Rewards Consultant

Middlemore; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Middlemore in the United Kingdom is seeking a hands-on Senior Reward Interim to own the reward agenda during a pivotal growth phase, including an upcoming 2027 transaction. You’ll work closely with the Head of Reward as a trusted peer and sounding board.

Responsibilities include building grading and reward frameworks from scratch, leading the annual compensation review, managing day-to-day cycles, supporting IPO readiness, and developing equity design with US exposure.

Qualifications

• Hands-on reward delivery experience in a listed or regulated environment.
• Experience with compensation governance and annual reviews.

Responsibilities

• Build grading and reward frameworks from scratch.
• Develop annual compensation review process and governance.
• Lead day-to-day compensation cycles.
• Support IPO/transaction readiness including PE investor discussions.
• Develop equity and post-IPO reward frameworks.
• Provide US Reward support.
• Partner with Head of Reward.

Skills

Reward delivery

Listed-company compensation

Financial services

Data handling

Interim leadership

Job description

An incredibly exciting opportunity for a Senior Reward Interim to join a fantastic Financial Services Organisation at a crucial stage of its growth and transaction journey.

With a potential 2027 transaction ahead, the Reward agenda is moving quickly. The team is small, so this person will have genuine ownership and work closely with the Head of Reward as a trusted peer and sounding board.

Over the initial six months, you’ll take ownership of:

• Building grading and reward frameworks from scratch.
• Developing the annual compensation review process, including governance, guidelines and manager support.
• Leading day-to-day compensation cycles.
• Supporting IPO / transaction readiness, including PE investor discussions.
• Developing equity and post-IPO reward frameworks.
• Providing some US Reward support.
• Acting as a genuine partner & support to the Head of Reward.

What we’re looking for:

• Strong hands-on Reward delivery experience.
• Listed-company compensation experience.
• Ideally financial services, particularly insurance, with a regulated mindset.
• Comfortable operating credibly alongside a Head of Reward and challenging constructively.
• Happy working with data and transactional detail without a supporting team.
• Pragmatic, commercial and adaptable when priorities and timelines change.

Highly desirable:

• IPO readiness or listing preparation experience.
• Private equity exposure.
• Executive compensation and equity design.
• A mix of interim leadership and hands-on project delivery.
• Experience across both large and lean organisations.
• US Reward exposure.

Crucially....

This isn't a purely strategic adviser or consultant role. This will be a blended role of strategic output as well as hands on with building the framework, working with the data, running the compensation cycle and handling the detail, so a dual hat approach will work best.

If you're a hands-on senior Reward professional who enjoys pace, ownership and being close to the business, we would love to hear from you.