Reward Partner
Dublin, IE
- Full Time Permanent position
- Hybrid role based in our City Centre offices
What we offer
We have embraced a hybrid working model for most of our positions, which means that you can enjoy a balanced approach of working from home for part of the week and working from the office for the remainder of the week.
We offer a comprehensive benefits package including competitive salaries and bonuses, robust Learning and Development support, excellent Defined Contribution pension and comprehensive Wellbeing initiatives and support to name but a few.
Further details on our benefits package can be accessed here Benefits (life-careers.com)
At Irish Life, our purpose is to help people build better futures. Our company values shape everything we do and underpin our vision of being the driving force behind Ireland’s financial, physical, and mental well-being.
We believe in doing the right thing—acting with integrity and making fair, responsible decisions. We aim high, setting ambitious goals and constantly find better ways to innovate and improve. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, and we are dedicated to understanding their needs and exceeding their expectations. We believe that as a team we work best together, in a supportive, collaborative environment where every idea and contribution is valued.
Role Overview
As Reward Partner, you will provide expert advice and support on all aspects of employee compensation across Irish Life. Working closely with HR Business Partners, People & Culture and senior leaders, you will ensure our reward practices are competitive, fair and aligned to our reward framework, regulatory requirements and wider business objectives.
You will act as a subject matter expert on cash compensation, leading key reward cycles and initiatives across base pay, short-term incentives and long-term incentive plans, whilst contributing to the wider Employee Value Proposition agenda.
What you will help us to achieve
In this role, you will:
- Lead business‑as‑usual compensation activities, monitoring spend and cost effectiveness, staying close to market practice and helping to ensure our reward offering remains attractive and competitive.
- Act as a trusted adviser on compensation matters to Heads of People & Culture, HR colleagues and senior leaders, including input to severance and other complex reward cases.
- Lead the annual reward cycle for salary review, bonus and share purchase schemes, partnering with Finance and Data & Systems colleagues to ensure robust modelling, governance and a smooth experience for leaders and employees.
- Manage salary benchmarking and job evaluation activity, using Willis Towers Watson / McLagan methodologies and the Global Grading System to support robust and consistent role sizing.
- Own and oversee the job profile list and position management processes within SuccessFactors (Employee Central), ensuring accurate data and strong controls.
- Lead on all regulatory and statutory reward reporting including annual disclosures, gender pay, ethnicity and equal pay audits, ensuring data quality and translating insights into clear messages and action plans for the business.
- Support the preparation of board and HR Committee materials, producing high‑quality analysis and commentary and liaising with Group Reward and other European entities as required.
- Contribute to the design and delivery of strategic reward initiatives which improve processes, efficiency and outcomes, and ensure our reward approach keeps pace with market and regulatory change.
What you will need to be successful in the role
Knowledge & experience:
- Significant experience in a specialist compensation / reward role, ideally within a centre‑of‑excellence HR model in financial services.
- Strong technical knowledge of reward mechanisms, including base pay, short‑term and long‑term incentive plans, share plans and pension arrangements.
- Experience of Willis Towers Watson and McLagan job evaluation methodologies and the Global Grading System.
- Good understanding of remuneration regulation in financial services and experience of applying regulatory requirements in practice.
- Proven experience of managing end‑to‑end annual salary review, bonus and long‑term incentive processes.
- Strong analytical and numerical skills, with the ability to interpret complex data, build models and provide clear, insight‑driven recommendations.
- Confident user of Microsoft Office (particularly Excel and PowerPoint).
- Previous experience of working with HR systems, ideally SAP SuccessFactors, including Employee Central.
- Experience of working collaboratively across functions and geographies, with the ability to build strong relationships and influence senior stakeholders.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in a relevant discipline (e.g. HR, business, finance, maths, economics) or demonstrable equivalent experience.
- Membership (or working towards membership) of a recognised HR professional body is desirable.
About us
Irish Life is one of Ireland’s largest financial institutions with a presence across a range of financial services markets. We are one of Ireland’s leading financial services groups with over 1.5 million customers. For over 80 years, we’ve been helping people to look after their life insurance, pension and investment needs, and more recently their health insurance.
It is a subsidiary of Great-West Lifeco and a member of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies.
We are proud of our culture of developing and supporting the growth and professional development of our people. The focus has resulted in a team of top talent with high standards, positioning us at the forefront of our industry.
The company reserves the right to draw up a shortlist as part of the selection process. Where Agency assistance is required the Irish Life Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Irish Life by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.
Irish Life is proud to be an Equal Opportunities employer. We have created an environment of inclusion and growth to help people achieve their potential, to ensure they can bring their whole selves to work and to feel valued. We celebrate diversity of thought and perspective and want all of our employees to feel valued, respected and supported.
We have built a culture that promotes equality and inclusion for all of our current and future employees and strive to ensure that our behaviours, processes and practices are aligned to this culture.
If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process please contact lifecareers@irishlife.ie and we will be delighted to ensure you are fully supported to be your best.
ILGL supports Equal Opportunity and is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland.