Reward Specialist

Reward Specialist Salary: £52,000-£60,000 Location: Hertford (Hybrid)

We’re seeking an experienced and analytical Reward Specialist to join a progressive HR team within a growing professional services organisation. This role offers the perfect mix of strategic reward design and hands-on delivery, providing the opportunity to shape how pay, benefits, and recognition frameworks support employee engagement and business success.

If you thrive on solving complex reward challenges, love working with data, and enjoy influencing across all levels of the organisation, this could be your next big move.

The Role

You’ll take ownership of the day-to-day management and development of compensation and benefits programmes, ensuring they remain competitive, equitable, and aligned with company objectives. Partnering closely with HR, Finance, and business leaders, you’ll deliver actionable insights, improve processes, and play a key role in shaping reward strategy.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain the company’s reward framework, ensuring consistency and market competitiveness.
• Conduct job evaluation, bench marking, and salary analysis using external market data.
• Support annual pay and bonus review cycles, producing models and reports for senior stakeholders.
• Analyse benefits uptake and employee feedback to enhance engagement and value.
• Collaborate with external providers to optimise benefit delivery and compliance.
• Build and maintain reward dashboards and analytical reports to support evidence-based decision making.
• Partner with HR Business Partner's and senior managers to provide reward advice and tailored solutions.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across pay, benefits, and recognition programmes.

About You

• Strong background in reward, compensation, or benefits analysis, ideally within a complex or professional services environment.
• Proficient in Excel and experience with HRIS.
• Skilled in interpreting data, modelling scenarios, and presenting findings clearly.
• Solid understanding of market bench marking methodologies
• Confident communicator with strong stakeholder management and presentation skills.
• Analytical, detail-focused, and commercially aware.
• A team player with a passion for fairness, innovation, and improving the employee experience.

If you’re ready to take ownership of reward strategy and play a key role in shaping how people are recognised and valued, we’d love to hear from you.

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates