TalentMapper is a fast-growing, well-funded HR platform. Built for HR, by HR. As a scaling business that understands people, they knew their benefits had to work harder. With rising costs and evolving employee expectations, their priority was to deliver real, everyday value and boost engagement.
They found the perfect partner in Aslan. What they discovered was that Aslan could not only deliver on their wellbeing strategy and employee needs, but also unlocked measurable savings for the business.
The challenge:
Delivering smarter benefits for a modern workforce.
TalentMapper is growing quickly. With that growth comes the challenge of engaging, retaining, and rewarding a diverse team, each with different priorities. Some employees are focused on saving for the future; others are focused on managing day-to-day expenses. While they were already investing in their people, TalentMapper wanted to shift their focus towards holistic financial wellbeing.
“We weren’t just looking for another perk,” explains Martin Mason, Founder & CEO.
“We needed something that addressed real needs across our team. Providing day-to-day support, longer-term planning options, and flexibility were key.”
The solution:
Flexibility, efficiency, and real financial wins.
TalentMapper partnered with Aslan to roll out a tailored benefits package, combining four powerful features into one easy-to-manage platform:
- Set & Spend: Set & Spend allows the TalentMapper team to promote simple and effective budgeting combined with real, tangible rewards. Employees use Aslan like a ‘pre-paid rewards card’, but directly linked to payroll. Employees get more generous rewards than any other card, earned on absolutely all spend, even overseas. The rewards are boosted further when used to purchase more traditional vouchers. It was this combined flexibility that really attracted the team to the Aslan solution at first.
- Employee gifting: Gifting was always a cumbersome and ad hoc event for the TalentMapper HR team. Having an all-in-one solution like Aslan means they can now gift easily, and admin-free, to align with corporate values. The ease and efficiency of reward means TalentMapper makes use of the tax-efficient benefits gifting with Aslan points provides.
- On-Demand Pay: The team loves that their employees can control how and when they get paid dynamically, as they earn through the month. With no cost to employees, rewards on all spend to make their employees’ pay go further, no impact on TalentMapper’s cashflow and a seamless payroll experience, this was a real win-win for the team.
- Pension Salary Sacrifice: Although not the main reason TalentMapper contracted with Aslan, as part of our implementation Aslan discovered that TalentMapper was not optimising their pension setup. Retirement planning is important for a big portion of their employee base and working with Aslan allowed TalentMapper to seamlessly enable an opt-out Pension Salary Sacrifice arrangement for their team. This boosts employees' take-home pay and saves the business thousands each year by reducing their National Insurance contributions, delivering pensions in a far more efficient way.
The results:
- High engagement with over 60% of their team signing up and activating their Aslan card within days of launch
- Meaningful impact with all features being used across their growing team and a gifting strategy being developed using Aslan points at its core
- Cut the impact of the government’s increase in National Insurance contributions by a third, saving £3,000 a year with simple Pension Salary Sacrifice enablement.
The impact:
A benefit that works for everyone.
Since rolling out Aslan, TalentMapper has seen rapid adoption and strong engagement across the team. The product is now embedded as a core benefit, with employees regularly using it to manage spending and make their money go further by earning exciting RoarwardTM points on every purchase.
It’s not just the team that’s benefiting. Thanks to Aslan’s Pension Salary Sacrifice enablement, TalentMapper is now saving thousands in employer National Insurance contributions with zero added complexity. TalentMapper did not have to change from their Nest pension or update their payroll software, which made Finance super happy. As one team member put it:
“We always talk about being people-first and Aslan helps us make that real. We’re supporting our team’s financial wellbeing and driving tangible savings for the business. That makes my job a lot easier”
Final thoughts:
This partnership works because both businesses share a belief: that they care about employees, and their pay should do more. As TalentMapper continues to grow, they’ve shown that financial wellbeing can be a strategic lever not just a checkbox. With Aslan, they’ve introduced a benefit that’s modern, inclusive, cost-effective, and built for real life.
TalentMapper is a high-growth talent solutions business helping companies map, hire, and retain exceptional talent. Known for its people-first approach and data-led strategy, TalentMapper is trusted by a wide range of high-profile businesses across the UK and beyond.
