Benefits Advisor

Introduction

Indulge your passion for problem-solving and embrace the thrill of addressing risk head-on at Gallagher\’s global brokerage team. Join a family of diverse minds, united by a relentless pursuit of excellence. As part of our team, you\’ll be the architect of protection, safeguarding businesses and empowering their ambitions. Together, we\’ll build a legacy of trust and triumph in the dynamic world of risk management.

We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.

Overview

The Benefits Advisor is a key member of the Gallagher Corporate Reward team, responsible for assisting in the delivery of the end-to-end benefits offering across the UK and international population. This role primarily supports the UK Benefits Manager in administering UK employee benefits, pensions, and wellbeing activities, while also participating in broader Reward activities as needed. Additionally, the Benefits Advisor supports the EMEA Benefits Manager with the day-to-day running of EMEA Benefits Programmes and assists with benefits setup in new locations.

How you\’ll make an impact

• Benefits Administration:Support the delivery of a market-leading employee benefit proposition, driving cost efficiencies, maintaining benefit policies, and ensuring competitive and legally compliant offerings.
• Flexible Benefits:Administer the flexible benefits platform, liaise with the portal provider, and support the annual renewal process, including benefits research and employee communications.
• Pension Management:Manage and administer current and legacy pension arrangements, train employees and managers, and ensure efficient administration processes.
• Service Provision:Lead query resolution escalation and support, develop education materials, and provide guidance to HR Operations.
• M&A Activity:Support Reward processes related to acquisitions.
• Employee Communication:Assist in communicating benefits to employees, including targeted campaigns and new starter induction materials.
• Wellbeing:Organize and communicate wellbeing events across the UK and EMEA.
• International Support:Administer benefits and design programmes across EMEA and other international locations, including oversight of international medical and risk plans.

About you

• Experience:Benefits, Reward, HR, or Client Services professional with experience in an international organisation.
• Qualifications:University graduate with a strong academic background; relevant professional qualification (CIPD) preferred but not essential.
• Technical Capabilities:Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel; experience with HR systems like Oracle and benefits systems preferred.
• Experience:3+ years in an in-house Reward/Benefits role within a UK-based financial or professional services organization; international benefits experience; knowledge of UK pension legislation and benefits tax handling; exposure to M&A reward processes.
• Competencies:Strong relationship-building skills, impeccable attention to detail, ability to manage workloads and meet deadlines, comfortable presenting to colleagues, flexibility in supporting ad-hoc requests, capable of working independently and collaboratively.
• Must have the right to work in the UK.

Compensation and benefits

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Other benefits include:

• Three fully paid volunteering days per year
• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
• Critical illness cover
• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
• Season ticket loan
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
• Emergency back-up family care
• And many more…

We value inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.

We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.

Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with TAGlobalSupport@ajg.com . If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

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