Director, Executive Compensation Consulting

WTW•Los Angeles, CA

21h•$124,000 - $190,000

About The Position

As a Director in the Executive Compensation Consulting practice, you will collaborate with some of the industry's top consultants while you develop deep and cutting-edge technical knowledge and skills. You will manage consulting projects while providing input to senior colleagues, and overseeing and quality-reviewing junior staff's work. You may also serve as project lead on projects of smaller scope. The scope of our projects may range from those focused solely on executive compensation (e.g., competitive compensation analyses, annual and long-term incentive design, pay-for-performance analyses, Board of Directors compensation) to those involving other lines of business such as M&A due diligence and integration, total rewards strategy design and optimization assessments. You will also participate in and contribute to activities that support continued revenue growth of the Work & Rewards business and WTW overall. These activities may include supporting local, regional and/or national marketing events, performing industry/topical research and developing intellectual capital, and participating in our firm's industry and/or topical teams.

Requirements

Minimum 7 years of executive compensation consulting or related experience
Experience designing incentive and equity-based compensation programs
Strong analytical and data interpretation skills
Proven ability to manage multiple complex projects
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Strong Excel and PowerPoint capabilities
Ability to work independently and in team environments
Comfortable working in ambiguous or evolving situations
Executive presence and client-facing confidence
Analytical thinking and data-driven decision-making
Strong written and verbal communication
Collaboration and teamwork
Project management and organization
Creative problem-solving

Responsibilities

Delivering superior, consistent project management for multiple, marquee clients.
Drafting statements of work, project plans and budgets involving multiple workflow streams and client teams.
Serving as the day-to-day project lead, ensuring progress of the team against established objectives, budget, timeline, deliverables and quality standards.
Leveraging to and managing the work of junior staff, providing coaching and on-going feedback.
Operating as the key contact to clients on delivery of services; managing client expectations and raise appropriate issues to Senior Consultants.
Collaborating and contributing to the development, design and implementation of compensation programs that include total rewards strategy, competitive benchmarking, annual and long-term incentive plan design, employment contract review, change-in-control agreements, overall competitive pay analysis and pay-for-performance alignment.
Contributing to the development of new tools and approaches.
Supporting the generation of new business as part of the broader team by: Assisting with new business development activities. Participating in discovery discussions with prospects and developing / delivering proposals. Establishing collaborative relationships with clients to understand their business and issues to better inform our consulting and to expand WTW's relationship into new service areas.

Benefits

Medical (including prescription coverage)
Dental
Vision
Health Savings Account
Commuter Account
Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Group Accident
Group Critical Illness
Life Insurance
AD&D
Group Legal
Identify Theft Protection
Wellbeing Program
Work/Life Resources (including Employee Assistance Program)
Paid Holidays
Annual Paid Time Off (includes paid state/local paid leave where required)
Short-Term Disability
Long-Term Disability
Other Leaves (e.g., Bereavement, FMLA, ADA, Jury Duty, Military Leave, and Parental and Adoption Leave)
Paid Time Off (Washington State only)
Contributory Pension Plan
Savings Plan (401k)