Reward Assistant

About Withers

A law firm focused on people, performance, and collaboration.

For the past 130 years, we have supported some of the world’s most remarkable people and organizations at defining moments in their lives.

We are united in our commitment to integrity, quality and collaboration. We have a culture of high performance and deliver excellent service consistently across the firm. We provide tailored solutions built on trust and partner with our clients to achieve their goals.

Many of our clients are shaping the future and creating solutions to tackle many of the world’s problems. It makes for a fascinating and challenging practice.

Our role is to get to know each individual client, find out where they want to be, and help them to get there – whether they are building a business, buying a home or protecting and defending their interests.

To meet their unique needs we are exceptionally collaborative, working together across teams and time zones. And we are agile – focusing on strategy rather than rigid ideas and traditional hierarchy.

Join us to be part of a team that is always looking to the future. Where initiative, big ideas and bold moves are always encouraged. Where you can truly be yourself.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly organised individual to join our friendly and collaborative global reward team. You must have experience of running reports, MI and analytics; preferably with Excel and MS applications such as Power BI.  Prior reward experience is preferred, however an interest in reward and willingness to learn are key. 

This role will require a high level of accuracy and attention to detail, as you will support key annual reward processes inclusive of the global salary and bonus review, and benefits reviews. You will also provide analytical support to reward projects and also be required to run reports for BAU activities including pay and benefits benchmarking. You will also be required to assist with day- to- day administration activities and MI reporting. 

Areas of focus and responsibilities

Compensation & Reward Processes

§  Support key annual reward processes including salary and bonus review and annual budgeting

§  Provide and maintain compensation-related data and spreadsheets for the HR team and wider business

§  Support market research activities, including survey completion

§  Assist with modelling and analysis activities where required

§  Project work – including policy writing/process notes, drafting documents and undertaking research. 

Benefits & Pensions Administration

§  Lead the day-to-day administration of the employee benefits platform, including resolving data issues

§  Support the annual benefits renewal

§  Act as a point of contact for benefit queries, providing support to employees, partners, and the HR team

§  Support the administration of the employee pension scheme, including monthly joiner and leaver processes and contribution uploads

§  Produce reports from the system to support payroll, including monthly reporting to the external payroll provider

Data, MI & Reporting

§  Produce regular MI and reports to support reward activities and decision-making

§  Provide analytical support to reward projects, including benchmarking and pay analysis

§  Support the analysis of the annual gender pay reporting process

§  Work with the HRIS and HR teams to develop and improve reporting outputs

§  Responsible for loading Reward related invoices onto the Accounts Payable system and track their authorisation.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not exhaustive.  It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for the performance of this job, and as such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.

Skills and experience required

§  You will have gained experience in Reward and HRIS/reporting, either in a generalist or a specialist role

§  You will have strong numerical and analytical skills and be proficient in Excel (including formulas and pivot tables) to manipulate and analyse data sets.

§  Experience in Professional Services is preferred.

§  Experience of working with HR reward benchmarking systems and compensation principles is desirable

§  Power BI experience is desirable

§  You will be proactive and adaptable, with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage your workload effectively in a fast-paced environment

§  Excellent written and verbal communication skills

§  Strong attention to detail and accuracy, with the ability to check and validate own work

§  High standards of service delivery, with the end user in mind when producing outputs

§  Ability to manage workload effectively, prioritise tasks and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment

§  A team player who is able to build effective working relationships

§  Ability to use initiative to solve problems and improve processes

§  Flexible and logical approach to working 

The essentials

§  9.30am to 5.30pm but flexibility is needed

§  Hybrid working policy with a minimum of 2 days per week worked in the office

§  4 week notice period

§  12 week probation

§  Flexible benefit package including pension, private medical insurance, denplan, season ticket loan, subsidised gym memberships, lifestyle discount scheme, the ability to buy and sell holidays, flu jabs, doctors consultation service, cycle to work scheme, on site café and more

Information for Recruitment Agencies

Withers endeavours to recruit and fill vacancies directly. However, when we do need to engage with agencies, Withers operates a preferred supplier list and will not be accepting unsolicited applications from non-PSL agencies for this role.                                                                                                                            

Equal Opportunities Employment Statement

It is the policy of Withers to provide equal opportunities for all employees in relation to recruitment, training and promotion.  Decisions in these areas will be made only by reference to the requirements of the job and shall not be influenced by any consideration of ethnic origin, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation or disability.