Senior Reward Consultant

ACCA; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Reward Consultant who will play a pivotal role in shaping reward strategies and initiatives. This exciting opportunity involves leading global reward projects, managing key stakeholder relationships, and ensuring alignment with organizational goals. The ideal candidate will possess strong commercial acumen, expertise in reward policy development, and excellent relationship-building skills. Join a forward-thinking organization that values diversity and inclusion while offering a competitive benefits package to support your well-being.

Benefits

Employee assistance programme

Financial wellbeing tool

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Proven experience in developing and approving reward policies.
• Strong analytical skills for data trends and decision making.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical reward expert for salary management and global benefits.
• Manage senior relationships and contribute to reward strategy development.

Skills

Commercial understanding of business environment

Reward policy development

Global reward project delivery

Relationship-building skills

Data trend analysis

Knowledge of laws and regulations in reward

Stakeholder liaison

Job description

ACCA is committed to a workplace culture which is inclusive, diverse, human and connected.

We're currently looking for a Senior Reward Consultant on a full time, permanent basis. This position sits within the Reward and Resourcing team, and we are flexible on the location of this role throughout the UK.

The job

Reporting to the Head of Reward and Resourcing, on a day-to-day basis, you'll be involved in the following:

Act as the lead technical reward expert for Reward activity, designing and developing diverse expertise-led solutions, including all salary management, global benefit, executive remuneration and annual compensation processes
Lead on a diverse portfolio of global reward projects and initiatives from technical design through to successful roll out and embedding throughout the organisation
Champion compensation and benefit activity throughout the organisation (e.g. regular attendance at business team meetings) and work with HRBPs and Organisational Design, Learning & Development, Engagement to ensure reward initiatives support the overall people plan
Manage senior level relationships throughout the organisation in order ensure reward engagement with key internal stakeholders, acting as a true business partner and specialist advisor
Manages a selection of 3rd party providers (specialist consultancies, data providers, benefit brokers and suppliers etc.), working with the Head of Reward and Resourcing to source the right level of support and ensuring the contractual arrangements are being adhered to
Contribute to the development of the functional Strategy, working with the Head of Reward and Resourcing to define a long term, integrated reward strategy for ACCA, ensuring all projects and policies are in line with the people plan and overall organisational strategy
Deputise for the Head of Reward across all activities, acting as the delegated authority to approve work in their absence.

The person

We're looking for someone who has:

A good commercial understanding of the business environment to define reward solutions which are in line with organisational goals
A background using reward expertise to develop and approve reward policies and procedures, while making sure they match organizational strategies and objectives
Experience delivering global reward projects within desired cost, time and quality parameters
Excellent relationship-building skills with both internal and external stakeholders
Expertise in analysing data trends for use in reports to help guide decision making
Established expert on interpreting and applying knowledge of laws, regulations and policies in the reward arena
Strong experience in liaising with a variety of stakeholders globally.

We strive to create an environment where you can prioritise your wellbeing and offer a competitive benefits package to help you do this. We provide an employee assistance programme and are proud to offer a financial wellbeing tool to our employees.

We are committed to equal opportunities across our recruitment activities and have a real commitment to ensuring the inclusion and well-being of all employees. We have a blended approach to working to support our employees to balance the needs of their job with other aspects of their life.

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