Head of HR Operations & Reward

In this role you will be responsible for shaping and leading the reward strategy, to attract, retain, engage and motivate employees while remaining consistent with the values of the organisation. You will lead all compensation and benefits and pension programmes working with the Chief People Officer and executive leadership team.

You will be responsible for reward policies and remuneration practices including the design and delivery of new reward initiatives and revising current programmes. You will also be responsible for managing payroll and HRIS activities.

• Develop and implement the reward strategy to include salary benchmarking, pension management, benefits management and annual compensation events such as bonus and salary review
• Manage Group insured benefits, including private medical, Group Income Protection, Life Cover liaising with the Pension Secretary
• Manage benefits change projects including working with brokers to manage benefits packages, creating benefit tools and material, and streamlining processes.
• Conduct formal and informal market surveys, undertaking analysis of the compensation market and proactively sharing insight into compensation trends.
• Lead the core cyclical reward activities including annual salary review and bonus payments.

Requirements for this Role

• Strong experience in a HR Business Partner or Rewards focused role.
• Experience in managing outsourced providers including pensions, benefit, and payroll.
• Ability to communicate and interact at Regulator and Board level.
• An understanding of Insurance Risk and areas such as Solvency II would be an advantage.