Payroll and Benefits Adviser

What We Will Offer

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We will offer you a place where you can be yourself and where there are no limits on what you can achieve. With us, you can take ownership of your career and have honest conversations throughout. You would join an ambitious firm with a clear strategy for profitable growth where you can gain early responsibility and early involvement in growing the business.

Here you can expect a competitive and fair reward as well as recognition based on all round performance. This forms part of our internal promise to you, The Deal, between the firm and its employees.

• A competitive salary and a host of family friendly policies
• Life assurance, private health and dental care for you and your family
• A range of flexible benefits including gym discount and retail vouchers
• Tech, cycle and electric car schemes
• We support the causes you care about, by giving you one day per year off to volunteer with any charity that you are involved with outside of work.
• A wellbeing strategy that focuses on preventative measures to maintain overall health, and tools and support for when our people experience physical or mental difficulties. The strategy focuses on four pillars: physical, emotional, financial and social aspects.
• Most of our roles are hybrid, meaning that colleagues benefit from working in our office and remotely. We are happy to discuss this and other flexible working arrangements with you as part of the application and interview process.
• We are an equal opportunity organisation, committed to having a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, culture, or any other protected characteristics. We aim to create a culture where everyone can be themselves and is valued for their strengths and unique perspectives

We are an equal opportunity organisation, committed to having a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, culture, or any other protected characteristics. We aim to create a culture where everyone can be themselves and is valued for their strengths and unique perspectives

The current Payroll and Reward and Benefits team consists of three people: a UK Payroll and Benefits Assistant, a Payroll and Rewards Adviser (this hire), and a Senior Rewards Manager. The team is part of the wider People and Talent team, which comprises over 50 people globally and is responsible for the effective management of all matters concerning the employment and development of people within Stephenson Harwood

This Involves Carrying Out Appropriate Initiatives, Providing Guidance And Support To Partners, Managers And All Employees Alike, As Well As Supporting The Creation Of An Environment Which Enables People To Make The Best Use Of Their Capabilities And Realise Their Potential To The Benefit Of The Firm And Themselves. This Means That We Are Involved In a Wide Range Of Activities Including

• Implementing our people and talent strategy in line with business objectives.
• Recruitment of all partners and employees, including graduate 'trainee' recruitment.
• Talent and career management.
• Reward strategy and salary review.
• Supporting the appraisal and performance management process.
• Employment and personnel administration, including payroll and benefits.
• Policy and procedures setting and the practical application of these across the business.

• Assist Senior Reward Manager in overseeing all global benefits including harmonising and modernising benefits globally.
• Instruct global benefit brokers/consultants to conduct market reviews for benefits such as private medical insurance and group risk policies.
• Manage the administration for UK employee benefits which includes flexible benefits, employee portal (Darwin) with our broker, annual renewals.
• End process reporting for UK benefits providers.
• Participate in the internal HR wellbeing working group, preparing ideas and…