My client is a leading and award-winning law firm who is looking to recruit a Benefits Advisor to join their wider HR team on a 6-12 month FTC basis.
The Benefits Advisor will be responsible for supporting the development and delivery of the firm's compensation and benefits offering. The Benefits Advisor will play a crucial role in the delivery of global benefit reviews, benefit benchmarking, recognition, pension, and health and wellbeing initiatives. The role will report to the Reward and Benefits Manager and will have the opportunity to get involved in a wide range of duties.
The key duties will include:
* Responsible for the day-to-day management of all UK and international benefits processes.
* Coordinate and manage the benefits enrolment process.
* Maintain and update benefits records and documents.
* Ability to analyse and improve benefit administration processes, for example the deployment and maintenance of a flexible benefits platform.
* Contribute to broader reward-related projects and the development of reporting MI, frequently on Excel, to aid firm-wide decision-making.
* Work with insurance brokers and benefits carriers to negotiate competitive coverage terms and costs on behalf of the company.
* Maintain strong relationships with the entire HR Team to answer benefit related queries, and the Reward and Benefits team to develop and administer a joined-up Reward and Benefits strategy.
* Understand key competitors' benefit strategies, and how they differ in in our global operating markets, to ensure our offerings are competitive and aligned with market standards.
* Stay informed on benefits trends and legislation that could impact the Firm's benefits offerings.
* Communicate benefits information to employees
* Provide training and support to the HR team on benefits-related matters as needed.
* Assist with the management of the benefits budget. Participate in the annual budgeting process for Reward in collaboration with the Finance team.
The Benefits Advisor will ideally be CIPD qualified with previous Benefits experience in a professional services firm, be confident using PC programmes and HR systems, show excellent attention to deal and sense of urgency towards their work. You will have solid data, reporting and analytical experience and be able to manipulate and present data for senior stakeholders.