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Senior Consultant role in Executive Reward at Mercer London. Hybrid role with client-facing project leadership.
Lead executive compensation projects, mentor peers, and shape global advisory with Mercer.
Title: Senior Consultant, Executive Reward
Location: London - Tower Place West
Description: Company:
Mercer
Description:
Executive Compensation Consultant
We are seeking a talented individual to join our Executive Compensation Consulting team at Mercer. This role will be based in London. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.
Mercer’s Executive Reward team specializes in providing high-quality, tailored, and independent consulting advice on executive remuneration. Our insights are trusted at the highest levels of corporate decision-making, including Boards of Directors and senior executives. We deliver best-in‑class analytics, data‑driven insights, and strategic solutions to help organisations of all sizes and industries align their executive reward strategies with business goals and success.
What can you expect?
Work with a diverse range of clients and industries, taking on roles as project lead or project manager to diagnose client issues and develop executive remuneration solutions for Remuneration Committees and management. You will collaborate with our Reward team, which supports broader workforce reward strategies.
Contribute to a team that values high-quality work and continuous improvement.
Act as a front‑line advisor with significant client exposure, tackling interesting challenges alongside a talented and supportive peer group from day one.
Gain insight into senior‑level decision‑making processes.
Engage in a variety of high‑profile, meaningful projects with prominent clients both in the UK and internationally.
We will count on you to:
- Manage project teams to prepare for Remuneration Committee or Executive Committee meetings. Serve as the primary contact for clients and build trusted advisor relationships.
- Draft and review reports and Remuneration Committee papers. Support the design of solutions, including incentive plans, remuneration policy reviews, and strategies in the context of IPOs or M&A activity.
- Ensure the delivery of high-quality work while managing project budgets.
- Stay attuned to client needs, anticipating and addressing complex, non-standard queries.
- Attend and present at client meetings with senior stakeholders.
- Contribute to strategic thinking through market development and thought leadership pieces, reinforcing Mercer’s position as a global HR consulting leader.
- Lead project proposals and marketing initiatives to attract new business.
- Maintain broad knowledge of Mercer’s offerings, connecting clients with relevant services and internal teams.
What You Need:
- Significant experience in executive compensation, reward consulting, or related industry roles.
- Professional qualifications and experience from accounting, legal, or actuarial backgrounds are also relevant.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Proven analytical and technical skills, especially in Excel.
- Excellent written and presentation skills.
- Ability to interpret data, tell compelling stories, and solve complex problems.
- Strong interpersonal skills to engage clients effectively and influence stakeholders.
- Exceptional organisational and project management abilities.
- Attention to detail.
What makes you stand out:
- A professional, collaborative, and consultative approach.
- Self‑motivated with a results‑driven mindset.
- Ownership‑oriented, with accountability for deliverables.
- Strong problem‑solving skills, applying logic and experience to develop client solutions.
- Intellectual curiosity and a commitment to continuous learning.
- A team player with excellent interpersonal skills and a desire to mentor and develop others.
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 is a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH), a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information about Mercer, visit mercer.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.
Marsh 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, civil partnership status, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments in accordance with applicable law to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. If you have a disability that may require reasonable adjustments, please contact us at reasonableaccommodations@marsh.com.
Marsh 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 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.