Reward Partner

At Rathbones we help people invest their money well so they can live well. That means more than financial returns its about helping people feel confident in their decisions and supported in their future. We dont just manage money we guide people through lifes big moments helping them stay on track and focus on what matters most.

Were proud to be one of the UKs leading wealth managers with over 109bn* in assets under management and 20 offices across the UK and Channel Islands. Were a FTSE 250 company with national reach and a local feel and were growing.
*As of June 2025

Role Title: Reward Partner

Division: Reward

Location: London

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Hybrid

About the Role

In this role you will support with the delivery of compensation and benefits programmes within a wealth management firm. This role provides analytical and advisory support across reward strategy annual review processes benchmarking and regulatory reporting ensuring alignment with business objectives and compliance requirements.

This role sits within a small team allowing you to gain a wide range of experience and engage with broad business areas.

This role will be based in our London office and is a hybrid role with the requirement of attending the office each Tuesday and Thursday.

What youll be responsible for

• Assist in the development and execution of reward strategy and compensation design.
• Conduct benchmarking and compensation analysis to ensure market competitiveness

• Support the annual compensation review process including data preparation and moderation.
• Assist with budget reviews and tracking.
• Assist with regulatory reporting including; gender pay gap reporting Women in Finance charter FTSE Women leader equal pay reviews and analysis.
• Provide advisory support to HR Business Partners and line managers.
• Produce analysis and reports as required to support Reward queries

About you

If you meet some of these criteria and are excited about the role we encourage you to apply:

• Extensive experience of working within a reward role preferably in a financial services environment
• Experience of delivering the annual reward cycle and all associated components as well as benchmarking including job evaluation and data management.
• Excellent Excel and analytical skills and confident with manipulation of large data sets.
• Confident and experienced at partnering with and advising business leaders
• Strong analytical and numerical skills
• Effective communication and collaboration ability to build strong working relationships with colleagues
• Organised and able to deliver high quality work to tight deadlines

Our offer to you

We want everyone at Rathbones to fulfil their potential in an environment where you are proud to work and feel like you belong.

We offer a comprehensive remuneration package which we review regularly and benefits include:

• A company pension - 9%non-contributory or 10% if you contribute 5%
• Private medical insurance Individual on joining family after 1 years service
• Life assurance - 8 x salary
• Income protection 75 % salary
• Company share scheme
• Flexible holidays purchase up to 5 additional days
• Discretionary bonus
• Green Car Scheme
• Family friendly policies enhanced family leave for parents & carers
• Study support study days and funding for courses and qualifications
• Season travel ticket loans
• Volunteering days
• Gym discounts
• Other voluntary benefits you can choose to suit you

Our employees can choose to take part in various social groups and communities to support their wellbeing growth development and sense of include:

• Sports & Social Committees such as cricket football netball running yoga quiz nights charity bake sales and much more.
• Inclusion Networks that help us drive change within the organisation such as Gender Balance Multicultural Abilities Count Pride Social Mobility Generations Take a moment to pause (Menopause) and Armed Forces.
• The NextGen IM Network which brings together a community of trainees from across the UK who are all at the early stages of their careers and offers development opportunities exposure across the business as well as peer support and connection.

Life at Rathbones

We aim to become an employer of choice for the wealth management sector to achieve this we are working hard to build a diverse equal and inclusive workplace that motivates develops and embraces the strengths of all our colleagues. Being part of Rathbones means you will join a team of passionate professionals in a successful culture that cares for its people. At Rathbones we provide meaningful work opportunities and a voice to all.

We are committed to building a team that is made up of diverse skills experiences and abilities and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We welcome individuals who share our values.

Were a Level 1 Disability Confident employer under the UK Government scheme. This means weve signed up to a set of commitments around how we recruit retain and develop people with disabilities. Find out more about the Government Scheme online.

If you feel there are any reasonable adjustments that would make the process easier for you and help you to perform at your best whether that is due to disability neurodiversity or other protected characteristic just let us know by emailing us at

Mission

We believe in playing the long game. That means building consistent results earning trust and doing the right thing for our clients our colleagues and the communities were part of.

Our values shape how we work:
- We aim high
- We get it done
- We show we care
- We do the right thing

These arent just words on a wall. They guide how we treat each other how we make decisions and how we build relationships that last.

We will close this advert once we have received enough applications for the next stage. Please submit your application as soon as possible to ensure you dont miss out.