Principal Compensation Consultant

Overview

In this role you drive growth and thought leadership in Mercer’s UK Reward market within the Reward Consulting team. You’ll advise on people strategy, total rewards and related programs for global and strategic clients, shaping pay-for-performance solutions. You’ll partner with senior leaders to sustain Mercer’s market position and deliver cross-functional, high-impact client engagements. This hybrid London role blends strategy, execution and business development in a leading global firm.

Pay / Benefits

• professional development opportunities
• supportive leaders
• vibrant and inclusive culture
• range of career opportunities
• benefits and rewards to enhance well-being
• hybrid work with anchor days

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and analyze total reward strategies aligned with business goals
• Advise across Reward and Talent practice on people strategy, talent management and rewards programs
• Lead business development to achieve sustainable revenue growth
• Drive innovation in global reward and incentive programs
• Manage global total rewards team focusing on process optimization and technology
• Monitor performance with internal partners to ensure a seamless employee experience
• Partner with senior leadership and the Compensation Committee on executive and broad-based rewards
• Assess feasibility of plans around M&A, divestitures and restructurings
• Research market best practices to optimize rewards programs
• Manage vendor relationships and define metrics and dashboards for program effectiveness
• Support clients and lead consulting assignments and develop trusted advisor relationships
• Collaborate across Mercer’s businesses and functions

Key requirements

• Track record as a consultant advising on formulation and implementation of reward strategies aligned to client business agendas
• Strong strategic commercial acumen with ability to rapidly understand business issues
• Experience with sales methods and proven sales experience
• Exceptional client management skills and ability to build strong relationships
• Experience working in multi-cultural environments

• client management
• cross-functional collaboration
• relationship building
• reward strategy design
• total rewards programs
• vendor management

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