Senior Associate Consultant, Executive Compensation
About The Position
Aon’s Rewards Solutions is an industry leader providing advice and benchmarking to help companies address HR and rewards challenges, including attracting, engaging, and retaining talent. Its advisors use industry-specific expertise, market data, trends, and experience with nearly 2,000 companies to develop customized rewards recommendations. The Senior Associate Consultant will work in Aon’s Executive Compensation Consulting practice in Chicago, Illinois, refining and applying knowledge of compensation design and implementation to deliver high-quality client solutions. The role leads projects with minimal direction from experienced consultants or serves on larger, more sophisticated engagements. The position primarily delivers billable client work while also supporting sales efforts and proposal teams. This is a hybrid role, with an expectation of working in the office a few days per week.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of compensation or related experience.
- Strong quantitative background and skills.
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to synthesize and communicate large amounts of data into key findings and identify related business issues.
- Strong attention to detail while maintaining focus on the bigger picture.
- Confidence presenting and defending methodology and recommendations to C-level and Board of Directors audiences.
- Leadership experience mentoring or developing peers and/or junior team members.
- Ability to work efficiently within teams.
- Strong interpersonal and project management skills.
- Ability to multitask and manage multiple sophisticated projects in a fast-paced, loosely structured, time-sensitive environment.
- Ability to operate independently while maintaining open communication with team members about changing priorities.
- Track record of success in historical performance ratings and/or utilization (billable hours / total hours).
- Beginner-level skills in cross-functional work, data analysis, market research, meeting facilitation, performance analysis, regulatory compliance, project management, and report writing.
- Bachelor’s degree; preferably focused in Finance, Economics, Statistics, or Mathematics, though other majors will be considered.
Nice To Haves
- Executive compensation experience preferred.
- Proven experience in Technology and/or Life Sciences preferred.
Responsibilities
- Serve as an intermediary between Account Managers (Partners), junior staff resources (Analyst-Consultants), and clients.
- Manage client projects from start to finish, translating client needs into analysis and design recommendations on executive compensation, board of director compensation, incentive plan design, and equity guidelines.
- Run projects within agreed timelines and budgets.
- Review and be accountable for the methodology, analysis, and output of each staffed project.
- Provide regular mentorship and developmental feedback to junior staff.
- Develop summary reports with findings and recommendations.
- Interface with clients and co-deliver presentations.
- Assist in leading key areas of firm research.
- Support new business and firm development activities, such as speeches and white papers.
- Support selling efforts and participate in proposal teams.
Benefits
- 401(k) savings plan with employer contributions.
- Employee stock purchase plan.
- Consideration for long-term incentive awards at Aon’s discretion.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Various types of leaves of absence.
- Paid time off, including 12 paid holidays and 15 days of paid vacation per year.
- Paid sick leave as provided under applicable state and local laws.
- Short-term disability and optional long-term disability.
- Health savings account and health care and dependent care reimbursement accounts.
- Employee and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance.
- Optional personal insurance policies.
- Adoption assistance.
- Tuition assistance.
- Commuter benefits.
- Employee assistance program, including free counseling sessions.
- Eligibility for an annual discretionary bonus under one of Aon’s annual incentive plans.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
