Senior Reward Advisor

Buro Happold group.; Bath; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international consultancy is seeking a Senior Reward Advisor in Bath. This hybrid role involves designing a global reward strategy, managing benefit cycles, and conducting salary benchmarking. Applicants should have proven experience in reward systems, advanced Excel skills, and exceptional stakeholder management abilities. The company offers a competitive salary, discretionary bonuses, and generous benefits, along with a commitment to employee wellbeing and continuous development opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Discretionary bonus

25 days holiday plus flexible arrangements

Generous company pension scheme

Flexible benefits including cycle scheme

Enhanced parenthood leave policies

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Reward and Benefits activities in a complex organization.
• Strong numeracy and data analysis capabilities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Shape and support global reward strategy.
• Manage annual reward and benefits cycle.
• Conduct salary and benefits benchmarking.

Skills

Reward and Benefits experience

Advanced Excel skills

Attention to detail

Stakeholder management

Job levelling and grading

Job description

# Senior Reward Advisor## This person can be based in our Bath on a hybrid working model. As Senior Reward Advisor, you will report to the Head of Global Reward and play a key role in designing and delivering our global reward and benefits strategy across a growing international business. You will join a well-established Reward team supporting a global practice of engineers, designers and advisors, ensuring our reward offering attracts, motivates and retains exceptional people. **About The Role**In this role, you will collaborate closely with HR colleagues and senior stakeholders, including the Chief People Officer and Global Director of HR Services, to develop comprehensive reward solutions aligned to our business goals and values. You will act as a trusted specialist, providing clear, data-led reward advice to leadership and HR business partners.**What you’ll be doing:*** Shaping and supporting the delivery of our global reward strategy in partnership with the Head of Global Reward, HR and senior leaders.* Managing key elements of the annual reward and benefits cycle, including salary review, policy updates, benefits renewals and associated communications.* Conducting salary and benefits benchmarking, managing compensation survey submissions and providing market-specific insights for pay reviews.* Producing regular reward and benefits reporting, analysing market and internal data, and making clear recommendations on pay and benefits packages.* Implementing and managing variable remuneration schemes for employees and partners, working with finance and business leadership where appropriate.* Partnering with external providers to design, review and manage employee and partner benefits across multiple geographies.* Supporting legislative reward reporting requirements, including providing insight and analysis for annual gender pay gap reporting and other disclosures.* Leading or supporting job levelling and grading activities for new and existing roles, using methodologies such as Willis Towers Watson, and contributing to grade harmonisation projects.* Helping drive pay equity and pay transparency initiatives across our global offices, aligned to our inclusive, people-first culture.**What We Are Looking For:*** Proven experience in Reward and Benefits, including ownership of cyclical reward activities in a complex or matrixed organisation.* Strong numeracy with advanced Excel skills and the ability to interrogate data, build robust analyses and produce accurate reporting.* Excellent attention to detail in both numerical and written work, with a confident communication style that builds credibility at all levels.* Experience of job levelling and grading; knowledge of Willis Towers Watson methodology would be an advantage.* Proven experience as a Reward/Compensation analyst or advisor in an international environment, with an analytical and continuous improvement mindset.* Strong business partnering and stakeholder management skills, and the ability to work at pace, prioritise effectively and adapt in a fast-moving environment.* Experience in compensation practice, including job evaluation, benchmarking and, ideally, LTIPs or other variable pay schemes.At Buro Happold, we believe in creating a better, more sustainable world. You’ll be part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and excellence. We offer a supportive environment where your contributions make a real difference.**What we Offer You:**Bring your knowledge and expertise to one of the world’s most respected consultancies.* Hybrid working arrangements* Attractive salary* Discretionary bonus* Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements* Generous company pension scheme, life assurance and income protection* Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts* Enhanced parenthood leave policies* A strong commitment to continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you* Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions* A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities* An opportunity to support your local community and those in society that are most in need, wherever they are located in the world through our Share Our Skills (SOS) programme* A supportive and inclusive environment that will welcome you through social and outreach activities from the Young Employees Forum to mentoring* An international culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won't be far from exceptional.**Apply now and be where exceptional is everywhere. A place for everyone**Buro Happold values individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of the way you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive.We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment and are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing difference allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact [e-mail] so we can work with you to support you throughout your application. *G1 #LI-Hybrid*The following content displays a map of the job's location.| OpenStreetMap contributors### Senior Reward Advisor* **Salary** Competitive* **Frequency** Annual* **Job Reference** burohappold/TP/145984/1811* **Contract Type** Permanent* **Job Category** Human Resources* **Discipline** Human Resources* **Location** Bath, United Kingdom* **Closing Date** 11 February, 2026