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Executive Remuneration Analyst – Mercer - London

The company: Mercer

• Mercer’s Executive Remuneration team focuses on providing high-quality, tailored, and independent consulting advice on remuneration and our advice is relied upon at the highest levels of corporate decision making, including the Board of Directors and C-Suite executives for companies in the UK and beyond.
• We provide best-in-class consulting, rigorous analytics, and data-driven insights to help organisations of all sizes and industries ensure their executive reward strategy supports the needs of the business and reinforces success.

The role: Executive Remuneration Analyst

• The Executive Remuneration Analyst is an entry-level professional and works with a broad range of clients and industries.
• He/She participates as a member of the project teams to diagnose client issues and assist in designing executive remuneration solutions for Remuneration Committees and management, in collaboration with our Reward team which delivers solutions for the wider workforce.

What can you expect?

• Conducting research and developing client peer groups to understand a client’s business strategy, performance drivers, remuneration practices, and general governance and regulatory trends
• Analysing data from a variety of sources to provide quantitative and qualitative analytical support to senior consultants and project teams. Typical analyses include remuneration benchmarking, remuneration policy reviews, and data modelling to support the design of variable incentive plans
• Collaborating with project teams to prepare for Remuneration Committee or Executive Committee meetings, including drafting of papers and presentations and supporting with stakeholder interviews, where needed
• Participating in client meetings and supporting with ongoing client relationship management, including drafting client correspondence and taking an active approach to keeping up to date with client needs, under guidance from senior consultants
• Sharing knowledge with the broader team and providing training to our graduate analysts
• Supporting with project proposals and marketing initiatives to win new business, as well as thought leadership research to reinforce our positioning as the global leader in HR consulting

What you will be rewarded with?

• We offer competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits.
• We also support programmes including: health & welfare, tuition assistance, pension, employee assistance program, career mobility, employee network groups and volunteer opportunities.

We are looking for bright candidates with the following skills:

• Highly professional with a proven ability to work in a consultative and collaborative manner
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills
• Self-starter
• Results-driven with the persistence to get things done
• Takes ownership by focusing on quality and timeliness of delivery
• Aptitude for problem solving, with the ability to apply logic and experience to assist with the development of solutions for clients
• Intellectual curiosity and commitment to learning and growth
• Articulate and well organised

What you need to have:

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office (including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
• Proven analytical and technical (Excel) skills
• Proven written and presentation skills (Word, PowerPoint)
• Exceptional organisational and time management skills
• Strong attention to detail

What makes you stand out:

• 2:1 in any degree discipline and/or relevant experience
• Previous consulting or in-house experience of executive and/or workforce reward

About us

At Mercer, we make a difference in the lives of more than 110 million people every day by advancing their health, wealth, and careers. We’re in the business of creating more secure and rewarding futures for our clients and their employees — whether we’re designing affordable health plans, assuring income for retirement or aligning workers with workforce needs. Using analysis and insights as catalysts for change, we anticipate and understand the individual impact of business decisions, now and in the future. We see people’s current and future needs through a lens of innovation, and our holistic view, specialized expertise, and deep analytical rigor underpin each and every idea and solution we offer. For more than 70 years, we’ve turned our insights into actions, enabling people around the globe to live, work, and retire well. We embrace a culture that celebrates and promotes the many backgrounds, heritages and perspectives of our colleagues and clients. At Mercer, we say we Make Tomorrow, Today. Visit www.mercer.com for more information and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter @Mercer.

At Mercer we are open to flexible and part time working arrangements for new hires. The aim of our flexible working policy is to enable employees to balance work and home life more effectively, whilst meeting the needs of our business. This is another step towards us being an employer of choice. We encourage you to discuss your requirements with us when you apply for a role.