Policy & Governance Specialist - until 31st

In this role, you will act as an AVP within the Reward Policy & Governance team, supporting the delivery of key reward governance activities across Barclays. You will support the development and execution of reward governance frameworks, contribute to pay disclosure and pay transparency requirements, and assist with regulatory remuneration activities and Remuneration Committee reporting. Working within a specialist team of reward professionals, you will partner closely with Directors responsible for Executive Reward, Pay Disclosures & Pay Transparency, Regulatory Conformance, and Reward Analytics to help deliver high-quality governance, reporting, and analytical outcomes across the reward agenda.

You will collaborate with stakeholders across HR, Finance, Risk, Compliance, and Legal to support both business-as-usual requirements and strategic reward initiatives. Your responsibilities will span pay disclosures, pay transparency, reward governance, regulatory reporting, and reward analytics, providing broad exposure across multiple areas of reward. You will work with large and complex reward datasets to produce accurate reporting, meaningful insights, and robust governance outputs while supporting key regulatory requirements and conformance activities.

This role offers the opportunity to contribute to high-profile reward initiatives, including remuneration committee reporting, regulatory compliance activities, and evolving pay transparency programmes, making it an excellent opportunity to broaden your expertise across the reward function.

• Reward, Compensation, Benefits, or related remuneration disciplines, with understanding of reward principles and practices.

• Analytical and problem-solving, including the ability to interpret complex data, identify trends, and provide clear recommendations to stakeholders.

• Working with multiple stakeholders and the ability to build effective relationships across HR, Reward, Finance, Risk, and business teams.

• Organisational and project management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, deliver to deadlines, and maintain high levels of accuracy and attention to detail.

• Experience supporting regulatory remuneration requirements, pay transparency initiatives, remuneration governance, or statutory pay disclosures.

• Experience with in financial services or another regulated environment.

• Knowledge of reward reporting, remuneration frameworks, and governance processes.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills

To develop and implement executive compensation programmes and provide advice related to financial/ tax/ regulatory treatment of such programmes, in alignment with regulatory standards.

• Responsible for the development, implementation and delivery of executive compensation policies/programmes, aligned with the organisation’s strategy and applicable regulations, market trends, and shareholder and proxy agency guidance. Supporting executive compensation engagement with stakeholders including shareholders and other investors, regulators and the media.
• Providing support to the senior population (principally Group ExCo) on reward and performance matters including performance management and objective setting, management and communication of compensation outcomes, responding to individual reward queries, tax information, financial advisor and broker liaison.
• Providing advice and guidance on reward programmes including base salary, bonus, long-term incentives, equity compensation, setting of vesting periods and details of malus and clawback terms as appropriate. Engagement on, communication of and operational delivery of deferred compensation plans and all employee share plans for the firm globally. Ensuring regulatory conformance and managing associated reward processes.
• Managing external disclosures related to reward including Annual Report reward disclosures, fair pay reporting, Pillar 3 remuneration disclosures, pay gaps disclosures and other applicable disclosures. Supporting on planning and preparation for any new disclosure obligations for the firm.
• Delivery of the annual reward cycle in collaboration with the Compensation Team,…