Performance and Reward Consultant

About the Role

The Performance and Reward Consultant provides insight-led consulting and decision support across performance and reward. Based in Hyderabad, the role will initially support activities across Europe, working with Performance and Reward Partners, Country People Heads, and specialist colleagues to deliver high-quality advisory and selected operational support. The role translates policy, analytics, and market information into clear options and recommendations, supports cyclical processes, and strengthens standardization, control, and continuous improvement. As priorities evolve, the role may rotate across geographies, stakeholder portfolios, products, processes, and projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide guidance, constructive challenge, and technical knowledge across performance, compensation, and related Performance and Reward matters, interpreting policy and seeking specialist input where required.
• Support cyclical processes, including year-end performance and pay review, market data, pay equity reviews, fixed pay range reviews, variable pay reviews, and other activities within scope.
• Translate analytics, internal data, market information, and emerging trends into clear narratives, options, recommendations, and decision-ready insights.
• Build and maintain standard management information using agreed definitions and templates, including performance distributions, pay outcomes, expenditure against budget, population eligibility, and internal equity views.
• Undertake targeted analysis, scenario modeling, and sensitivity analysis; identify anomalies, pay compression, outliers, and variances from policy norms; and propose appropriate questions or actions.
• Prepare stakeholder engagement materials and leadership-ready packs; simplify complex Performance and Reward topics into clear messages; and contribute to governance papers, committee materials, regulatory reporting, and external disclosures where required.
• Manage the day-to-day execution of reward programs and complex queries, working with Performance and Reward Partners, Country People Heads, Analytical and Operational Associates, and specialist teams to validate data, reconcile inputs and outputs, document exceptions, and ensure effective hand-offs.
• Maintain decision traceability and a strong control environment by recording assumptions, data sources, methodologies, and outcomes; identifying and escalating risks promptly; improving playbooks, templates, training, documentation, and data dictionaries; automating repeatable reporting where possible; and contributing to knowledge sharing, cross-training, and continuous improvement.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Master’s degree in Human Resources or a related discipline.
• Relevant experience in performance, reward, compensation, or a related field, preferably within financial services or another regulated environment.
• Strong knowledge of performance and reward principles, policy interpretation, and cyclical delivery, with the ability to frame practical outcomes.
• Ability to interpret complex analytics and translate findings into concise, evidence-based recommendations.
• Strong analytical skills, with advanced capability in Microsoft Excel and, where relevant, business intelligence tools, supported by disciplined data handling, quality assurance, and documentation.
• Clear written communication and confident verbal storylining for senior and non-technical audiences.
• Sound understanding of governance, internal control, audit, legislation, and regulatory requirements relevant to performance and reward.
• Structured problem-solving, sound judgment, stakeholder consulting capability, learning agility, and the ability to plan and prioritize under tight timelines while working collaboratively across geographies, businesses, and specialist teams.