Consultant - Executive Compensation

Aon Corporation•Bloomington, MN

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Aon's Rewards Solutions is the industry leader, providing advice and benchmarking to companies to address their toughest HR and rewards challenges: attracting, engaging and retaining talent. Our advisors provide industry-specific expertise, applying an analytical approach that integrates market data, trends and our experience in working with nearly 2,000 companies – from Global 1000 firms to start-ups – to balance the needs of executives, employees and shareholders. Their advice is customized to their client's unique situation to ensure rewards programs are not just driven - but can be a competitive advantage. We currently have an exciting career opportunity for a Consultant for our Executive Compensation Consulting practice. In this role, you are refining and applying your knowledge of compensation design and implementation practices to deliver high quality and effective client solutions. You will lead projects with minimum direction from more expert consultants and/or serve as a team member for larger, more complex client engagements. In this role, you will be primarily delivering billable client work but will support selling efforts and be a part of proposal teams. The ideal candidate will sit close to Bloomington, MN, New York, NY, Norwalk, CT, Chicago, IL, or Washington, D.C.

Requirements

4+ years of compensation or related experience
Strong quantitative background and skill set
Highly proficient in MS Excel and PowerPoint
Excellent written and oral communication
Ability to synthesize and communicate large amounts of data into key findings and identify related business issues
Have an “eye for detail,” while not losing focus of the bigger picture
Confidence to present and defend methodology / recommendations to C-level and Board of Directors audience
Leadership experience in terms of mentoring or developing peers and/or junior team members
Experience of working effectively within teams (professionally or otherwise)
Strong interpersonal and project management skills
Ability to multi-task and manage multiple complex projects in fast-pace, loosely-structured and deadline-oriented environment
Maturity to operate independently, yet maintain open communication with team members on changing landscape/priorities
Track record of success in terms of historical performance rating and/or utilization (billable hours / total hours)

Nice To Haves

Executive compensation experience preferred
Bachelor’s degree, preferably with a focus in Finance, Economics, Statistics or Mathematics. Other majors will also be considered.

Responsibilities

Serve as intermediary between Account Manager (Partners), junior staff resources (Analyst-Consultant) and Client
Lead client projects from start to finish, translating client needs into analysis and design recommendations across topics such as executive compensation, board of director compensation, incentive plan design, equity guidelines
Lead projects within agreed upon timeline and within budget
Review and be accountable for all methodology / analysis / output on each staffed project
Provide regular mentorship and developmental feedback to junior staff
Develop summary reports including findings and recommendations
Interface and co-deliver presentations to client
Assist in coordinating key areas of firm research
Assist in new business/firm development activities (e.g., speeches, white papers, etc.)