HR Data, Compliance & Reward Manager Location: Northamptonshire Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 About the Role Are you an experienced HR professional with a keen eye for compliance, data, and reward? We're looking for an HR Data, Compliance & Reward Manager to take ownership of key HR functions, ensuring robust governance, efficient payroll and reward processes, and accurate HR reporting. You'll play a pivotal role in ensuring compliance, driving system improvements, and providing key insights to senior stakeholders. What You'll Be Doing Ensuring Compliance & Governance - Manage contractor compliance (IR35), oversee employment tax compliance, and ensure all HR processes align with GDPR and data protection regulations. You'll also lead audits and oversee immigration and right-to-work processes. Managing Payroll, Reward & Benefits - Oversee payroll accuracy, administer employee benefits, conduct market benchmarking, and ensure fair and competitive compensation structures. You'll also be responsible for equal pay processes and gender pay gap reporting. Leading HR Reporting & Analytics - Develop insightful HR reporting frameworks, track key performance metrics, and deliver board-level reporting. You'll also provide labour market analysis to inform business decisions. Driving HR Systems & Process Improvements - Oversee HR policy development, lead HRIS implementation and upgrades, and ensure seamless document control and knowledge management within HR operations. What We're Looking For ? Proven experience in HR operations, compliance, or reward management.? Strong understanding of employment law, regulatory compliance, and HR governance.? Expertise in payroll, benefits administration, and compensation benchmarking.? Data-driven approach with experience in HR reporting and analytics.? Strong project management skills, particularly in HR system implementation.? Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.? CIPD qualification (or equivalent experience) is desirable. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to make a real impact in a dynamic and evolving HR function. Please put your home postcode on your CV when applying. Our recruitment tech uses this to make sure your CV is reviewed by the relevant consultant, for the relevant job(s), in the relevant geography. Macildowie are a recruitment business working on behalf of a client to recruit this role. Your personal data may be forwarded to that client company as part of the application process. If you would like information on how we will process your data please go to our website (macildowie.com) and view our fair processing notices which are located at the bottom of the page under privacy policies. Within the fair processing notice for Candidates there is guidance on how to amend your contact preferences or exercise your rights relating to personal data. We can't provide direct links as email address and website urls within our job adverts are removed by some of the websites on which we advertise. Macildowie is a specialist recruitment consultancy with a rich history of enhancing the careers of professionals across the Midlands and the Northern Home Counties. We have an unrivalled understanding of the local market place and recruit for the majority of the region's premier employers. To search for all of our live jobs please visit us at macildowie.com.