Reward Manager: Pay & Perks Strategy (Hybrid)

Simply Business; Northampton; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Extra leave days

Parental leave

Life sabbatical

Private medical insurance

Annual bonus potential

Pension contributions match

Life assurance

Car salary sacrifice

Flexible benefits scheme

Job summary

Simply Business is seeking a Reward Manager to own pay and perks strategy, ensuring competitive and equitable compensation. You will lead salary surveys, job architecture, and gender pay gap reporting while partnering with Finance on spend forecasting and compliance.

You’ll influence senior stakeholders with clear data-driven insights, shaping bonus schemes and equity/LTIP initiatives as the business grows.

Qualifications

• Experience in compensation and benefits, reward management, or HR data analytics.
• Proficient with HRIS platforms Workday and Dayforce and benchmarking software.
• Advanced Excel/Google Sheets modelling (VLOOKUPs, pivot tables).

Responsibilities

• Design, execute, and analyze annual salary surveys and market benchmarking data.
• Implement, maintain, and evolve job architecture, grading systems, and salary bands.
• Lead annual salary review and bonus cycles with clear frameworks and data toolkits.
• Partner with Finance to forecast total compensation spend and ensure regulatory compliance across UK/US.

Skills

Compensation experience

HR data analytics

HRIS proficiency

Excel modelling

UK/US employment law

Tools

Workday

Dayforce

Benchmarking software

Job description

Simply Business is seeking a Reward Manager to own pay and perks strategy, ensuring competitive and equitable compensation. You will lead salary surveys, job architecture, and gender pay gap reporting while partnering with Finance on spend forecasting and compliance.

You’ll influence senior stakeholders with clear data-driven insights, shaping bonus schemes and equity/LTIP initiatives as the business grows.