Reward Senior Consultant - Financial Services - London/Manchester

Iris Software; London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services seeks a Senior Consultant for their Reward team. This role involves managing clients, maintaining relationships, and delivering high-quality services in a collaborative environment. Ideal candidates are experienced in reward consulting and possess strong communication skills, passionate about driving client success.

Benefits

Competitive remuneration package

Flexible working options

Support for career development

Diverse range of benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in reward consulting.
• Strong client communication skills.
• Ability to build client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Support in management of clients and delivery of reward projects.
• Build and maintain client relationships.
• Ensure technical excellence in service delivery.

Skills

Reward consulting

Client relationship management

Project management

Problem-solving

Communication

Job description

Our Purpose

As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services, we utilise the finance products, expertise, and systems we have developed to build a better working world. This begins with a culture that believes in providing you with the training, opportunities, and creative freedom to make things better.Our more than 300,000 people and one million alumni form a powerful network. Each of those individuals leads and inspires others during their lifetime at EY (Ernst & Young) and beyond, bringing our purpose to life.

Our People

At EY, we empower our people with the right mindsets and skills to navigate what is next, become transformative leaders the world needs, pursue careers as unique as they are, and build their own experiences. Our network, consisting of more than 300,000 people and one million alumni, forms a powerful force. Together, we develop outstanding leaders who collaborate to fulfil our promises to all our stakeholders. In doing so, we play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, our clients, and our communities. With a commitment to hiring and developing the most passionate individuals, we are determined to turn our ambition to be the best employer into a reality.

The Opportunity

EY’s People Advisory Services Tax team is proud to partner with the world’s leading Financial Services organisations, harnessing the power of their people and enabling them to perform at their best. There has never been a more exciting time to be working with our clients on the people agenda, and we are welcoming new joiners with a passion for Reward at the Senior Consultant level who can deliver high-quality services to our clients. Clients rely on our Reward team for a variety of technical and strategic projects. The working environment is dynamic and collaborative, providing great opportunities to contribute and develop your skills and expertise. Working in the Reward team at EY offers fantastic opportunities to develop client relationships early in your career and to be involved in the day-to-day management of relationships and delivery of our services across a broad range of issues.

Your Key Responsibilities

At EY, we operate a ‘client-centric’ approach, meaning we aim to be our clients’ trusted business partner. This is achieved by being proactive, understanding their challenges, and providing a relevant and high level of client service:

• Supporting in the management of clients.
• Building and maintaining relationships with clients and providing consistently high levels of client service.
• Contributing to the successful delivery of reward projects and ensuring technical excellence.
• Contributing to the day-to-day delivery of client services both compliance and advisory.
• Contributing to winning new work by proactively managing existing clients.
• Adhering to Quality and Risk Management processes.
• Being a trusted member of the team by developing and counselling junior members of staff.

About you

• Experienced reward consulting skills.
• Enthusiastic and energetic; able to embrace new ways of working.
• Team player: ability to integrate with new teams quickly.
• Experience working within professional services.
• Outgoing with good relationship skills and the ability to deliver quality output.
• Strong technical reward skills and keen to develop further.
• Ability to build strong client relationships.
• Ability to identify areas of risk, carry out an effective review and know when to refer upwards.
• Client-focused and commercially aware.

• Relationship management skills with the ability to manage client expectations.
• Ability to solve problems creatively and pragmatically.
• Excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral.
• Project management skills, plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines, monitor own budget.
• Working understanding and technical competencies of key equity and/or reward concepts including:
  • Equal pay and wider pay transparency requirements
  • development of tailored reward solutions that drive performance and employee engagement.
  • comprehensive market research and analysis to inform reward strategy recommendations.
  • communication and implementation of reward programs, ensuring clarity and buy-in from client stakeholders.
  • legal and regulatory frameworks of all reward programmes.
  • design and implementation of benefits for clients, including health insurance, retirement plans, and other employee incentives.

What Working at EY Offers

We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with Flex EY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings, and a wide range of discounts, offers, and promotions. Plus, we offer:

• Support, coaching, and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around.
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career.
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you.

EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestyle balance.

If you are passionate about Reward, we would love to hear from you!

Apply Now and build a better working world.