Reward Specialist

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Whether you are just beginning your career or looking to take the next progressive step in your journey, RSA Insurance is an organization where you can be yourself, learn and develop and a place where your ideas and contributions matter.

With offices in Belfast, Galway, and Dublin, we have embraced hybrid work empowering our people to work flexibly and to suit their individual needs, which enables them to deliver great service to the customers we look after every day. Our Dublin office is also home to our sister-company 123.ie.

At RSA and 123.ie we empower our customers to make a difference in their lives. And the same goes for our employees. We are proud to have 32 different nationalities represented in our workforce. Our diverse customer base benefits from the diverse perspectives of our teams that serve them, solving complex problems with creative ideas.

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RSA is a purpose-driven business – our purpose is to 'help people, businesses, and society prosper in good times, and be resilient in bad times'.

We do that by living our values – Integrity, Respect, Customer-driven, Excellence, and Generosity – in everything that we do.

We provide an open and honest workplace – where everybody contributes, and every view is listened-to and respected.

Generosity is in our DNA and is the value that guides and enables our people to help others, protect the environment and make our communities more resilient. It drives our efforts to care for people and to give our time, financial resources and talent. We're also committed to helping society adapt to a changing climate taking reasonable care to ensure that our business activities are conducted in an environmentally sustainable manner.

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87% of our people celebrate the diversity in their teams and the wider company

90% of our people feel safe to speak up and share if they've made a mistake

91% of our people feel valued and respected by leadership

89% of our people are benefiting and thriving through our hybrid working model

Reward Specialist

This role is responsible for designing and maintaining reward structures that are competitive, equitable, and aligned with business and regulatory expectations. Operating at a strategic specialist level, the Reward Specialist will lead job evaluation, salary benchmarking, and the development of internal pay frameworks including salary ranges and pay progression guidelines.

The role will also be pivotal in preparing the organisation for compliance with the EU Pay Transparency Directive, and will require strong stakeholder engagement, analytical rigor, and the confidence to advise senior leaders on compensation decisions and strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

Job Evaluation & Pay Frameworks

• Apply and govern the Willis Towers Watson (WTW) job evaluation methodology to ensure fair and consistent grading of roles.
• Maintain job architecture and grading frameworks, ensuring alignment with business structures and talent strategy.

Salary Structures & Pay Progression

• Design, implement, and maintain salary ranges across job architecture, geographies and business units, using market and internal data.
• Develop clear, scalable pay progression guidelines, aligned with performance, tenure, skills, and role evolution.
• Regularly review and update structures to reflect market trends, internal equity, and regulatory changes.

Market Analysis & Benchmarking

• Provide insights on market positioning and make data-driven recommendations for salary and bonus structures.

Regulatory Compliance

• Lead workstreams to prepare for the EU Pay Transparency Directive, including:
• Creation of policies for pay transparency in job ads and employee communications.
• Development of internal processes for employee pay data access.
• Assist in the delivery of the annual Gender Pay Gap reporting activity.
• Partner with Legal and Compliance on pay governance and regulatory alignment (e.g. Solvency II, EIOPA).

Reward Program Management

• Contribute to the design and delivery of annual reward cycles (merit, bonus, incentive plans).
• Support variable pay design and pay-for-performance mechanisms in line with risk and regulatory expectations.
• Collaborate with global reward teams to align local structures with group-wide strategy, where relevant.

Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership

• Serve as a trusted subject matter expert to HRBPs, Finance, and senior management.
• Lead and manage reward projects with cross-functional input and limited oversight.
• Prepare and present reward proposals, reports, and dashboards to senior stakeholders, to include contribution to Remuneration Committee papers.
• Build awareness and understanding of reward structures through training and documentation.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 7+ years' experience in a reward/compensation role, ideally in insurance or financial services.
• Strong technical knowledge of the Willis Towers Watson job evaluation methodology.
• Proven experience developing and maintaining salary ranges and pay progression frameworks.
• Knowledge of compensation benchmarking tools and methodologies.
• Familiarity with EU pay legislation and gender pay reporting.
• Highly proficient in Excel and HR systems (e.g. Workday, SAP, Oracle).
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Degree in HR, Business, Economics, or related field.
• CIPD, World at Work, or WTW Reward certification.
• Experience working in a regulated environment (Solvency II, SMCR).
• Exposure to international or multi-country reward practices.

RSA Insurance Ireland DAC and its affiliate companies consider applicants on the basis of qualifications and without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, disability or any other legally protected status.