Compensation and Benefits Manager

TADERA

Compensation and Benefits Manager supporting reward processes and payroll accuracy at Havas Media. Collaborating with the People team and external providers to enhance employee benefits.

Posted 6/2/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Reporting into the Head of Compensation and Benefits, we are looking for a proactive, flexible, friendly and driven Compensation and Benefits Manager to join our lively People team and support in running all the Reward and Benefit processes across Media and Creative agencies and our central services.
This is a key partnering role working closely with the wider People team, managers across the business, and internal and external service providers.
A hand-on role, this is an exciting opportunity to bring your passion and specialist knowledge in the field of Payroll, Compensation and Benefits to drive improvement and efficiency and contribute to the development of an industry leading reward proposition - you will recommend and implement reward programmes that support attraction, engagement and retention across the organisation.
Overseeing the accurate and timely monthly payroll instructions and checking.
Support preparation and submission of benefit in kind and other reporting to our Shared Services team.
Building effective relationships across the business with an approachable and knowledgeable style ensuring timely and accurate responses to pay and benefits queries from employees.
Partnering with and providing expert advice and guidance to the People Business Partnering team to support pay (e.g. benchmarking, pay bandings) and benefits (e.g. harmonisation, TUPE) discussions and decisions with their stakeholder groups.
Overseeing the benefits process including managing relationships with our benefits broker and external providers.
Submission of data to 3rd party providers for benefits and salary surveys.
Analysing the current offering and carrying out competitive analysis to make recommendations for changes to our benefits.
Managing and delivering the bi-annual pay review and annual bonus scheme.
Supporting the Head of Compensation and Benefits on Group Reward projects.
Keeping up to date with upcoming changes in legislation regarding any aspects of reward (e.g. pensions, gender pay reporting, commission, holidays etc.) and proactively making recommendations to the team and the wider business.
Analysing data and reporting on payroll information, headcount and other key People metrics.
Line management, alongside the Head of Compensation and Benefits, of 1 Administrator and 2 Junior Compensation and Benefits Analysts.
Cross-party working on wider projects.

Requirements

What you’ll need

You should be a generalist in Compensation and Benefits
You should be incredibly organised and able to drive multiple initiatives with competing deadlines in a pressured and agile environment
You will be solution focused and drive to always streamline processes and procedures to reduce unnecessary admin
You should be able to keep calm under pressure and think with a collaborative approach
Strong communication skills are essential - you should be able to communicate effectively and collaborate with colleagues at all levels including senior management
Optimism is key – a can-do attitude with a genuine passion for your field
An ideas-person with natural creative flair who will challenge the norm
Ideally you will have some media, creative or marketing agency experience and be accustomed to working in a fast-paced commercial environment
Advanced Excel experience and strong numerical skills are a must
Knowledge and experience of HR systems and reporting
Strong influencing skills and senior stakeholder management experience

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Hard Skills & Tools

Compensation and BenefitsPayrollData analysisBenchmarkingPay bandingBenefits managementSalary surveysPensionsGender pay reportingHR systems

Soft Skills

Organizational skillsSolution focusedCollaborationCommunication skillsCalm under pressureCreative thinkingInfluencing skillsStakeholder managementProactivityFlexibility