HR​/Recruitment Head, Talent Manager

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Location: Leeds

In this pivotal role, you will shape and deliver compensation and benefits strategies across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring accuracy, compliance and engagement at every stage. As a hands‑on leader, you will combine operational excellence with strategic insight, managing complex processes, analysing data and implementing initiatives that make a tangible difference.

Reporting directly to the HR Director, you will play a key role in evolving our global Reward and Benefits offering and influencing how we attract, retain and motivate talent worldwide.

• Hands‑on delivery of reward activities: personally manage and execute reward processes, including data preparation, analysis and reporting for annual cycles and ad‑hoc projects.
• Act as the go‑to expert for reward queries, providing practical advice and solutions to HR colleagues and managers across the Firm, including international and expatriate considerations.
• Partner closely with HR teams globally, ensuring knowledge transfer and supporting local advisors where applicable.
• Lead and actively run annual reward cycles in the UK and Dublin, including market benchmarking, salary reviews, budgeting, approvals and preparing communications tailored to local jurisdictions.
• Manage two direct reports with a focus on coaching and supporting their operational delivery, while also rolling up your sleeves to assist with complex tasks and data challenges.
• Maintain and update reward policies and processes, 나오 reflects best practice and are clearly communicated across theittäin Firm.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with external brokers and consultants, coordinating benefits renew ears and resolving issues promptly.
• Review and enhance reward and benefits offerings across regions, leading practical implementation of improvements and global projects.
• Ensure all legislative reward reporting is completed accurately and on time, working closely with HR Data and Systems teams.
• Stay informed on fx and legal practices in reward, applying this knowledge to day‑to‑day decisions and advising senior stakeholders.
• Regularly review global reward trends and benefits benchmarks to maintain competitive positioning and support talent attraction and retention.

• Operate with a global mindset, ensuring consistency and alignment across regions.
• Act in the best interests of the Firm internally and externally.
• Manage risk and compliance issues, including data security, in a regulated environment.
• Collaborate to mitigate commercial risk across jurisdictions.

• Proven experience совсем hands‑on reward and benefits operations, including international exposure (USAjudge, Singapore, Hong Kong, Dublin).
• Ability to manage supplier relationships and resolve operational issues effectively.
• Technical knowledge of pay, benefits, pensions and international mobility.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and data analysis; comfortable working with large datasets and producing clear reports.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to explain complex reward concepts simply.
• Highly detail‑oriented and confident handling multi‑jurisdictional issues.

• Experience delivering strategic reward initiatives while remaining actively involved in operational execution.
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Background in designing and implementing international benefits programs.
• Understanding of global compensation structures.

We are happy to talk flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.

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