Reward Manager – Reward Policy, Terms & Governance in Windsor

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This role leads Centrica’s Reward Terms & Conditions (T&Cs) strategy and acts as the lead for our cyclical reward programmes related to our colleagues covered by collective bargaining units. It ensures employment terms are in line with our reward principles, market competitive, fair, sustainable, legally compliant, and support business performance. The role will also be responsible for leading wider Reward projects end-to-end, for example managing, designing and implementing new reward frameworks, leading on pay negotiations from a reward Centre of Excellence (CoE) perspective, collective pay reviews and other ad hoc reward projects that may arise across the Total Reward Landscape.

• Reward T&Cs Strategy
  • Own and evolve the Global Reward T&Cs strategy including those held in contracts, policies and collective agreements.
  • Monitor market practice and legislation, proactively managing risk and recommending change where appropriate.
  • Act as the product owner for Centrica’s employment contract framework. Ensure Centrica’s contractual arrangements are clearly documented, maintained and understood by the wider people team.
  • Ensure our terms and contractual framework are aligned with business strategy and support the business to achieve its goals.
• Cyclical Collective Programmes – Reward Lead
  • Act as the Reward lead in pay negotiations and collective discussions with Trade Unions across a range of Reward related matters.
  • Prepare Reward strategy, reward insights and proposals for negotiations and consultations.
  • Partner closely with Industrial Relations, people teams and business teams, influencing and balancing risk to ensure pay deals align with our reward strategy and principles.
• Reward Projects & Programmes (End-to-End)
  • Lead large scale Reward initiatives from design through implementation, this could include projects such as the Annual Reward Review (ARR), pay negotiations, designing a new incentive plan, market insight analysis for a specialist area, designing and implementing a new reward framework for a business or country or any number of different reward related projects.
  • Define scope, manage dependencies, coordinate matrix teams and ensure delivery to time, quality and governance standards.
• Governance & Decision Support
  • Own and run Reward governance frameworks for T&Cs, produce clear business cases, risk assessments and recommendations for senior stakeholders and governance forums.
• Expert Advice & Communication
  • Act as the Reward subject matter expert on policies, contracts and collective terms.
  • Advise People Partners and leaders on complex reward and T&Cs issues.
  • Ensure clear documentation, guidance and communications for managers and employees.
• Reward Business Partnering
  • Act as a strategic reward business partner to a specific area of the business, providing expert advice and insight to People Directors and People Partners on all aspects of total reward (e.g. base pay, bonus, benefits, and recognition). Translate business strategy and workforce priorities into tailored reward solutions, using data, market insight, and internal analytics to influence decision-making, ensure alignment to reward principles, and drive fair and consistent outcomes.
• Team Leadership
  • Provide leadership and direction to reward team members (direct and indirect), setting clear priorities, overseeing delivery, and ensuring high-quality outputs across all reward activities. Develop capability within the team through coaching, feedback, and knowledge sharing, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and fostering a high performance culture.

This role will be largely autonomous and will be responsible for defining T&Cs strategy. The role will require strategic thinking, creative solution design, strong stakeholder engagement, project management discipline and negotiation skills. This role also will form part of the Senior Reward Team, be responsible for a small team of Reward Analysts and report to a Reward Leadership Team member.

• Highly credible terms and conditions expert with experience of building productive relationships with TUs.
• Experience of leading engagement/negotiation with union reps successfully on complex people/reward related metrics.
• Experience of leading complex pay negotiation cycles.
• Reward/HR specialist background with experience across reward, collective pay and governance.
• Solid knowledge of UK employment law and reward policy/framework design.
• Experience working in a unionised environment, including pay negotiations and/or formal consultations.
• Proven experience leading reward projects end-to-end in a complex, matrix organisation.
• Strong influencing, negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Confident operating at senior level with people management accountability.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• CIPD qualified desirable.

We’re not a perfect place – but we’re a people place. Our priority is supporting all of the different realities our people face. Life is about so much more than work. We get it. That’s why we’ve designed our total rewards to give you the flexibility to choose what you need, when you need it, making sure that you and your family are supported not only financially, but physically and emotionally too.

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