Executive Compensation Consultant

Aon Is Looking for a Consultant, Executive Compensation

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.

Your impact as a Consultant, Executive Compensation

What makes Executive Compensation outstanding?

We empower our colleagues for success through top-notch formal training; invaluable on-the-job experiences, including immediate and direct contact with clients; a flat organizational hierarchy that allows for fast communication, teamwork and decision-making; and the global resources of Aon. We look for individuals who are inclusive, adaptable, agile, work fast, and over-deliver – all while having fun and maintaining a sense of humor.

Job 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.)

You Bring Knowledge and Expertise

Suggested Experience:

• 4+ years of compensation or related experience
• Executive compensation experience preferred

Skills:

• 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)

Education:

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

For positions in San Francisco and Los Angeles, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction record in accordance with local Fair Chance ordinances.

Aon is not accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this position. If you are a search firm, you will not be compensated in any way for your submission of a candidate, even if Aon hires that candidate.

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Pay Transparency Laws:

The salary range for this position (intended for U.S. applicants) is $110,000 to $130,000 annually. The actual salary will vary based on applicant’s education, experience, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.  The salary may also be adjusted based on applicant’s geographic location.

The salary range reflected is based on a primary work location of Chicago, IL.  The actual salary may vary for applicants in a different geographic location.

This position is eligible to participate in one of Aon’s annual incentive plans to receive [an annual discretionary bonus] [production incentives] in addition to base salary.  The amount of any [bonus] [production incentives] varies and is subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan.

A summary of all the benefits offered for this position:

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.

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