Senior Associate Consultant

Aon Corporation • New York, NY

8h • $80,000 - $90,000 • 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 outstanding situation to ensure rewards programs are not just driven - but can be a competitive advantage.
We currently have an exciting career opportunity for a Senior Associate Compensation Consultant for our Executive Compensation Consulting practice. This person could sit in Chicago, New York, Denver, Washington D.C., or San Francisco. 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 experienced consultants and/or serve as a team member for larger, more sophisticated 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.
This is a hybrid role where you will be expected to be in the office a few days per week.

Requirements

• 1+ years of compensation or related experience
• Strong quantitative background and skill set
• Highly proficient in MS Excel and PowerPoint
• Excellent written and verbal 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 optimally within teams (professionally or otherwise)
• Strong interpersonal and project management skills
• Ability to multi-task and manage multiple sophisticated 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)
• Bachelor’s degree, preferably with a focus in Finance, Economics, Statistics or Mathematics. Other majors will also be considered.

Nice To Haves

• Executive compensation experience preferred
• Technology and/or Life Sciences proven experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Serve as intermediary between Account Manager (Partners), junior staff resources (Analyst-Consultant) and Client
• Handle 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
• Run 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 leading all aspects of key areas of firm research
• Assist in new business/firm development activities (e.g., speeches, white papers, etc.)

Benefits

• Aon offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and regular part-time colleagues, including, but not limited to: a 401(k) savings plan with employer contributions; an 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 throughout the calendar year, 15 days of paid vacation per year, paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws, short-term disability and optional long-term disability, health savings account, 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, and an employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions. Eligibility for benefits is governed by the applicable plan documents and policies.
• In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we encourage an inclusive workforce. Plus, our agile environment allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance, ensuring you can be your best self at Aon. Furthermore, all colleagues enjoy two “Global Wellbeing Days” each year, encouraging you to take time to focus on yourself. We offer a variety of working style solutions for our colleagues as well.
• Our continuous learning culture inspires and equips you to learn, share and grow, helping you achieve your fullest potential. As a result, at Aon, you are more connected, more relevant, and more valued.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level