Job Description

At abrdn, our purpose is to enable our clients to be better investors.

Clients worldwide trust us to find future-fit investment opportunities to deliver the outcomes they want. Our technology and insight help empower them to make better decisions, while the powerful partnerships we build help to improve the expertise that we offer. And by enabling clients to invest responsibly, it helps us to build a better world.

About the Role:

This is a rare opportunity to join our dynamic HR function as an Operational Reward Manager. This newly crafted position is pivotal within the Global Reward team, reporting directly to the Global Head of Reward. You will lead a small, dedicated team, playing a key role in the detailed execution of our reward strategy. 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.

Key responsibilities will include:

• 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.

What we're looking for:

• Outstanding analytical and numerical approach.

• Proven strong Excel skills.

• Expertise in Power BI and Alteryx.

• Experience working closely with a Finance function.

• Knowledge of Workday/HR systems.

• Clear and concise communication skills.

• Ability to operate at pace and prioritize effectively.

• Problem-solving approach, comfortable generating new ideas.

• 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 team will contact you to provide support during the application process.

Our benefits

There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We foster an environment where you can learn, get involved, and be supported.

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. Learn more about our work here.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment.  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.  We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.

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