Reward Consultant

About the Position

We are looking for a Reward Consultant to join our global Total Reward & Performance team in Edinburgh. In this role, you will partner with key stakeholders such as Finance, Payroll, Sales Operations, and People Teams to implement Total Reward best practices on an international scale.

Responsibilities

• Run analysis to support the annual pay review and annual performance cycle, including data preparation, validation, modelling, and reporting.
• Complete market benchmarking activities, including job matching, survey data review, market positioning analysis, and preparation of benchmarking outputs.
• Contribute to pay equity activities, including equal pay analysis, gender pay gap reporting, and related data checks, ensuring outputs are accurate and well documented.
• Manage sales incentive and commission activities from a reward perspective, including plan documentation, eligibility, data preparation, and payment validation.
• Maintain reward data, tools, templates, and process documentation to ensure efficient, repeatable, and compliant reward operations.
• Support ad hoc queries and provide first-line support for standard reward queries, escalating complex or sensitive matters as appropriate.

Requirements

• Proven experience working in a Total Reward team with a good understanding of market benchmarking, pay review processes, fixed and variable pay structures.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to work confidently with large and complex data sets. Ability to translate reward data into clear insights, concise summaries, and practical recommendations.
• Understanding of pay transparency developments, gender pay gap reporting, and wider reward governance requirements.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage diverse stakeholders, explain technical concepts clearly to non-specialists, and bridge knowledge or language gaps.
• A forward-thinking approach to work, self-motivated to learn and develop, a natural curiosity, and a collaborative nature.

Nice to Have

• Experience working in Financial Services or a global company.

We Offer

• Hybrid and flexible working to maintain work-life balance.
• Opportunity to work closely with some of the world’s leading financial institutions.
• Professional development opportunities.

About the Company

Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 12 countries, and more than 170 clients in 35 countries. We are an industry-leading provider of wealth management technology and services for financial institutions around the world, including private banks and wealth managers, investment managers, as well as retail and neo banks. Our research-led approach and continual innovation are powered by the passion and creativity of our colleagues.

We are always looking for talented people to join us on our mission to orchestrate the financial ecosystem and democratize access to wealth management. Avaloq offers the opportunity to work closely with some of the world’s leading financial institutions as we jointly develop and shape careers. Championing a collaborative, supportive, and flexible work environment empowers our colleagues to reach their full potential.

We realize that managing work-life balance is a challenge we all face in our daily lives. In Avaloq, we are proud to embrace diversity and understand the success of our business is built on the power of different opinions. We are wholeheartedly committed to fostering an equal opportunity environment and inclusive culture where you can be your true authentic self.

We hire, compensate, and promote regardless of origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other fantastic traits that make us all unique. We have done our best to write this advert in an inclusive and neutral way.

Please be aware that we will not accept speculative CV submissions for any of our roles from recruitment agencies, and any unsolicited candidate submissions will be exempt from any payment expectations.

Job Location

Edinburgh, Scotland