Reward Assistant

We have an exciting opportunity for a Reward Assistant to join our People &Culture Team in Bristol or Cheltenham (hybrid working). This is a 12 month fixed-term opportunity.

The People &Culture teams main presence is in Cheltenham and Bristol. The team provide a full HR service to the Firm encompassing Resourcing and Talent Acquisition, HR Operations, Total Reward &People Solutions, Organisational Development &Talent and Employee Experience &Engagement. The Total Rewards team covers all aspects of remuneration and benefits for our employees – from company-wide processes such as the annual salary review, bonus review and flexible benefits through to managing the payroll and general day-to-day employee pay and benefit queries. The Reward Assistant will report into the Senior Rewards Advisor – Compensation with a dotted line into the Benefits and Wellbeing Manager.

A snapshot of your day:

• Support key compensation processes such as bonus, promotions and annual salary review
• Actively manage queries and responses to Reward from employees, HR colleagues and managers in a timely fashion including employee absences, family leave, sickness and annual leave queries
• Manage monthly sickness, including processing instructions from HR system to payroll and manage apprentice pay levels.
• Support monthly benefits processes such as reporting to flex platform and approval of benefits, and the annual flexible benefits window, including testing and communications.
• Support payroll team with manual processes, including monthly checks and administration of the BW Pension Scheme
• Undertake general HR administrative duties such as processing invoices, letter production, filing.
• Proactively support HR Business Lead, Total Reward and People Solutions on team administration and governance tasks
• Ensure data accuracy within our HR system, creating custom reports and manipulating data to provide first level analysis
• Actively seek out opportunities for process and service delivery improvements.

We would love to hear from if you have:

• High attention to detail, excellent organisational skills and ability to prioritise
• Excellent numeracy skills, comfortable working with numbers and data
• Experience using Excel e.g., pivot tables, IF formulae and Lookups
• Experience of using office systems such as HR databases or finance systems
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to pick things up quickly and handle a variety of tasks
• A positive “can-do” attitude as a team player, with a focus on customer service and employee experience
• An understanding of discreet professionalism and confidentiality
  

What’s in it for you:

• Competitive discretionary annual bonus.
• Core benefits paid for by BW including life assurance, group income protection, private medical cover and 25 days holiday per year with holiday trading.
• A generous pension scheme where we contribute 8% of your salary from day one of your employment.
• Employee Assistance Programme to support you and your family through any concerns or challenges you may experience.
• A comprehensive range of voluntary benefits to suit your life stage and lifestyle including a tech scheme, cycle to work scheme, dental cover, healthcare cash plan, health assessments, critical illness cover, extension of private medical cover or life assurance to family members, gym membership, travel insurance and a broad range of discounts at hundreds of retailers including supermarkets, fitness centres, travel and leisure companies.