Interim EMEA Health and Benefits Lead Location: Bank Street Role Type: Temporary Work Setup: Hybrid - 3 Days in the Office Who We Are

Robert Walters is the world's most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, outsourcing, and talent advisory services for businesses of all sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds. Who You Will Work With

Our client is a global financial services firm that manages wealth, navigates complex markets, and designs strategic financial objectives. The firm provides risk management solutions across a variety of sectors, emphasizing long-term relationships, and innovative approaches to financial challenges.

What you'll do:

• Lead and manage the EMEA employee benefits portfolio, including healthcare plans, flexible benefits, insurance programmes, and on-site/occupational health providers.
• Own vendor relationships, contracts, renewals, and negotiations, ensuring strong service delivery, cost control, and risk management.
• Deliver strategic initiatives such as RFPs, provider onboarding, and benefits enhancements aligned with the EMEA people strategy.
• Partner with HR and senior stakeholders to support complex benefits queries, case management, and regional governance requirements.
• Monitor legislative and market developments, using insights, benchmarking, and data to inform policy updates and programme design.
• Oversee employee communications, senior stakeholder presentations, and annual enrolment cycles, including Flexible Benefits.

What you bring:

• Extensive EMEA employee benefits experience, ideally within financial services, with strong knowledge of healthcare, insurance, and flexible benefits frameworks.
• Proven leadership in vendor, contract, and project management, delivering commercially sound outcomes.
• Strategic and analytical thinker who uses data and benchmarking to assess risk, value, and programme effectiveness.
• Excellent communication skills and a strong team player
• Confident communicator and collaborator, able to influence senior stakeholders and lead regional teams.
• Highly organised and adaptable, with the ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

What's Next

If you are ready to take the next step, apply now! Successful applicants will be contacted directly by a recruiter to discuss the role more.

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This position is being recruited on behalf of our client through our Outsourcing service line. Resource Solutions Limited, trading as Robert Walters, acts as an employment business and agency, partnering with top organizations to help them find the best talent. We welcome applications from all candidates and are committed to providing equal opportunities.