Strategic Compensation & Benefits Leader

Annapurna; England; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Annapurna partners with a well-established, fast-paced organisation in the United Kingdom to recruit an experienced Compensation & Benefits Manager. You will balance strategic reward initiatives with day-to-day payroll and benefits delivery to support attraction, engagement, and retention of talent.

Reporting to the Head of Compensation & Benefits, you will lead pay benchmarking, salary structures, and employee benefits while ensuring payroll accuracy, compliance, and a strong employee

Qualifications

• Proven experience within Compensation & Benefits, Reward, or Total Rewards.
• Strong payroll, compensation, and employee benefits knowledge.
• Experience supporting pay reviews and salary benchmarking.
• Excellent analytical skills with Excel proficiency.
• Ability to translate data into business recommendations.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage compensation and benefits activities across the business.
• Oversee payroll processes ensuring accuracy, compliance, and an excellent employee experience.
• Partner with HR and leaders on pay structures and benefits.
• Lead annual pay reviews and bonus processes.
• Manage relationships with external reward, benefits, and payroll providers.
• Analyze reward data to provide insights for decisions.
• Identify opportunities to improve rewards and operational efficiency.
• Support wider reward projects and strategy development.

Skills

Compensation & Benefits

Payroll

Salary benchmarking

Data analysis

Excel

Stakeholder management

Reward strategy

Pay reviews

Tools

Payroll software

Job description

Annapurna partners with a well-established, fast-paced organisation in the United Kingdom to recruit an experienced Compensation & Benefits Manager. You will balance strategic reward initiatives with day-to-day payroll and benefits delivery to support attraction, engagement, and retention of talent.

Reporting to the Head of Compensation & Benefits, you will lead pay benchmarking, salary structures, and employee benefits while ensuring payroll accuracy, compliance, and a strong employee