Reward Business Partner

In a world that is constantly evolving we help our clients thrive by simplifying the complex, illuminating new paths, and shaping solutions that make a difference. At S&W our mission is to help navigate challenges, unlock potential, and achieve the extraordinary. As the UK’s top 10 fastest growing accountancy firm, we’ve been there, as a trusted partner, helping businesses and individuals meet challenges and seize opportunities across generations. 

Since 1881, we’ve been a trusted partner, building a legacy on expertise, simplicity, and an unrelenting commitment to client success.  Our specialists provide an extensive range of services from tax and accountancy, advisory and assurance, to corporate finance and restructuring, helping businesses and individuals both in the UK and internationally meet challenges and seize opportunities. 

We are a brand built on expertise, driven by ambition, and defined by our purpose - to help our clients navigate complexity and create opportunity.  

What will you be doing?

We're seeking a motivated and detail-oriented individual to join our growing HR and Rewards team in London. In this role you will be an integral part of the Reward Team, working closely with the Reward Director and the rest of the HR team to support the delivery of S&W Reward proposition.

Working in partnership with the business and HR and Finance colleagues, will combine an understanding of the organisation and its context with Reward expertise, in order to tailor reward solutions and develop effective interventions, to meet organisational needs, now and in the future. The Reward Business Partner will work with the Reward Director to provide commercially focused and pragmatic solutions for all reward matters.

• Delivery orientated and able to adapt to changing context
• Ability to work at pace and deliver against established personal and team targets.
• Resilient, approachable, and confident.
• Experience of working in a matrix organisation and working with Finance colleagues
• Understanding of the regulatory framework affecting Professional Services
• Strong influencing skills and is able to adapt style to different audiences.
• Ability to challenge appropriately
• Has gravitas and is able to build credibility easily
• Post graduate HR or Finance qualifications preferred

• Strategic Reward Planning
• Partner with senior leaders and HR to support the development and implementation of reward strategies aligned to business objectives
• Provide insight on market competitiveness, pay positioning, and reward trends
• Support organisational design and workforce planning from a reward perspective

• Compensation Management
• Alongside the Reward Director, lead the annual pay review process
• Advise on job evaluation, grading, and pay structures
• Benchmark roles using market data and ensure external competitiveness

• Incentive & Bonus Schemes
• Support the design and management of incentive plans
• Support governance and communication of bonus plans

• Benefits & Total Reward
• Support the Benefits, Pension and Reward Senior Business Partner on benefits design, harmonisation, and optimisation
• Work with providers to ensure efficient delivery of benefit programmes

• Stakeholder Partnering
• Act as the key contact for business leaders on all reward-related matters
• Provide guidance to HR Business Partners and line managers
• Influence decision-making with data-driven insights