Operational Reward Manager

3 weeks ago


Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Aberdeen Standard Investments Full time
About the Role:

This is a rare opportunity to join our dynamic HR function as an Operational Reward Manager. In a flat team structure, you will have significant ownership and exposure across the business, setting you up for a high-reaching career path within abrdn.

  • Drive Year End and other regular reward cycle planning and coordination of activities with Heads of HR and HR Business Partners.
  • Collaborate with crucial collaborators, particularly in Finance and the broader Reward team, to ensure ongoing communication regarding Variable Compensation accruals and salary budgets.
  • Advise business clients, alongside HR BPs, on managing Variable Compensation allocations and salary budgets in line with our Remuneration Philosophy.
  • Own the annual update of market data via McLagan, collaborating with the Employee Reward team and Global Head of Reward to structure and apply data-based reward parameters.
  • Coordinate legislative pay reporting and analysis processes, such as pay gap or equal pay reporting, leading all aspects of colleagues' input and external support as necessary.
  • Generate important analysis, finding opportunities for continual improvements in delivery and efficiency to inform potential changes.
  • Proven strong Excel skills.
  • Expertise in Power BI and Alteryx.
  • Knowledge of Workday/HR systems.
  • Demonstrable focus on change and agile approach to adapt to evolving circumstances and demands.

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and want to apply for our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please let us know in our candidate questionnaire.

Our Benefits:

There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary.

We offer competitive rewards including generous annual leave, a high employer pension contribution, performance-based bonuses, private healthcare, and various flexible benefits.

Our Business:

Enabling our clients to be better investors is at the heart of everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – passionate about meeting our clients' evolving needs. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance.

If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.



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