Senior Reward Business Partner

Are you an experienced Reward leader who thrives in a commercially focused, people‑centric environment? This is a rare opportunity to join a high‑performing professional services organisation in a pivotal role shaping the firm’s reward strategy, governance, and operational delivery across the full reward life-cycle. As the business continues to evolve, they are seeking a reward lead who can bring insight, challenge, and strategic thinking — while remaining hands‑on enough to deliver critical annual reward processes.

The Opportunity

You’ll play a central role in helping the organisation attract, retain, and reward top talent, owning and leading key reward cycles and frameworks. This is not a back‑office role — you’ll be highly visible across the firm, partnering closely with HR Business Partners and senior leaders to influence decision‑making and elevate reward capability. You will lead on:

• Salary & bonus cycles end‑to‑end, including April salary review and annual bonus review.
• Preparing and presenting REMCO packs, including investment modelling and recommendations.
• Compensation benchmarking and market insights.
• Pay transparency initiatives and governance.
• Gender Pay Gap reporting and submissions.
• Oversight of employee benefits, trainee reward frameworks, and Workday‑based processes.
• Identifying pay risks, outliers, and trends across service lines.
• Upskilling HRBP's to confidently discuss reward with leaders.
• Building and maintaining a strong external reward network.
• Ensuring operational excellence across the wider reward life-cycle.

You’ll be supported by a small team, including one direct report, two senior reward managers, and a junior benefits team, with scope for this role to take broader ownership as the function evolves.

About You

We’re looking for a Reward professional who brings:

• Strong experience in professional services (PE‑backed exposure advantageous).
• Proven experience leading salary, bonus, and governance cycles.
• Confidence operating with senior stakeholders and presenting to REMCO.
• A proactive, connected, commercially minded approach.
• A collaborative style — someone who enjoys being out in the business, not behind a spreadsheet.

This role would suit someone stepping into a Head of Reward remit or an established Reward leader seeking a broader, more commercially impactful position.

Location & Working Pattern

Manchester or Liverpool (travel between multiple sites initially to build relationships). Hybrid: 2–3 days per week in the office. Full‑time hours with flexibility available.

Benefits

A highly competitive package including:

• Pension matched up to 8%.
• 27 days holiday + bank holidays + your birthday off.
• Flexible bank holidays (choose how you use the 8 days).
• Discretionary bonus.
• Private medical & health cover.
• Death in service.
• Medical screenings.
• Employee Benefits Trust (EBT).
• Flexible working policies.

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.