Job Description
Reward, Compensation & Advisory - Executive Manager n
More than a traditional Reward role. We're partnering with a specialist remuneration advisory business to appoint an Executive Manager into a broad, highly trusted senior role.
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This is an opportunity for an experienced reward professional who enjoys consulting, building relationships and working across a diverse portfolio of clients.
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You'll work closely with business leaders to understand their needs, provide practical reward advice and build long-term trusted relationships. Importantly, you'll also have the commercial confidence to spot opportunities, grow existing relationships and develop new opportunities.
About the role n
Working closely with the Managing Director, you'll combine technical reward expertise with client advisory, business development and broader leadership responsibilities.
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Lead reward, remuneration, benchmarking and governance projects
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Consult to a diverse portfolio of businesses and senior leaders
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Build strong, trusted and enduring client relationships
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Identify client needs and develop new opportunities
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Turn complex remuneration data into practical, commercial advice
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Coach and support a small, capable team
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Contribute to strategic, operational and business improvement initiatives
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About you n




You'll bring strong experience across reward, remuneration or executive compensation, ideally gained within consulting, professional services or a sophisticated in-house environment.
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Just as importantly, you'll genuinely enjoy working with clients. You'll be someone who can quickly build credibility, understand what a business needs and turn conversations into practical solutions and commercial opportunities.
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Technically robust and commercially minded
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Confident consulting to a range of businesses and senior stakeholders
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A natural relationship builder
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Comfortable developing and converting new business opportunities
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Hands-on, pragmatic and adaptable
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Someone who takes ownership and gets things done
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Financial services reward experience would be highly regarded but not essential.
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This unique role offers the chance to take your reward career beyond the purely technical. You'll join a small, specialist and growing business where you can build strong client relationships, influence growth and have genuine visibility and autonomy.
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If you're a strong reward professional who loves consulting, building relationships and creating opportunities, we'd love to hear from you.
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📌 Reward, Compensation & Advisory - Executive Manager (Melbourne)
🏢 The Next Step Recruitment
📍 Melbourne