Baringa - Global Benefits & Wellbeing Manager
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Requirements
• Experience owning global or multi‑country benefits programmes • Systems experience, ideally experience using Workday Benefits Portal / experience in integrating new benefit technology systems • Proven delivery of end‑to‑end benefit renewals, including benchmarking, financial analysis, and senior‑level recommendations. • Strong commercial capability, with experience negotiating with brokers and providers and managing ongoing vendor performance. • A track record of driving operational excellence, including process improvement, controls, audits, and risk management. • Experience in FlexBens offerings bearing in mind global nuances • Demonstrated people leadership experience. • Confidence partnering with senior stakeholders, influencing through insight and judgement. • Proficient and experienced in regularly creating and presenting via software such as PowerPoint etc. • Strong communication skills, able to translate technical and financial detail into clear employee messaging and exec‑ready decision papers. • What a career at Baringa will give you • Putting People First. • Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognise the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include: • Generous Annual Leave Policy: We recognise everyone needs a well-deserved break. We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year. In addition to this, we have introduced our 5-Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service. • Flexible Working: We know that the ‘ideal’ work-life balance will vary from person to person and change at different stages of our working lives. To accommodate this, we have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave. • Corporate Responsibility Days: Our world is important to us, so all our employees get 3 every year to help social and environmental causes and increase our impact on the communities that mean the most to us. • Wellbeing Fund: We want to encourage all employees to take charge and prioritise their own wellbeing. We’ve introduced our annual People Fund to support this by offering every individual a fund to support and manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice. • Profit Share Scheme: All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme so everyone has a stake in the company’s success. • Diversity and Inclusion
Responsibilities
• You will define and deliver Baringa’s global benefits strategy, ensuring benefits are competitive, compliant, cost effective, and aligned to the firm’s Employee Value Proposition. • You will own global benefit design, benchmarking, and investment decisions, using market insight and data to balance employee experience, risk, and commercial outcomes. • You will lead end‑to‑end global insurance renewals (including medical, risk, and travel benefits), developing clear, evidence‑based recommendations for senior stakeholders. • You will act as the owner of broker and provider relationships, leading negotiations, managing performance, and escalating issues where required. • You will own the global benefits operating model, ensuring processes are scalable, efficient, and consistently applied across countries. • You will own the long‑term benefits systems roadmap, including Workday and connected tools. • You will ensure strong financial governance across benefits, including budget management, forecasting, invoice control, and audit readiness. • You will set and sign off the global benefits communications strategy, ensuring high‑impact communications are clear, consistent, and aligned to key employee lifecycle moments. • You will design and lead Wellbeing Weeks and key wellbeing initiatives across the organisation, partnering with internal stakeholders and suppliers to deliver high‑impact, inclusive programmes. • You will lead, coach, and develop the Global Benefits Team. • You will act as the senior benefits partner to People, Finance, Payroll, HR Operations, and Business Enablement leadership, influencing decisions through trusted relationships and data‑led insight. • You will represent global benefits at leadership forums, providing clear advice, effective challenge, and recommendations aligned to Baringa’s values and strategy.
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