Reward & Benefits Assistant

Reward & Benefits Assistant – London

Location: London

Working arrangement: Hybrid – two days in the office and three days from home

Working hours: 9:30am–5:30pm, with occasional flexibility required

We are supporting a leading international law firm with the appointment of a Reward & Benefits Assistant to join its friendly and collaborative global reward team.

This opportunity would suit an organised and analytical individual with experience producing reports, management information and data analysis. Previous reward experience is preferred, although candidates with relevant HR reporting, HRIS, payroll or benefits experience and a genuine interest in developing a career in reward are also encouraged to apply.

Key responsibilities

Compensation and reward:

• Supporting annual salary, bonus and budgeting processes

• Maintaining compensation data and spreadsheets

• Assisting with market research and reward survey submissions

• Supporting pay modelling, benchmarking and analysis

• Undertaking reward research and drafting policies, process notes and other documents

Benefits and pensions:

• Managing the day-to-day administration of the employee benefits platform

• Investigating and resolving benefits data issues

• Supporting the annual benefits renewal process

• Responding to benefits queries from employees, partners and HR colleagues

• Supporting pension administration, including monthly joiner and leaver processes

• Processing pension contribution uploads

• Producing monthly reports for payroll and the external payroll provider

Data and reporting:

• Producing regular management information and reward reports

• Providing analytical support for benchmarking and pay-analysis projects

• Supporting the annual gender pay reporting process

• Working with the HRIS and HR teams to improve reporting outputs

• Processing reward-related invoices and monitoring their authorisation

About you

• Experience in reward, HR reporting, HRIS, benefits, payroll or a related analytical HR role

• Strong numerical and analytical skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including formulas and pivot tables

• Experience producing reports and working with data sets

• Excellent accuracy and attention to detail

• Strong organisation and the ability to manage competing deadlines

• Clear written and verbal communication skills

• A proactive and logical approach to problem-solving

• Ability to build effective relationships and work collaboratively

• Professional-services experience would be advantageous

• Experience with Power BI, reward benchmarking systems or compensation principles would be desirable

Benefits

The firm offers a flexible benefits package that includes:

• Pension

• Private medical insurance

• Dental cover

• Season-ticket loan

• Subsidised gym membership

• Lifestyle discounts

• Holiday buying and selling

• Cycle-to-work scheme

• Flu vaccinations and doctor consultation services

• On-site café

This is an excellent opportunity to develop specialist reward experience within an international professional-services environment while contributing to important global compensation and benefits processes.