28 Compensation And Benefits jobs in the United Kingdom

I am sourcing a detail driven, people focused Compensation & Benefits Specialist to join a leading Logistics Business based in the East Midlands . This is a fantastic opportunity to work on reward, benefits, and pensions projects that truly make an impact. This role will be 3 days on site and 2 days working from home. Competitive salary offering great company benefits.

You'll work closely with the Comp & Bens Manager, taking ownership of benefits communication and engagement and supporting across a variety of reward related activities from annual salary reviews and bonus schemes to gender pay analysis and pension administration.

Compensation & Benefits Specialist Key Responsibilities:

• Supporting the annual salary review process.
• Ensuring data accuracy, answering queries, and tracking completion.
• Managing elements of company bonus schemes and conducting salary benchmarking.
• Leading the delivery of benefits communication to maximise engagement.
• Driving improvements in benefits processes
• Administering and improving risk based benefits and pensions processes.
• Managing benefit renewals, annual selection windows, and holiday purchase schemes.
• Analysing data and gender pay gap reporting
• Being the go to person for reward and benefits queries.

Compensation & Benefits Specialist Skills Required:

• Solid knowledge of UK Compensation & Benefits practices
• Understanding of employment law, HMRC guidance, and auto-enrolment legislation.
• Experience with Defined Contribution (DC) pension schemes and benefits processes.
• Strong Excel skills (VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables, large data sets).
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills.
• Experience managing projects in a complex, fast-paced environment.

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My client is seeking a confident and capable Compensation & Benefits Advisor to join a warm, collaborative team in Dartford. Looking for someone who can hit the ground running, take ownership of key projects, and bring strategic insight to the table.

This is a fully office-based role, with flexibility around working hours. You’ll be managing critical reward initiatives, including a full benefits review, variable pay scheme design, and contributing to the future of the compensation and benefits strategy. The role requires someone with strong autonomy, excellent stakeholder engagement skills, and the ability to educate and influence across the business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and implement new benefits offerings and negotiate with providers
• Own and drive reward-related projects with minimal supervision
• Conduct job evaluation and manage pay data analysis
• Design and support variable pay schemes
• Collaborate with the business to shape the future of comp & bens strategy
• Provide insights and recommendations
• Support the team’s goal of achieving a 50/50 gender balance by 2030
• Engage with a friendly, invested team that values innovation and technology

Ideal Candidate:

• Experienced in compensation and benefits, with a strong grasp of UK market practices
• Able to manage projects independently and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, change-driven environment
• Skilled in negotiating with benefits providers and implementing strategic improvements
• Ideally based locally, with easy access to Dartford

Why Join ?

• A genuinely warm and welcoming team culture
• Investment in people, technology, and future growth
• On-site canteen and modern office environment
• Opportunity to shape and influence the reward strategy for a growing UK business

My client is seeking a confident and capable Compensation & Benefits Advisor to join a warm, collaborative team in Dartford. Looking for someone who can hit the ground running, take ownership of key projects, and bring strategic insight to the table.

This is a fully office-based role, with flexibility around working hours. You’ll be managing critical reward initiatives, including a full benefits review, variable pay scheme design, and contributing to the future of the compensation and benefits strategy. The role requires someone with strong autonomy, excellent stakeholder engagement skills, and the ability to educate and influence across the business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and implement new benefits offerings and negotiate with providers
• Own and drive reward-related projects with minimal supervision
• Conduct job evaluation and manage pay data analysis
• Design and support variable pay schemes
• Collaborate with the business to shape the future of comp & bens strategy
• Provide insights and recommendations
• Support the team’s goal of achieving a 50/50 gender balance by 2030
• Engage with a friendly, invested team that values innovation and technology

Ideal Candidate:

• Experienced in compensation and benefits, with a strong grasp of UK market practices
• Able to manage projects independently and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, change-driven environment
• Skilled in negotiating with benefits providers and implementing strategic improvements
• Ideally based locally, with easy access to Dartford

Why Join ?

• A genuinely warm and welcoming team culture
• Investment in people, technology, and future growth
• On-site canteen and modern office environment
• Opportunity to shape and influence the reward strategy for a growing UK business

Compensation and Benefits Analyst

Ref: CC46779

A global Japanese trading company is seeking an experienced Compensation and Benefits Analyst to join its London office.

Reporting to the C&B Lead, you would be responsible for providing full remit of compensation and benefits advice, and co-ordination and its elected subsidiary companies, (including related taxation, National Insurance issues, year-end- procedures, salary budget, department budget, bonus calculation and pension) to ensure a seamless function is maintained always.

The ideal candidate should have strong analytical skills, attention to detail, proficiency in payroll systems, and excellent communication abilities – from a background of managing monthly payrolls.

TYPE: Permanent, full-time

WORKING HOURS: 9:00-17:00 from Monday to Friday

SALARY: £43k-£46.5k, depending on experience

START: Applications will be processed from the start of September

LOCATION: London, (Hybrid – 3 days in the office, 2 days working from home)

Compensation and Benefits Analyst Main Responsibilities:

• To provide a service in connection with payroll/tax, bene?ts, monthly reporting and project work
• Manage payroll processes and related month end activities in SAP
• Assist employees with compensation and bene?t queries
• Collate and upload monthly contributions to Scottish Widows. Issue SAP payments, recharge subsidiary and deal with related queries
• Prepare provision of bonus for Accounting Department
• Reconcile year end PAYE and NI for the UK payrolls. Calculate NIC.5 due on bene?ts in kind, issue P11D (b)'s for 6 July deadline and issue payments to HMRC
• Collate expenses for the PSA, taxable relocation and issue calculation/

Meraki Talent are partnering with a leading Brokerage house, looking for an experienced Compensation & Benefits Specialist to join their HR team. You will be responsible for providing full advise to employees, explaining in detail any changes in relations to payroll, tax, salary, pensions and other benefit changes.

Compensation & Rewards responsibilities :

• Manage seven monthly payrolls internationally across different business entities, with changes in regulations and budgets.
• Understand and explain tax codes, changes, and statutory payments such as maternity/paternity pay.
• Handle P11Ds, PSA calculations, NIC on benefits, and HMRC submissions.
• Overseeing benefits, pension scheme enrolment, contributions, and salary sacrifice arrangements.
• Manage renewals for life assurance, critical illness cover, PMI, travel insurance, and income protection.
• Prepare and track departmental salary and operating budgets.
• Work alongside wider HR teams, such as Global Mobility for monthly headcount report for cost centre.
• Monitor actuals against forecasts, ensure correct cost allocations, and produce monthly headcount reports.
• Complete annual compensation, benefits surveys and contribute to benchmarking for the UK & Europe.
• Provide clear, confident guidance to employees on payroll, benefits, and taxation matters.

Person Specification:

• 5+ years in payroll, tax, and benefits within a trading firm ideally or other financial services and professional company dependant.
• Experience dealing with multi-entity business, someone not within big payroll bureau, but someone within monthly payroll exposure.
• Strong understanding of UK tax laws and regulations.
• Experience with pensions, benefits schemes, and payroll systems ideally Moorepay if not ADP, or Sage.
• Exposure to budgeting and accounting processes.
• Exceptional attention to detail, accuracy, and analytical skills.
• Advanced Excel (including pivot tables).
• Strong organisational and time management abilities.
• Proactive, independent, and comfortable making decisions off their own knowledge.
• Committed to deadlines, especially during critical payroll periods.

For a private and confidential discussion please contact Yasmin Soames, available on or please call me on .

Compensation and Benefits Analyst

Ref: CC46779

A global Japanese trading company is seeking an experienced Compensation and Benefits Analyst to join its London office.

Reporting to the C&B Lead, you would be responsible for providing full remit of compensation and benefits advice, and co-ordination and its elected subsidiary companies, (including related taxation, National Insurance issues, year-end- procedures, salary budget, department budget, bonus calculation and pension) to ensure a seamless function is maintained always.

The ideal candidate should have strong analytical skills, attention to detail, proficiency in payroll systems, and excellent communication abilities – from a background of managing monthly payrolls.

TYPE: Permanent, full-time

WORKING HOURS: 9:00-17:00 from Monday to Friday

SALARY: £43k-£46.5k, depending on experience

START: Applications will be processed from the start of September

LOCATION: London, (Hybrid – 3 days in the office, 2 days working from home)

Compensation and Benefits Analyst Main Responsibilities:

• To provide a service in connection with payroll/tax, bene?ts, monthly reporting and project work
• Manage payroll processes and related month end activities in SAP
• Assist employees with compensation and bene?t queries
• Collate and upload monthly contributions to Scottish Widows. Issue SAP payments, recharge subsidiary and deal with related queries
• Prepare provision of bonus for Accounting Department
• Reconcile year end PAYE and NI for the UK payrolls. Calculate NIC.5 due on bene?ts in kind, issue P11D (b)'s for 6 July deadline and issue payments to HMRC
• Collate expenses for the PSA, taxable relocation and issue calculation/

Meraki Talent are partnering with a leading Brokerage house, looking for an experienced Compensation & Benefits Specialist to join their HR team. You will be responsible for providing full advise to employees, explaining in detail any changes in relations to payroll, tax, salary, pensions and other benefit changes.

Compensation & Rewards responsibilities :

• Manage seven monthly payrolls internationally across different business entities, with changes in regulations and budgets.
• Understand and explain tax codes, changes, and statutory payments such as maternity/paternity pay.
• Handle P11Ds, PSA calculations, NIC on benefits, and HMRC submissions.
• Overseeing benefits, pension scheme enrolment, contributions, and salary sacrifice arrangements.
• Manage renewals for life assurance, critical illness cover, PMI, travel insurance, and income protection.
• Prepare and track departmental salary and operating budgets.
• Work alongside wider HR teams, such as Global Mobility for monthly headcount report for cost centre.
• Monitor actuals against forecasts, ensure correct cost allocations, and produce monthly headcount reports.
• Complete annual compensation, benefits surveys and contribute to benchmarking for the UK & Europe.
• Provide clear, confident guidance to employees on payroll, benefits, and taxation matters.

Person Specification:

• 5+ years in payroll, tax, and benefits within a trading firm ideally or other financial services and professional company dependant.
• Experience dealing with multi-entity business, someone not within big payroll bureau, but someone within monthly payroll exposure.
• Strong understanding of UK tax laws and regulations.
• Experience with pensions, benefits schemes, and payroll systems ideally Moorepay if not ADP, or Sage.
• Exposure to budgeting and accounting processes.
• Exceptional attention to detail, accuracy, and analytical skills.
• Advanced Excel (including pivot tables).
• Strong organisational and time management abilities.
• Proactive, independent, and comfortable making decisions off their own knowledge.
• Committed to deadlines, especially during critical payroll periods.

For a private and confidential discussion please contact Yasmin Soames, available on or please call me on .

Delighted to be working with a global brand name that is looking to hire a Compensation & Benefits Advisor on a permanent basis. This a great role to gain broad experience across all areas of compensation and benefits with a sizable and diverse headcount that is geographically dispersed across the UK.

Reporting into the Head of C&B's this role supports a headcount of c.6K across multiple UK sites.
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Delighted to be working with a global brand name that is looking to hire a Compensation & Benefits Advisor on a permanent basis. This a great role to gain broad experience across all areas of compensation and benefits with a sizable and diverse headcount that is geographically dispersed across the UK.

Reporting into the Head of C&B's this role supports a headcount of c.6K across multiple UK sites.