Reward System Advisor
Job title: Reward System Advisor
Location: Preston – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary: £38,500 + dependent on skills and experience
What you’ll be doing:
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Responsible for defined aspects of system configuration / set up associated with the Compensation processes, along with the capability to interrogate the system to resolve queries and to fulfil all Compensation deliverables, both routine and ad hoc
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Ensure full understanding of SuccessFactors data and processes, the impact of data changes relating to Compensation processes, and actively identify data anomalies and taken the appropriate action to resolve
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Support the creation, design and implementation of solutions required to deliver the Annual Reward Review activity
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Deliver compensation processes in a standardised way that promotes efficiency, best practice, and service excellence, ensuring any business specific legacy processes are documented
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Support all activities relating to Compensation processes including Annual Reward Review, Employee Incentive Schemes, Long Term Incentive Plans, Collectively Bargained pay deals, Job Evaluation and any other compensation related events
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
- IT administration and application support exposure (preferably SuccessFactors)
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Advanced Excel skills
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Experience in manipulating large sets of data
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Continuous improvement experience
Desirable:
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SuccessFactors Compensation module experience
Benefits:
As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The Reward Compensation Team:
This is an exciting opportunity to be responsible for delivering a range of Reward Compensation processes across the UK businesses. As part of this role you will be a part of a team who ensure a high quality service, working across complex environments and engaging relevant stakeholders (both in the line and across the HR function) and across members of the Reward function.
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date: 15th July 2025
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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