Executive Reward Manager (Executive Compensation)

Location: 5 Howick Place, London, UK; hybrid working with in-person attendance three days a week or more.

Company

hirify.global is an international FTSE 100 business connecting specialists through live and on-demand events, digital and data-driven services, and academic research.

What you will do

• Draft the Directors’ Remuneration Report, consolidate reporting data, respond to auditor queries, and prepare CEO pay ratio disclosures.
• Prepare Remuneration Committee papers and coordinate input and approvals from internal stakeholders and external advisers.
• Support the design, implementation, communication, and performance assessment of executive short- and long-term incentive plans.
• Implement equity plans, including performance share, restricted share, Share Incentive Plan, and Employee Stock Purchase Plan arrangements.
• Contribute to global job levelling, reward market analysis, executive hiring and exit advice, and compensation due diligence for acquisitions and IPOs.
• Act as the subject matter expert on executive reward and governance while building relationships with Company Secretariat, Investor Relations, Tax, Finance, HR, and senior executives.

Requirements

• At least five years of experience in executive compensation consulting or an in-house role at a FTSE-listed company.
• Experience working with a PLC Remuneration Committee and extensive knowledge of UK corporate governance, remuneration reporting regulations, investor guidelines, and executive pay trends.
• Deep expertise in global reward, executive compensation, incentive plan design, and preferably M&A-related compensation work.
• Knowledge of IFRS2 accounting regulations, Monte Carlo and Black-Scholes models, and financial modelling.
• Relevant degree or professional qualification such as CIPD membership or an equivalent qualification.
• Strong planning, project management, analytical, influencing, relationship-building, Excel, and financial modelling skills.

Nice to have

• Global mobility experience.
• Reward business partner experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid flexibility with home or remote working when not working in an office or at an hirify.global event.
• Up to four weeks of work from almost anywhere per year.
• 25 days of annual leave, increasing to 27 days after two years, plus a birthday leave day.
• Private medical cover, flexible personal benefits, wellbeing support, and employee assistance resources.
• Training, mentoring, LinkedIn Learning access, internal career opportunities, volunteer leave, charity match funding, and ShareMatch benefits.