Ready to shape a best-in-class global reward strategy in a high-performing investment environment?
A leading UK investment manager is looking for a Reward Manager to take ownership of its total rewards framework, with a strong focus on benefits strategy, governance, and employee experience across the UK and international locations.
This is a high-impact role where you’ll blend strategy, analytics, and delivery to ensure reward and benefits programmes are competitive, cost-effective, and aligned with business goals.
What you’ll be doing
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Own and evolve the global benefits offering – ensuring programmes are competitive, inclusive, and valued by employees.
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Manage key provider relationships including brokers and vendors, leading negotiations, renewals, and tenders.
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Deliver seamless annual benefits cycles – from enrolment to communications and scheme enhancements.
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Oversee pension governance and ensure compliance with UK auto-enrolment requirements.
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Drive wellbeing initiatives and integrate them into the wider benefits strategy.
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Support annual compensation processes including salary reviews, bonus modelling, benchmarking, and pay analysis.
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Provide reward insights to senior stakeholders, ensuring fair and competitive pay decisions.
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Contribute to reward governance, pay equity analysis, and regulatory reporting within a regulated financial services environment.
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Use data and analytics to improve reward programmes, optimise costs, and enhance employee experience.
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Lead reward projects and continuous improvement initiatives, including digitalisation and process optimisation.
What you’ll bring
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Strong experience across UK compensation & benefits, ideally within financial services.
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Deep knowledge of benefits design, vendor management, and programme delivery.
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Experience managing annual reward and benefits cycles end-to-end.
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Strong analytical and modelling skills with the ability to turn data into meaningful insight.
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Confidence engaging and influencing senior stakeholders and HR partners.
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Experience with reward systems or HRIS such as Workday, Payscale, or EquatePlus is advantageous.
Why this role?
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Opportunity to shape and enhance a global benefits strategy
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Exposure to senior leadership and reward governance
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Work within a collaborative, high-performance investment firm
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Hybrid working (3 days office / 2 days home) from a central London location
If you’re passionate about designing reward programmes that truly support attraction, retention, and wellbeing, this is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact.
