Compensation and Benefits Advisor Full Time NEW

Crowe is a leading national firm offering audit, tax, advisory, and consulting services with global reach and local expertise. As an independent member of Crowe Global, one of the top 10 accounting networks worldwide, we have access to over 40,000 professionals across 140+ countries and more than 800 offices globally.

Our vision is to be a leader in our chosen markets, creating lasting value for our clients and our people and being a trusted partner in their success.

We are dedicated to driving client success, empowering our people, embracing sustainability, delivering technological change and acting in the public interest.

Purpose Of The Role

This role requires a strategic and compassionate support to shape and deliver our national approach to reward, benefits, EVP and wellbeing. You’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring our people feel valued, supported, and empowered to thrive—both professionally and personally. In a sector where precision, quality, performance, and people matter equally, this role ensures our professionals feel recognised, supported, and empowered to deliver excellence. This is a high-impact role that blends data-driven decision-making with human-centred design. You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders, HR Business Partners, and external providers to shape a compelling employee value proposition that attracts top talent and retains our brightest minds.

You’ll work closely with and report into the Director of Remuneration and Recognition, HR, to help drive the changes needed and ensure the initiatives put in place are future proof to align with the growth plans of the firm.

Responsibilities

Reward Strategy & Delivery

• Support the design and implementation of a competitive, equitable reward framework aligned with organisational goals
• Support annual pay review and bonus cycles, ensuring fairness and transparency
• Benchmark compensation practices and provide insights to senior leadership
• Support on the annual salary benchmarking, bonuses and pay reviews
• Ensure reward practices support career progression and equity

Benefits Management

• Oversee the development and administration of the employee benefits platform, working closely with the provider on maintenance and managing the annual windows, including pensions, healthcare, and flexible offerings
• Partner with external providers to ensure cost-effective, high-value solutions
• Continuously evaluate and evolve benefits to meet the changing needs of our workforce, ensuring that the EVP and the wellbeing needs of our employees are met
• Work with the providers of our pension governance and report to senior leadership and employees with targeted and informative pension information

Wellbeing Leadership

• Champion a holistic wellbeing strategy that supports mental, physical, financial, and social health needs
• Collaborate with internal teams and external experts to deliver impactful wellbeing initiatives, webinars and content
• Monitor wellbeing trends and measure the programme effectiveness
• Develop a wellbeing strategy tailored to the demands of accountancy professionals, including mental health, burnout prevention, and work-life balance
• Collaborate with internal champions and external experts to deliver targeted initiatives (e.g. busy season support, financial wellbeing workshops)
• Monitor wellbeing metrics and report outcomes to leadership

Stakeholder Engagement & Governance

• Act as a trusted advisor to People Business Partners and senior leaders
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation and internal policies
• Lead cross-functional projects and contribute to national people strategy

Technical Skills, Experience & Knowledge

• Organisational and administration skills.
• Lead on allocated work in conjunction with colleagues on strategic HR projects.
• Proven experience in reward, benefits, and wellbeing within a complex organisation
• Strong analytical skills and comfort with data, benchmarking, and reporting
• Deep understanding of UK employment law and regulatory frameworks
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills
• Passion for creating inclusive, supportive environments where people can flourish
• Previous experience in using HR database systems.
• Excel word

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years experience
• Experience with HRIS and compensation/benefits platforms
• Knowledge of ED&I principles in reward and wellbeing design
• CIPD level 5, working towards level 7.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Able to make a persuasive, clear presentation of ideas both in writing and verbally, to influence others and gain acceptance; creates a positive impression on others.
• An ability to measure commercial risk ensuring that the correct decisions are made for the business.
• Experience in reward, benefits, and wellbeing within a professional services or accountancy firm
• Strong analytical and commercial acumen, with comfort navigating complex data and regulatory frameworks
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at Partner level
• A passion for creating inclusive, high-performing environments
• An ability to promote the People department positively to the Firm.

Why choose Crowe?

Whatever career you choose, whether in audit, tax, marketing or HR, we can offer you a rewarding and clear career pathway, designed to help you develop your existing talents as well as discovering new ones, positioning you to make a meaningful difference to our ever-growing and varied client base.

At Crowe we foster a collaborative and inclusive culture, and we will encourage, support and guide you on an exciting professional journey of self-discovery.

We value innovation and welcome those committed to making a difference for our clients, communities, and colleagues. With access to expert knowledge, continuous learning, competitive salaries, and flexible benefits, you will have the tools to build a rewarding career.

We are committed to diversity in our teams, equal opportunity and merit-based progression. We promote a healthy working environment with flexible working approach alongside dedicated wellbeing support, helping our people to thrive both professionally and personally.

Following changes to government policy in April 2024, we only accept applications from individuals with an existing, permanent, right to live and work in the UK.