Senior Executive Compensation Consultant

Company:

Mercer

Description:

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Career team at Mercer. This role will be based in San Francisco Los Angeles or Seattle. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office. Clients may be located anywhere in the United States; some travel is expected and encouraged to support client engagements and relationship building.

As a Senior Principal Consultant specializing in Executive Compensation you will lead the design and implementation of comprehensive executive pay programs including short-term incentive plan design long-term incentive plan design overall pay strategy (for executives and beyond) and other topics that arise from Compensation Committees. Your strategic insights will help clients align executive compensation with business objectives and shareholder interests in dynamic and evolving environments.

We will count on you to:

• Generate leads pursue sales and lead delivery of sold engagements

• Partner across the US and Mercers practices to win and drive revenue

• Grow our West Coast market presence and brand in the Executive Rewards space

• Help solution architect the right response for our clients integrating appropriate solutions across the portfolio

• Design and evaluate incentive plans that drive performance and align with client business goals ensuring compliance with regulatory and governance standards.

• Provide expert guidance on competitive pay benchmarking and market positioning to attract and retain top executive talent.

• Advise clients on executive compensation considerations in M&A contexts including private equity transactions carve-outs spin-offs and integration planning.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and client leadership to develop tailored compensation solutions that support organizational transformation and growth.

• Manage complex client engagements including project planning execution and delivery of high-quality recommendations and presentations.

• Stay current on market trends regulatory changes and best practices in executive compensation and M&A-related compensation issues.

• Mentor and develop junior consultants fostering a collaborative and high-performance team environment.

• Grow and upskill our talent through OTJ formal training and apprentice models

What you need to have:

• Extensive experience (10 years) delivering executive compensation solutions to private PE-owned and public companies

• Ability to lead sales lead project delivery and nurture client relationships

• Proven track record in achieving sales/revenue goals

• Excellent communication presentation and client relationship management skills.

What makes you stand out

• Demonstrated consulting expertise in M&A-related compensation matters including private equity-owned firms carve-outs and spin-offs.

• Strong knowledge of regulatory and governance frameworks affecting executive compensation.

• Experience in market-facing activities such as conference presentations

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 impact for 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 90000 colleagues Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information visit 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

Marsh 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.

The applicable base salary range for this role is $169600 to $339200.

The base pay offered will be determined on factors such as experience skills training location certifications education and any applicable minimum wage requirements. Decisions will be determined on a case-by-case addition to the base salary this position may be eligible for performance-based incentives.

We are excited to offer a competitive total rewards package which includes health and welfare benefits tuition assistance 401K savings and other retirement programs as well as employee assistance programs.