Reward Consultant

12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Location: Edinburgh (We believe in the power of in-person collaboration, and our hybrid model requires colleagues to be in the office a minimum of 40% of their time)  

Salary: A competitive salary from £46,960 - £70,440 depending on the experience you can bring  

Closing date: 4th November 2025

We’re a company of ambitious, collaborative problem-solvers who get things done – we’re looking for like-minded people to join us.

We help people live their best lives. We help them with the big stuff, for the moments that matter: Pensions, Savings, Investments. At Aegon, we strive to create a diverse organisation that plays a meaningful role in driving greater equity, inclusion and belonging. 

Are you an ambitious Reward specialist ready to take the next step? At Aegon UK, we’re offering more than just a role—we’re offering a platform for growth. 

Our Reward team is a centre of expertise within our People team, delivering commercial, strategic, and people-focused solutions across compensation, benefits, and pensions. As a Reward Consultant, you’ll be part of a team that’s shaping the future of Reward—and your own career. 

This role offers a unique opportunity to broaden your expertise across the full reward spectrum—from salary benchmarking and job evaluation to executive remuneration, regulatory compliance, and the design of pensions and benefits.

You’ll take ownership of key projects and lead high-impact initiatives such as our annual pay and bonus cycle and flexible benefits programme. Working closely with senior stakeholders, you’ll gain valuable exposure and build influence across the business. All of this takes place in a supportive environment that prioritises development, offering clear pathways to progress into more senior Reward roles or diversify into related areas within the People team.

Key Responsibilities include:

  • Playing a key role in the annual pay and bonus review process 
  • Supporting the launch and ongoing management of our flexible benefits offering 
  • Driving ongoing engagement with our colleague pension and wider savings offerings 
  • Supporting executive remuneration and regulatory reporting 
  • Conducting job evaluations, ensuring consistency across our organisational design 
  • Collaborating with stakeholders across the business to deliver data-driven, commercially sound reward solutions 

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

  • Experience in Reward, with a good understanding of compensation, benefits, and pensions 
  • A commercial mindset and understanding of how reward drives business success 
  • Confidence in communicating complex ideas to a range of stakeholders, including senior leaders 
  • Strong analytical skills and Excel proficiency 
  • Familiarity with job evaluation methodologies and industry best practice 
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and adapt in a dynamic environment 

What’s in it for you?

  • We’re serious about your future and our enhanced pension scheme is now in place.  We ask you to contribute 3% of your salary to your pension and we’ll put in 9%.  If you decide to contribute more, we’ll match it up to a combined total of 20% of your salary (that’s 7% from you and 13% from us).   
  • A discretionary bonus, depending on personal and company performance
  • 36 days leave per year (including bank holidays, pro-rated for part-time)

We also offer private medical cover, life assurance, critical illness cover, enhanced parental leave and a variety of lifestyle benefits to help our employees live their best lives, including retail discount vouchers, cycle2work scheme, subsidised restaurant and online GP appointments. To find out more about what to expect at Aegon, visit our careers site.


We’re building a team that’s curious, collaborative, and committed to making a difference. If you’re ready to accelerate your Reward career and work with people who’ll support your growth, we’d love to hear from you. 

Apply now and take your next step with Aegon UK. 

The legal bits 

We’ll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include a credit and criminal record check, as well as providing satisfactory references.