As well as support for your mental health with access to counselling we match what you put into your pension up to five per cent. And passon a tax‑free sum that's four times your basic salary with our life assurance policy, with the option to increase it to ten times through our flexible benefit scheme our salary sacrifice car scheme gives you the option to buy a brand new, fully insured, and maintained car for a convenient fixed monthly amount taken from your gross salary (after 6 months service) our flexible benefits scheme gives you an allocated amount to use each year on benefits like critical illness cover, dental insurance, travel insurance, or a gym membership.

Ready to join us and drive our success as a high-performing team?

Employment Practices

Simply Business is committed to providing equality and opportunities for all employees and candidates considering a career with us. We offer a workplace where colleagues are treated with respect and dignity. We don’t (and won’t) discriminate either directly or indirectly on the grounds of race, colour, religion, belief, political opinion, disability, nationality, ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation or relationship status at any stage of the hiring process or during the course of your employment.

The Candidate Home page will allow you to check the status of your application(s) and receive important updates and materials.

At Simply Business, we insure small businesses and enable big dreams. Not just for our customers, but for our people, our communities and our environment.

We believe a world‑class company culture is crucial to achieving our business goals as we make insurance more accessible to small business owners. We’re building a better way to buy small business insurance, and we’re using technology to get the job done. That includes developing cutting‑edge data gathering and analysis capabilities; living and breathing testing and experimentation; and harnessing the many benefits of AI and other emerging technologies. We’re a values‑led business. Our people all have a part to play in building a culture that lives these values: learning, empowerment, authenticity, pioneering, and simplicity.

Thank you for your interest in a career at Simply Business!