HR Data, Insights & Reward Manager, The Financial Times
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Global business publication
Job no longer available
Global business publication
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
The FT has an uncompromising mission: delivering independent, quality information, news and services to individuals and companies around the globe. It’s the cornerstone of our reputation and the heart of our ambitions for the future.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will have sophisticated Workday configuration skills, particularly in report writing, security administration, and business process configuration, and possess excellent stakeholder management capabilities
- Official Workday training (Security and Report Writing minimum)
- Proven experience in HR data analytics and reporting
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Experience with compensation benchmarking and reward processes is helpful
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience with G-suite
- Ability to lead a team
What the job involves
- The HR Data, Insight & Reward Manager is a key role within the FT’s HR team, responsible for leading all aspects of the people analytics, reporting, and reward functions
- This position runs a small team and works closely with other departments and senior stakeholders to provide informative data-driven recommendations, ensure the integrity of compensation structures, and drive the HR systems digital transformation
- Team Management:
- Manage a team of two technical specialists in HR
- Provide mentorship, support, and professional development opportunities to team members
- Data Analytics & Reporting:
- Prepare regular quarterly people and engagement reports
- Utilise sophisticated data analytics to provide actionable insights for HR and business leaders
- Ensure the accuracy and integrity of HR data
- Reward Function Management:
- Maintain the job architecture and ensure up-to-date pay ranges
- Lead all aspects of the preparation and delivery of compensation statements
- Lead compensation benchmarking and reward processes, addressing ad hoc benchmarking requests from the business
- Prepare and deliver regular presentations on compensation and reward strategies
- Union Negotiations:
- Participate in union negotiations (US & UK), providing data-driven insights to support this process
- Collaborate with Editorial and HR management to address compensation and reward-related matters related to unions
- HR Systems Digital Transformation:
- Drive the advancement of HR systems, focusing on digital transformation
- Maintain and configure Workday, with a particular focus on report writing, security administration, and configuration
- Ensuring data integrity, privacy and security within all HR systems
- Stakeholder Management:
- Develop and maintain positive relationships with senior stakeholders
- Establish and maintain a relationship with key partners in the Tech and Finance departments
- Act as a trusted advisor on HR data, insight, and reward matters
- Communicate sophisticated data insights in a clear and compelling manner
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Founded in 1888, the FT has grown into one of the world's biggest online and broadsheet economics and business news providers. It has a strong focus on financial journalism and economic analysis, and provides this essential analysis to companies and individuals across the world.
As well as economics and business, the FT also offers sections on opinion, life and arts, how to spend, and more. In 2022, six of its writers won awards in science, data and investment categories, illustrating the breadth and quality of the FT’s journalism.
The company adapts well to changes in the market to maintain its readership. For example, it recently launched a digital hub and weekly newsletter called Cryptofinance to shine a light on the digital asset industry and how innovations are rippling into mainstream finance.
The FT Group employs more than 2,300 people worldwide, including 700 journalists in 40 countries. It includes the FT, FT Specialist, and a number of services and joint ventures. FT's focus on providing impartial, high-quality content has gained it a record-paying readership of over a million, three-quarters of which are digital subscriptions.
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Company benefits
- A range of training courses as well as confidential career coaching and mentoring
- Flexibility - working from home, job sharing, compressed weeks, and flexible working hours
- Enhanced parental leave, flexible leave allowance and paid volunteer leave
- Pension contribution
- Local health coverage plans
- Gym memberships and healthcare schemes, professional counselling sessions, 24-hour employee wellbeing helpline, weekly meditation classes
- Financial wellbeing products and services
Company values
- Ambition
- Curiosity
- Integrity
- Trust
- Inclusion
- Subscriber focus
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Jon Slade
(CEO)Jon Slade became CEO in July 2025 after 20+ years at the FT. A key leader in its digital shift, he’s driven growth, social impact, and sustainability across the business.
Roula Khalaf
(Editor)Following a degree at Columbia University and four years at Forbes, Khalaf joined the FT in 1995 as Associate Editor and Middle East Editor. Since January 2020, she has served as Editor.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at The Financial Times
Rukasana Bhaijee (Head of Diversity & Inclusion)
- D&I annual report
- Reporting pay gaps
- Next generation board
- Employee networks, including Proud FT, FT Embrace, FT Women, FT Families, FT Sustainability, FT Mental Health and FT Access,
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