Services Team Manager FTC

Position: Reward Services Team Manager – Benefits – 12 month FTC
Job Title:

Reward Services Team  Manager  – 12 months FTC

Location:

Preston. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please  speak  to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary:  Circa £45,000 per annum

What you’ll be doing :

Acting as the primary support and deputy to the Reward Services  Manager , ensuring continuity and  leadership  in day-to-day operations

Serve as the first point of contact for escalated queries, providing  expert  advice and resolution to internal and external stakeholders

Managing  all reconciliations across the full range of company benefits, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely completion

Managing  & maintaining process maps for all benefit schemes, identifying opportunities for improvement and embedding streamlined, efficient processes

Leading  on change, integration, and continuous improvement  initiatives  across Reward Benefits to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and service quality

Leading  on the delivery of projects relating to policy, process improvement, and system enhancements

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

Understanding, knowledge and experience of working in a Reward & Benefits Team

Quality  driven , ensuring consistency and compliance

Excellent organisational skills and able to work  under pressure

Able to work autonomously and collaboratively

Advanced Excel skills required for this role

Benefits:

As well as a  competitive  pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Reward Team:

The role
-holder will act as the key support and deputy to the Reward Services  Manager , playing a pivotal role in the operational  management  and continuous improvement of the Reward Benefits function.

First point of contact for escalated queries, you will take the  lead  in implementing and  managing  all reconciliations and process improvements across all employee benefit schemes, including (but not limited to) the Company and Green Car Schemes, FLEX Benefits, Healthcare Schemes, Share Schemes, Long Service Awards, Group Income Protection, and Cycle2

Work schemes.

This would be an  excellent opportunity  for someone’s career in  managing  staff, excelling in communication skills and stakeholder  management .

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder  etc .)

that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please  speak  to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export  control  restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict  the roles  you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All  applicants   must  as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard.

Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where  applicants   must  typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for  the role , to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date:  29th January 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for  the role . Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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