Global Benefits Manager

About Schroders

We’re a global investment manager. We help institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future.

We have around 5,000 people on six continents. And we’ve been around for over 200 years, but keep adapting as society and technology changes. What doesn’t change is our commitment to helping our clients, and society, prosper.

We moved into our new HQ in the City of London in 2018. We’re close to our clients, in the heart of the UK’s financial centre. And we have everything we need to work flexibly.

As a member of Reward and People Risk team, you’ll be joining a group of experienced, dedicated and supportive professionals who continuously deliver work to a very high standard and provide exceptional service to their stakeholders. You will work closely with Global Pension and Benefits Lead and will have the support of a UK based Benefits Specialist.

• Deliver the day-to-day management, delivery and communication of our UK benefits ensuring alignment to business objectives.
• Support the management of our global benefits offering to help ensure it aligns with business objectives, complies with local legislation, and is harmonised where possible – with support from our local People and Culture teams.
• Partner with internal stakeholders, external consultants and vendors to review, evolve and benchmark benefit programmes.
• Support the design and development of new benefits initiatives, aligned with our global principles yet tailored for local markets as appropriate.
• Lead on the annual benefits renewal process, including data analysis, costing, reporting and engagement communications.
• Provide expert guidance to HR colleagues and business leaders on policy, practice and regulatory matters.
• Drive education and engagement campaigns to help colleagues understand and maximise the value of their benefits.
• Ensure all benefits administration - including enrolments, changes and invoicing - is delivered accurately and efficiently.
• Maintain current knowledge of best practice and statutory requirements, monitoring trends and proactively recommending enhancements.

• Sound understanding of employee benefits, ideally within a global Financial Services or professional services environment.
• Experience managing benefit vendor and broker relationships, including renewals, negotiations and implementation.
• Experiencing in running benefit projects from planning through to execution.
• Up-to-date knowledge of relevant employment/benefits legislation and regulatory frameworks.
• Advanced Excel and data analysis skills.
• Clear and effective communication, both written and verbal.
• Comfortable with confidential and sensitive information.

• Professional qualification in Reward, HR or Benefits.
• Experience working with, or awareness of, international benefits
• Experience of the Darwin benefits system and the Oracle HCM HR system.

We’re looking for someone who will approach the role enthusiastically. You work in a collaborative and inclusive way, building strong relationships and contributing positively in cross-functional teams. You deliver accurate, compliant work to a high standard. Commercially minded, you balance business objectives with the needs of colleagues and look for creative ways to improve. Organised and proactive, you communicate clearly at all levels and are comfortable working with others to influence outcomes.

Our purpose is to provide excellent investment performance to clients through active management. Diversity of thought facilitated by an inclusive culture will allow us to make better decisions and better achieve our purpose. This is why inclusion and diversity are a strategic priority for us and why we are an equal opportunities employer: you are welcome here regardless of your age, disability, gender identity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, socio-economic background or any other protected characteristics.

We're a global investment manager. We help institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future.

We have around 6,000 people on six continents. And we've been around for over 200 years, but keep adapting as society and technology changes. What does not change is our commitment to helping our clients, and society, prosper.

• Job Identification 1209
• Job Category Human Resources
• Posting Date 03/06/2026, 03:59 PM
• Locations 1 London Wall Place, London, EC2Y 5AU
  , GB