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Connect to your Industry

Deloitte has a longstanding reputation of expertise in the field of reward consulting, built up over many years of advising a wide range of UK and global companies. We are offering a unique opportunity to work in a stimulating environment, with an exceptional team, advising a prestigious client portfolio.

This successful and expanding team is experiencing growth even in the current challenging environment. This means that there is ample room for career development and progression. We will provide you with the tools to reach your full potential and beyond, with no barriers.

Achieve your aspirations by working with the best in the market.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, that covers audit, risk advisory, and consulting services across tax, legal, business, technology and corporate finance, we help our clients become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It's how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.

Connect to your opportunity

The Reward Advisory team advises clients across the full spectrum of total reward, spanning reward strategy and philosophy, pay for performance, pay transparency and equity, incentive and ownership design, wellbeing and benefits, reward regulatory compliance, reward technology and analytics, and reward communications.

In line with our ambitious growth trajectory, we are seeking an experienced reward professional with deep technical expertise to play a central role in scaling our practice. You will work alongside a high-calibre team advising a diverse portfolio of UK and global clients on complex reward challenges, helping to shape market-leading solutions and drive measurable impact.

The relationships this role will be responsible for engaging with, and delivering to, are some of our most important within an organisation. This is a key team in the management of some of the firm's most strategic clients. You will have the opportunity to work with various teams across the UK, the US and in Europe.

You will provide technically rigorous advice to clients across the following areas:

Total reward strategy and philosophy reviews, including alignment of reward to business strategy, talent priorities and Employee Value Proposition (EVP), ensuring coherence across both monetary and non-monetary reward elements.
Design and implementation of performance management frameworks that link pay to individual, team and business performance, reward high performers consistently and build a sustainable high-performance culture.
Design of short-term, long-term and sales incentive plans, and structuring of equity and share schemes, to align employee interests with company success, drive sustained performance and cultivate an ownership mindset.
Pay transparency, equity and fairness advisory, including pay gap analysis, pay equity diagnostics, readiness for current and emerging pay transparency legislation, and the design of job architecture, career frameworks and grading structures as the foundation for fair and consistent reward.
Wellbeing, benefits and flexible reward design, including the implementation of holistic wellbeing programmes, benchmarking and modernisation of benefits portfolios, and the introduction of flexible and personalised reward options to meet evolving workforce expectations.
Reward regulatory compliance advisory, including ensuring adherence to applicable reward regulation and legislation, mitigating risks and penalties through proactive compliance, and helping clients navigate evolving regulatory requirements and reporting obligations.
Reward technology, analytics and operations, including platform selection and optimisation, leveraging data analytics, modelling and AI to support smarter reward decisions, and driving operational efficiency across reward delivery.
Reward communications and employee experience, including the development of strategies to articulate total reward value clearly and compellingly, and to increase employee understanding and engagement.

You will also play a key part in helping to build the practice and develop the team.

Connect to your skills and professional experience

Demonstrable deep technical expertise across several areas of reward, including reward strategy design and implementation, incentive plan design (short-term, long-term and sales incentives), equity and share scheme structuring, job architecture and job evaluation, and performance management frameworks.
Strong knowledge of pay transparency, equity and fairness, including experience conducting pay gap analyses, pay equity diagnostics and advising clients on readiness for current and emerging pay transparency legislation.
Experience leveraging reward data, analytics and technology to inform reward design and decision-making, with an understanding of reward technology platforms and the application of modelling and AI in a reward context.
Commercial acumen with a track record of identifying and converting reward advisory opportunities, and a demonstrable appetite for practice-building and revenue growth within a consulting environment.
Commercial acumen with a track record of identifying and converting reward advisory opportunities, winning, developing and maintaining client relationships, and a demonstrable appetite for practice-building and revenue growth within a consulting environment.
A professional and pro-active approach, to deliver client service that meets Deloitte's exceptional standards
Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workload with a flexible approach, ensuring deadlines are met
Clear communication skills and ability to produce high quality, client facing, technically accurate, well written work
Experience in effectively delegating work and in developing a team
Excellent interpersonal skills - an ability to deal effectively and establish rapport with people at all levels (clients, partners and staff)

Connect to your business - Tax

Innovation and tax consultancy may not seem to go together, but that's exactly what you'll find at Deloitte. We're constantly seeking the new and working together to push the limits of what's possible. Discover a new kind of tax career that you can make your own.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect with your colleagues

"You never have to do it all on your own here. It's great to know that we're all in it together; we're much stronger that way and it's healthier for everyone too." -Anita, Tax Consulting

"The beauty of Deloitte is that we're so big and diverse you can easily surround yourself with people who complement your style to create highly effective teams together." -Chris, Tax Consulting

Our hybrid working policy

You'll be based in London or one of our regional offices with hybrid working. Our hybrid model enables our people to collaborate, connect and innovate in both a virtual and physical capacity. As well as remote working, you'll attend your local office, virtual collaboration spaces and client sites, depending on the requirements of the role.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That's why we'll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you'll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You'll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Connect to your return to work opportunity

Are you looking to return to the workplace after an extended career break?

For this role we can offer coaching and support designed for returners to refresh your knowledge and skills, and help your transition back into the workplace after a career break of two years or more. If this is relevant for you, just let your recruiter know when you make your application.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it's why we're here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we're nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we'll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it's only when you're comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we'll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it's from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you'll learn every day. Through world-class development, you'll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you'll learn how to lead.

Connect to your next step

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you'll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You'll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you'll never stop growing, whatever your level.

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers

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Director, Reward Advisory

Director, Reward Advisory

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