Head of Reward in Bristol

Head of Reward Department: Business Services – Human Resources

Employment Type: Permanent | Location: Bristol

In this pivotal role, you will shape and deliver compensation and benefits strategies across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring accuracy, compliance and engagement at every stage. As a hands‑on leader, you will combine operational excellence with strategic insight, managing complex processes, analysing data and implementing initiatives that make a tangible difference. Reporting directly to the HR Director, you will play a key role in evolving our global Reward and Benefits offering and influencing how we attract, retain and motivate talent worldwide.

Key Responsibilities

• Hands‑on delivery of reward activities: Personally manage and execute reward processes, including data preparation, analysis, and reporting for annual cycles and ad‑hoc projects.
• Act as the go‑to expert for reward queries: Provide practical advice and solutions to HR colleagues and managers across the Firm, including international and expatriate considerations.
• Partner closely with HR teams globally: Ensure knowledge transfer and support local advisors where applicable.
• Lead and actively run annual reward cycles in the UK and Dublin: Include market benchmarking, salary reviews, budgeting, approvals, and preparing communications tailored to local jurisdictions.
• Manage two direct reports: Focus on coaching, support operational delivery and contribute to complex tasks and data challenges.
• Maintain and update reward policies and processes: Ensure they reflect best practice and are clearly communicated across the Firm.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with external brokers and consultants: Coordinate benefits renewals and resolve issues promptly.
• Review and enhance reward and benefits offerings across regions: Lead practical implementation of improvements and global projects.
• Ensure all legislative reward reporting is completed accurately and on time: Work closely with HR Data and Systems teams.
• Stay informed on legal and market practices in reward: Apply this knowledge to day‑to‑day decisions and advise senior stakeholders.
• Regularly review global reward trends and benefits benchmarks: Maintain competitive positioning and support talent attraction and retention.

Firm Wide Responsibilities

Operate with a global mindset, ensuring consistency and alignment across regions; act in the best interests of the Firm internally and externally; manage risk and compliance issues, including data security, in a regulated environment; collaborate to mitigate commercial risk across jurisdictions.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Proven experience in hands‑on reward and benefits operations, including international exposure (USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, Dublin).
• Ability to manage supplier relationships and resolve operational issues effectively.
• Technical knowledge of pay, benefits, pensions, and international mobility.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and data analysis; comfortable working with large datasets and producing clear reports.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to explain complex reward concepts simply.
• Highly detail‑oriented and confident handling multi‑jurisdictional issues.

Desirable Experience

Delivering strategic reward initiatives while remaining actively involved in operational execution; background in designing and implementing international benefits programs; understanding of global compensation structures.

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