Job Title: Rewards Consultant
At Mercer, we are seeking a talented individual to join our Rewards Consulting team in Ireland. This role can be based in Dublin or Cork.
Mercer helps its clients in Ireland and globally to attract, retain, reward and engage their talent. As a Rewards Consultant in our Career practice, you will partner with client Compensation & Benefits and HR teams, top-level executives, and board members to better manage, reward, and engage their people.
We stay ahead of the competition by providing best-in-class information, innovative solutions and consulting based on global best practice. We are particularly well positioned to assist clients with their preparations for EU Pay Transparency, with expertise in pay equity, benchmarking, job evaluation and levelling, job architecture, and change management & communications.
This is an opportunity to work with a consultant who has expertise in rewards consulting, with knowledge of (or willingness to acquire knowledge quickly of) job evaluation, job architecture and pay equity assessment.
Key Responsibilities:
* Work with clients to review reward frameworks and job architecture, assessing readiness for Pay Transparency.
* Provide value-added consulting expertise to a wide variety of clients in Ireland / globally, as required.
* Lead projects and ensure the progress of project teams against established objectives, budgets and timelines.
* Support clients with job evaluation, levelling and performance management design, using Mercer tools and methodologies.
* Prepare client presentations and reports that will be presented to boards of directors, senior-level executives, and/or management.
* Facilitate client forums, workshops and stakeholder interviews.
* Deliver new business.
* Develop innovative rewards solutions based on client feedback and general market intelligence.
Requirements:
* Relationship management and business development skills.
* Ability to guide and work with expert teams in our Centre of Excellence, which will provide considerable delivery support.
* Relevant experience in a Rewards/HR environment, including some consulting experience.
* Knowledge of reward management, benchmarking, role evaluation and benefits design.
* Demonstrated success in HR/compensation & benefits environment.
* Strong commercial awareness and understanding of the Irish business landscape and how that relates to Reward strategy and design.
* Excellent analytical skills, including the use of Microsoft Excel for statistical analysis.
* Ability to work with project teams and collaborate with others to deliver to clients.
* Ability to build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions.
* Record of achieving results and making sense of complex, high quantity projects.
* Receptiveness to a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses.
What makes you stand out:
* Experience in broader areas of HR consulting, including Executive Rewards and/or Employee Engagement.
* CIPD qualified.
* Experience working with compensation committees.
* Sales experience.
* Experience working with or in multinational organisations.