Assistant Manager Benefits, Recognition & Wellbeing

Assistant Manager Benefits Recognition & Wellbeing

Talent Team Total Rewards
Location: Dublin / Hybrid
Rank: Assistant Manager

About the Role

As an Assistant Manager within the Total Rewards team you will play a key role in shaping EYs employee experience by supporting the design delivery governance and continuous improvement of our benefits wellbeing programmes and recognition framework. Working within the wider Total Rewards team you will collaborate with Talent the business external partners to ensure EYs offering remains competitive and meaningful for our people.

This role is ideal for someone who is proactive peoplefocused and highly organised with a passion for enhancing the employee value proposition and driving engagement.

Key Responsibilities

Benefits

Support the management and administration of EYs benefits programmes ensuring accuracy compliance and exceptional employee experience.

• Partner with vendors and internal stakeholders to maintain benefit operations resolve escalations and ensure high-quality service delivery.
• Contribute to annual benefit cycles (renewals communications updates to the benefits platform policy refreshes).
• Assist in monitoring benefit utilisation trends and feedback helping propose improvements aligned to market practice.
• Support implementation of a new benefits portal

Wellbeing (Physical Mental Financial & Social)

• Support the delivery of EYs wellbeing strategy across all pillars ensuring alignment frameworks.
• Coordinate wellbeing initiatives campaigns workshops and resources ensuring high engagement and strong visibility firmwide.
• Maintain relationships with wellbeing providers (e.g.: EAP financial wellbeing partners health care providers) to ensure seamless experience and uptodate materials.
• Track participation outcomes metrics and insights to help assess programme impact and identify opportunities for enhancement.
• Promote a wellbeing culture by partnering with leaders and Talent colleagues to embed wellbeing in team practices and leadership behaviours.

Recognition

Support the management of EYs recognition platforms and programmes ensuring they operate effectively and reflect EY culture and values.

• Coordinate rollouts of recognition campaigns service anniversaries and firmwide recognition moments.
• Work with local teams on updates to tools programme governance and employee communications.
• Review data and feedback to help refine recognition programmes and promote adoption across the firm.

Communications & Engagement

• Draft and deliver high-quality communications and engagement materials across all areas (benefits wellbeing recognition)
• Contribute to awareness campaigns that empower employees and leaders to understand and make the most of EYs offering.
• Maintain accurate content on internal platforms and pages.

Governance Data & Compliance

• Support data accuracy reporting and audit requirements across benefits wellbeing and recognition.
• Assist in the completion of compliance documentation (e.g. bridges policy updates risk assessments privacy impact assessments).

Stakeholder Relationships

• Build strong collaborative relationships with internal colleagues (e.g. Services Lines Talent Finance) and external partners.
• Provide high-quality timely support to employees and leaders ensuring consistent service.
• Represent the team in relevant meetings projects and working groups.

Skills & Attributes for Success

• Strong organisation skills with ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong attention to detail.
• Analytical mindset with ability to interpret data and identify trends.
• Collaborative approach and ability to build positive relationships across teams.
• A proactive solutions-focused mindset with high personal accountability.
• High integrity discretion and professionalism when handling confidential data.

Experience & Qualifications

• Experience in HR Benefits Wellbeing Total Rewards Reward or related field (professional services experience an advantage).
• Experience working with benefit or recognition platforms is beneficial.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office (PowerPoint Excel Teams).
• Qualifications in HR wellbeing business or similar preferred (not required).

What working at EY offers

We offer a competitive remuneration package. Our comprehensive benefits package includes support for flexible working and career development and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs: covering holidays health and well-being insurance savings and a wide range of discounts offers and promotions.

Plus we offer:

• Support and coaching from some of the most engaging colleagues around.
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career.
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way thats right for you.

All our employees are given a benefits package which they can tailor to suit their individual preferences. Our range of benefits include:

• Hybrid Working
• Pension/Discounted Health Insurance
• Web Doctor
• Purchase of Additional Annual Leave
• Free Gym Membership
• Travel Pass
• Maternity & Paternity Leave
• Bike to Work Scheme
• Referral Bonuses & Recognition Awards
• Tech MBA paid by EY

EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly and at times be based at client sites our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestyle balance.

Career Progression

• When you join EY you will be supported to ensure that you are enhancing your skills from day one.
• Continuous learning where you can develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• As you grow and develop here youll discover opportunities to help customise your career journey so that its as unique as you are - success is defined by you we will provide the tools and flexibility so you can make a meaningful impact your way.
• Transformative leadership we will give you the insights coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture you will be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
• We have embraced Hybrid working at EY adding greater flexibility and autonomy to the roles of our employees.

Inclusion & Diversity

We hold a collective commitment to foster an environment where all differences are valued and respected practices are equitable and everyone experiences a sense of belonging: Inclusion diversity and equity are part of who we are at EY. We believe that the highest-performing teams maximize the power of different perspectives and backgrounds. These teams are both diverse and inclusive and are willing to invite and learn from other perspectives. Our ability to include various viewpoints into our mindsets behaviours and operations is fundamental to driving innovation building strong relationships and delivering the best solutions for our clients.

We recognise the strength that comes from having a diverse workforce and building a culture where we support all our people to achieve their potential. Youll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs. As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. Reasonable accommodations are offered at every stage of our recruitment process.

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above please contact us as soon as possible.

Join us in building a better working Why EY.

Apply now.

IMPORTANT: Where Agency assistance is required our Talent Team will engage directly with suppliers. CVs / Profiles should not be shared directly with Hiring Managers. Unsolicited CVs / Profiles supplied to EY by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.