Senior Reward Partner

The Senior Reward Partner will play a pivotal role in the continued development and delivery of reward structures / processes across NCC Group. This is a \”hands-on\” global role, with a focus on global reward & compensation (variable & fixed pay, and job evaluation/ architecture), as well as management of our global reward and compensation cyclical activities. It is a mixture of both operational and strategic rewards delivery, engaging with a broad variety of stakeholders and working closely with the People team. This position offers a unique opportunity to leverage data and your expertise in global reward to support our Group strategy and ensure we attract, retain and engage top talent.

Responsibilities

• Pay & Total Reward Strategy: Support the development and implementation of our pay strategy / framework that aligns with the business objectives and supports our global people strategy.
• Developing and maintaining pay structures globally, and review, design and implementation of variable incentive and bonus plans and allowances that enhance our competitive advantage in attracting and retaining top talent while managing costs effectively.
• Cyclical Reward Activity: Oversight of the management of cyclical annual activities such as pay review and bonus awards, supporting the wider People team through the process with their stakeholders, utilising the system to manage recommendations and approvals.
• Best practice: Stay at the forefront of reward and compensation trends, conducting regular benchmarking and market analysis to ensure our programs remain competitive within the technology / cyber security industry and on a global scale. Ensuring our reward practices are fair and equitable across the group.
• Executive Reward & Remuneration Committee: Support the design and administration of executive reward programs, assisting with the preparation of RemCo papers, reporting and forecasting data.
• Data-Driven Insights and Recommendations: Utilise data analytics to collect, analyse, and provide strategic insights and recommendations into people data across the reward function, enabling informed decision-making and identification of potential future issues, or opportunities. Taking a global approach to the analysis and insights into pay equality.
• Performance Management: Collaborate with the People team and leadership teams in the development, implementation and management performance related pay schemes that drive colleague engagement, retention and business strategy.
• Compliance and Governance: Develop and maintain reward policies, frameworks and reporting requirements to ensure compliance with all relevant regulations, including gender pay gap and minimum wage regulations. Provide credible counsel in line with our risk appetite and ensure compliance with global and local people data regulations.
• Strategic Partner: Act as a COE partner to provide technical expertise and advice, with a rewards focus, on global People projects such as workforce planning, culture transformation and performance management that impact NCC\’s overall performance and competitiveness.
• Communication and Education: Develop and implement communication and education programs to help colleagues and leaders understand and make the most of our reward and benefits offerings, focusing on total reward.

Qualifications

• Expertise in total rewards (i.e. compensation and benefits strategy, job evaluation/architecture) in a global organisation.
• Experience in scoping, designing, and implementing new reward and benefits programmes and policies, with a strong change management focus.
• Strong analytical approach, with a strong eye for detail, with the ability to present data in a digestible format.
• Experience of working to demanding deadlines in a project-driven environment.
• Familiarity with Executive renumeration including long term incentives.
• Comfortable in fast-paced cultures, can adapt to transformation and change and thrive in this sort of environment.
• Collaborative, relationship driven and ideas focused.
• Comfortably working with large interconnecting datasets, whilst ensuring data integrity when moving between HRIS (Workday), PowerBI and excel (and vice versa).
• Experience in organisational design, workforce planning, talent strategy, culture transformation, performance management or related areas preferred.
• Using compensation module of Workday or larger HCM, such as SAP or Oracle, experience preferred but not essential.

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We are on a mission to make society a safer and more secure place. Our people are the ones who make that possible; a global community of talented individuals working together towards a safer future. We aim to create an environment where everyone can reach their full potential. We work together, we are brilliantly creative, and we embrace difference and we want you to join in our mission, to make the world safer and more secure. Take a look at our website here to learn more about why we\’re one of the leading global Cyber Security and Risk Mitigation businesses… https://www.nccgroup.com/uk, The NCC Group family has over 2,200 members located all around the world, providing a trusted advisory service to 15,000 customers. Born in the UK, we now have offices in North America, Canada, Europe, Asia- Pacific and United Arab Emirates. We are passionate about helping our customers to protect their brand, value and reputation against the ever‑evolving threat landscape. We fuel that passion with investment in our people and our business. Our values and code of ethics are at the heart of how we operate – we work together, we are brilliantly creative and we embrace difference. We treat everyone and everything with equal respect. We want to create an environment where all colleagues feel psychologically, emotionally and physically safe to be authentic, sharing their personal experiences to represent the diversity of the world they live in, and have equal opportunity to achieve their best.

Our Values

• Focusing on Clients and Customers
• Working as One NCC
• Being Inclusive and Respectful
• Always Learning
• Delivers Brilliantly

What we offer

• Flexible Working: Balance your work and personal life with our flexible working options.
• Generous Holiday Allowance: Enjoy 25 days of holiday, plus bank holidays, with the option to buy up to 5 additional days of annual leave.
• Medicash & Critical Illness Scheme
• Financial & Investment Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with our Pension, Life Assurance, and Share Save Scheme.
• Community & Volunteering Programmes: Make a difference in your community with our volunteering opportunities.
• Green Car Scheme: Drive green and save money with our eco‑friendly car scheme.
• Cycle Scheme: Stay fit and healthy with our cycle‑to‑work scheme.
• Special Time Off: Take time off for those big moments in life, like getting married/entering into a civil partnership, becoming a grandparent, and welcoming home a new pet.
• Family Planning: Benefit from our generous maternity and paternity leave, as well as time off and support for those undergoing fertility treatments.