Compensation and Benefits Consultant

Company:

Mercer

Description:

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Career team at Mercer. This role will be based in Louisville and offers a hybrid work arrangement, requiring a minimum of three days per week in the office.

As a Compensation & Benefits Consultant, you will play a key role in crafting tailored client presentations and conducting in-depth data analysis using advanced Excel models. Your insights will inform strategic recommendations, ensuring accuracy and high-quality deliverables within deadlines. Collaborating closely with project teams and clients, you will manage small to medium projects, oversee methodology development, and support business growth through industry research and client engagement. This dynamic position offers the opportunity to influence compensation and benefits strategies while working at the forefront of industry trends.

We will count on you to:

• Develop and customize client presentations and reports, ensuring accuracy and high quality delivery within deadlines and budgets
• Perform advanced data analysis using Excel models, drawing insights and conclusions for review by project managers and senior consultants
• Review and develop exhibits and financial data analyses, ensuring correctness and relevance for client deliverables
• Collaborate with project teams to determine content for final presentations and manage small to medium-sized projects and workstreams
• Serve as a primary client contact for methodology, data requests, and project updates, facilitating communication between clients and internal teams
• Utilize proprietary tools, public filings, and industry research to gather market intelligence on compensation, benefits, and industry trends
• Support business development efforts through project planning, pricing, and participation in client meetings and industry research

What you need to have: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science, Statistics, Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or related field
• Minimum 1 year of relevant work experience in management consulting, compensation, total rewards, and/or benefits
• Strong analytical skills, both quantitative and qualitative, and solid proficiency in Excel
• Flexibility, adaptability, and the ability to work under tight deadlines or changing client needs
• Excellent presentation, interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Superior organizational skills and strong attention to detail
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
• Intellectual curiosity, seeking opportunities to develop new skills

What makes you stand out?

• Experience with both compensation and benefits
• Presentation design experience, and experience making presentations to management

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have an impact on colleagues, clients, and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Mercer, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is a global leader in helping clients realize their investment objectives, shape the future of work and enhance health and retirement outcomes for their people. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit mercer.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, veteran status (including protected veterans), or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by contacting [email protected] McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.