Total Rewards, Vice President

This role serves as a senior subject matter expert in Total Rewards, providing strategic consultation and trusted advice to Human Resources business partners and senior business leaders on compensation and benefits matters. With high visibility across the firm, the role requires a strong consulting mindset and close partnership with HR to support and influence a broad range of people‑related initiatives. The position provides dedicated compensation support for one or more business areas, partnering with leaders to design and deliver competitive, market‑aligned reward solutions. On the benefits side, the role acts as the regional subject matter expert for EMEA, while also providing strategic oversight and guidance to Global Benefits team members in both EMEA and APAC. Based in London, this role works closely with the Global Compensation and Global Benefits teams in Boston to develop and execute regional strategies that align with global Total Rewards priorities.

Responsibilities

• Compensation:
• Serve as the primary point of contact for business leaders and HR partners on compensation matters for assigned business groups.
• Proactively provide insights into market trends and their impact on the region and supported business areas.
• Oversee EMEA compensation compliance processes and act as the subject matter expert on regional regulatory requirements.
• Conduct market benchmarking and competitive analyses; share findings internally to ensure compensation structures and pay levels remain competitive and support attraction and retention.
• Advise on compensation levels for new hires, including conducting and presenting supporting analysis.
• Partner with the Global Compensation team to design, manage, and administer base pay and corporate bonus programs, including support for the annual compensation review cycle.
• Lead and support ad‑hoc compensation projects, such as deep‑dive analyses or the development of compensation structures for new roles or business areas.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional partners to develop compensation procedures, analytics, and reporting, including preparation of materials for Compensation Committees.
• Participate in industry forums and networks to stay current on market trends, practices, and costs, and help ensure firm policies remain aligned with external developments.
• Benefits:
• Oversee the development and administration of benefits programs in the EMEA region, and partner with the Global Benefits team in implementing new strategies.
• Review proposed strategies that impact the EMEA region and provide feedback based on regional expertise.
• Recommend and implement changes to current practices based on local market trends to ensure the regional office remains competitive in the market and industry.
• Attend payroll, HR and benefit team meetings on a regular cadence to stay abreast of issues impacting Total Rewards.
• Build reports with EMEA Heads of Office to support alignment on Total Rewards initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to network with internal and external peers to enhance program design and administration and reach out to the network for ad‑hoc solutions and advice.
• Provide and be responsible for a high standard of advice, guidance, and support to senior business managers with regard to benefits programs.
• Partner with Human Resources business partners regionally and globally to ensure timely and effective communication, and implementation of HR strategy, policies and practices.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience working in a global organization within the field of Total Reward.
• Extensive knowledge and experience of managing pay and bonus programs, preferably within the global financial services sectors.
• In‑depth experience with benefit plan strategy with development, design, compliance, management, and administration of benefit programs in the EMEA region, preferably within the global financial services sectors.
• Exceptional analytical skills, comfortable working with large amounts of data and communicating data findings.
• Customer service orientation with a demonstrated desire to exceed expectations – ability to serve multiple customers (employees, managers, HR) even in situations of conflicting interests between groups.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills – to interface with all levels of the organization, influence decision makers, set and manage expectations, and translate data findings into clear and concise documents and presentations.
• Strong cross‑cultural awareness, sensitivity, and high level of confidentiality.
• Ability to exercise problem solving skills and independent judgement using analytical and consulting skills.
• Solid project management skills – e.g., develop project plans, scope and ensure execution and delivery.
• Highly detail driven with emphasis on accuracy, coupled with the ability to see the broader picture.
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.
• Bachelor’s degree required.