From day one, our mission has been to create an independent business with a unique culture – one that is controlled by the people who work for it. Finding the most talented and entrepreneurial people has always been key to our success.
People come to Howden Group Holdings for lots of different reasons, but they stay for the same one: our culture. That’s what sets us apart, and why we nurture and retain the best talent in the market. Whatever your priorities – work/life balance, career progression, sustainability, volunteering - you’ll find like-minded people driving change at Howden Group.
About the Role
Here at Howden Group Holdings, we are transforming the way we deliver HR services to our business. This is an exciting time to join our evolving HR function as we look to drive commercially aligned and strategic HR support to our stakeholders.
As part of the Reward team, you will contribute to a range of Reward projects across Howden Group. Reporting to the Reward Manager, you will support and collaborate with the whole HR team to ensure exceptional service is delivered to the business in all aspects of the employee life cycle.
The primary focus of the role will be supporting on re-occurring projects such as annual salary and bonus review, gender pay gap reporting and annual benefit enrolment, as well as managing queries raised on employee benefits. The jobholder will act as the first line of contact for Reward and Benefits, responding to day-to-day queries.
Key Accountabilities
Support with annual salary and bonus review project (including data analysis and insights to help drive consistent and fair pay decisions), bonus payments and reward communications
Primary contact for employee benefits including supporting the annual benefit enrolment project
Support with data production and analysis for other reward activity, such as share awards
Role benchmarking, using the Willis Towers Watson benchmarking/grading methodology
Assist with the regulatory gender pay gap reporting requirements
Liaise closely with Payroll to provide clear instructions relating to reward or benefit changes
Ensures up to date records are maintained at all times on the Company systems
Supporting other functions across the business as and when required
Keep informed of all regulatory developments relevant to reward and benefits
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
Previous Reward experience within an HR function (essential), including involvement in annual compensation reviews, ideally using Workday Advance Comp module
Previous Benefits experience also preferred
Experienced at working autonomously and managing own workload and timeframes for completing tasks
Strong Excel skills, including knowledge of VLookups, Pivot Tables, Filters etc.
Excellent attention to detail with ability to produce accurate reporting and data analysis and insights
High level of confidentiality
Structured individual, who enjoys problem solving and can translate this into pragmatic business solutions
A self-starter/self-motivated individual who is able to proactively research issues using internal and external sources of expertise
Able to work to deadlines. Will be flexible when required and resilient to managing multiple workstreams
Ability to build and maintain core business relationships with key stakeholders
Good written and oral communication skills
Ability to work effectively within a team and contribute across Reward and Benefits to support the team’s priorities at busy times
What do we offer in return?
A career that you define.
Yes, we offer all the usual rewards and benefits - including great healthcare provision, a wide variety of wellbeing offers, competitive salary, generous pensions and more - but we know you expect all that.
What you might not expect is a job where everyone has a voice, where volunteering in the community is part of the day job, and where everyone is encouraged to play a part towards our sustainability goals. We want people who want to make a difference - not just in the workplace, but in the industry and in the wider community.
Our Culture: People First
We are proud to be at the global table, but we are most proud of our culture. It has been built on a single and constant set of principles over more than 25 years, and it has helped us become:
The focus on being a People First business has always been at the very heart of the Group. David’s vision was to create an independent business with a unique culture; one that would survive and thrive as a business controlled by the people working for it. Finding the most talented and entrepreneurial people to join the Group has been and will continue to be key.
Diversity & Inclusion
At Howden Group Holdings we consider our people our chief competitive advantage and as such we treat colleagues, candidates, clients, and business partners with equality, fairness and respect, regardless of their age, disability, race, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family circumstances.
Additional Job Details
Worker Type:
Fixed Term Contract (Fixed Term)