Rewards Partner - Maternity Cover (12 months)

As the Reward Partner, you'll work in conjunction with senior HR (People) & Finance Leaders to shape & drive the reward strategy (including financial & non-financial reward). Understand & leverage the interface between the reward, resourcing, people & business strategies. You'll manage end-to-end reward processes e.g. annual salary review process, out of cycle salary increases, DC pension schemes, car allowance, electric vehicles, Salary Finance, EAP, Benefits Hub. Manage the interface with the private healthcare & life assurance benefits.

You'll also be responsible for leading & developing the Payroll function, manage risk and ensure the legal compliance of reward processes e.g. HMRC audit compliance, modern slavery, equal pay, gender pay gap reporting, GDPR. Ensure compliance with customer requirements e.g. Sedex, while keeping abreast of legal & sector changes.

You will drive engagement by actively communicating reward offerings, understanding business, prospective & current colleague needs, analysing data & developing tax efficient & cost-effective reward solutions to address those needs. You will lead the Financial Wellbeing pillar of the Health & Wellbeing Strategy and build collaborative internal partnering relationships with leaders across all business areas & external relationships with reward partners.

As the Reward Partner you will map external markets, organisations & trends to identify, source, & deliver reward insights/solutions. Conduct internal/external benchmarking to ensure that our reward offering remains competitive, fair & ethical. Along with develop & communicate reward metrics/reports that measure success & provide insight for decision making. Leverage people system technology. You will also advise on best practice (including DEI) in relation to reward. Develop the capability of internal stakeholders in reward best practice.

This is a fast-paced and the successful candidate will have worked in a similar Reward position. They'll have up to date knowledge in managing rewards and benefit programmes within a business. They'll have excellent business partnering skills and the ability to influence and challenge across various stakeholder in the business. They'll have good organisational and administrative skills and good IT systems experience., · Excellent knowledge & experience of reward practices, including legislative compliance, gained at a senior level

· Leadership capability - ability to lead & develop a team

· Strategic thinking. Ability to adopt a business wide, long-term approach. Challenges the status quo, initiates & drives change. The ability to evaluate & mitigate risk

· Effective interpersonal, influencing & stakeholder management skills. Adopts a collaborative working style. Able to engage internally & externally, cross functionally & at every level. Builds credibility & establishes/ leverages a strong network with colleagues & external partners

· Ability to build & communicate a strong business case

· Numerate/problem solving/analytical skills. Pragmatic problem solver

· Ability to work at pace & work relatively autonomously/self-starter. Tenacious & driven to succeed

· Understanding of DEI in relation to reward practice

Finsbury Food Group is a leading speciality bakery manufacturer. We constantly raise quality and efficiency standards and build long-term relationships with major multiple retailers and the foodservice channel. The bread for your morning toast, ready for butter-spreading or egg-dipping. The candle-filled centrepiece for a memorable celebration. The buns, muffins and other treats that turn teatime into quality time. We make a high percentage of the UK's sharing cakes from retailer own brands cakes, tray bakes through to party cakes like Caterpillar cakes This is what we do, and why we're in business. Baking brilliance makes every day special.

· Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave to allow quality time with your new arrival!

· Enhanced Pension Scheme for our employees

· Death in Service Benefit

· Free Employee Assistance Programme (open to colleagues and their families)

· Retail discounts accessible via our Benefits Hub platform!

· Company shop available at sites (heavily discounted, delicious products!)

· Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £300 per referral - T&C's dependent)

· Employee Recognition Awards· Extensive Learning & Development opportunities (including opportunities for sponsored professional memberships and our own in-house development course!)

· An opportunity to be part of a fantastic, growing organisation. Head over to our LinkedIn page to find out more!

Our vision is to be the leading specialty bakery group in the UK and we want the best people in place to achieve this. Our continued success is built entirely on the talented people who work here, so employee development is important to us because everyone is a valued member of the team, and we want every individual to have the skills and capabilities to achieve both your own personal goals and our business goals. We want good people to join our company, to help our company continue to go from strength to strength. If this sounds like you, please get in contact to learn more!