Senior Compensation Consultant - Total Rewards

Aon is looking for a Senior Compensation Consultant – Employee Rewards – Boston, Chicago, New York, Atlanta, Washington D.C., Denver, San Francisco, or near any major Aon office 

Aon’s Rewards & Workforce Advisory team, part of the Human Capital Solutions practice, is seeking a Senior Compensation Consultant to join our Employee Rewards advisory practice. 

This is an opportunity to help clients make better workforce and rewards decisions by applying market data, analytical insight, and practical consulting expertise. The ideal candidate brings compensation consulting experience, strong analytical and communication skills, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, client-focused environment. 

This role will advise clients that participate in the Radford McLagan Compensation Database (RMCD), bringing deep knowledge of compensation data, job architecture, market benchmarking, and rewards consulting across technology, life sciences, financial services, manufacturing, energy, retail, and related industries. 

Aon is in the business of better decisions

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.

As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive team and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

What a day will look like

• Manage deliverables for small-to-medium-sized projects or defined workstreams within larger, complex engagements, including outlining work steps, tracking progress, documenting next steps, and escalating issues as needed. 

• Develop high-quality, client-ready deliverables that synthesize and interpret complex information beyond standard templates. 

• Support and complete compensation design, job architecture, job evaluation, salary structure development, incentive target analysis, cost modeling, and impact analysis. 

• Review and take accountability for methodology, analysis, and outputs across staffed projects. 

• Serve as a key liaison among engagement leaders, project teams, and clients to support effective communication and execution. 

• Develop reports and presentations that clearly communicate findings, methodologies, implications, and recommendations. 

• Interface with clients and participate in or lead client presentations. 

• Provide guidance, coaching, and developmental feedback to junior colleagues. 
• Support new business development and broader practice growth activities. 

Skills and experience that will lead to success

• 8+ years of compensation consulting and/or corporate compensation experience; compensation consulting experience is required for the Senior Compensation Consultant role. 

• Familiarity with the Radford McLagan Compensation Database (RMCD). 

• Demonstrated knowledge of rewards, including base pay, incentive plan design, job architecture, job evaluation, pay transparency, and/or pay equity. 

• Ability to translate data into meaningful insights and clearly articulate the “so what,” including identifying results that deviate from expectations or warrant further review. 

• Knowledge of rewards trends, market practices, and related research. 

• Ability to build complex Excel workbooks, develop insights that support project objectives, and lead projects across standard practice offerings. 

• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills. 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate proactively, clearly, and transparently with a variety of audiences. 

• Ability to synthesize large amounts of complex data into accessible findings and practical business implications. 

• Strong consultative skills, including relationship building, process management, facilitation, and effective collaboration within teams. 

• Strong time management skills, including the ability to manage multiple priorities and projects in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment. 

• Candidates who do not meet the full experience requirements for the Senior Compensation Consultant role may be considered for Senior Associate or Consultant roles. 

Education 

• A bachelor’s degree is required. 

• A master’s degree or MBA is preferred. 

Required Experience:  employee compensation and benefits, project management, business communications, compensation management, customer relationship management (CRM), and data analysi

We offer you

Aon offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and regular part-time colleagues, including, but not limited to: a 401(k) savings plan with employer contributions; an employee stock purchase plan; consideration for long-term incentive awards at Aon’s discretion; medical, dental and vision insurance, various types of leaves of absence, paid time off, including 12 paid holidays throughout the calendar year, 15 days of paid vacation per year, paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws, short-term disability and optional long-term disability, health savings account, health care and dependent care reimbursement accounts, employee and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance; optional personal insurance policies, adoption assistance, tuition assistance, commuter benefits, and an employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions.  Eligibility for benefits is governed by the applicable plan documents and policies.

How we support our colleagues

In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we encourage an inclusive workforce. Plus, our agile environment allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance, ensuring you can be your best self at Aon. Furthermore, all colleagues enjoy two “Global Wellbeing Days” each year, encouraging you to take time to focus on yourself.  We offer a variety of working style solutions for our colleagues as well. 

Our continuous learning culture inspires and equips you to learn, share and grow, helping you achieve your fullest potential. As a result, at Aon, you are more connected, more relevant, and more valued.

Aon values an innovative and inclusive workplace where all colleagues feel empowered to be their authentic selves. Aon is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. 

Aon provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran, marital, domestic partner status, or other legally protected status. People with criminal histories are encouraged to apply.

We welcome applications from all and provide individuals with disabilities with reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application, interview process and to perform essential job functions once onboard. If you would like to learn more about the reasonable accommodations we provide, email ReasonableAccommodations@Aon.com 

For positions in San Francisco and Los Angeles, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction record in accordance with local Fair Chance ordinances.

Aon is not accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this position. If you are a search firm, you will not be compensated in any way for your submission of a candidate, even if Aon hires that candidate.

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Pay Transparency Laws:

The salary range for this position (intended for U.S. applicants) is $130,000 to $160,000 annually. The actual salary will vary based on applicant’s education, experience, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.  The salary may also be adjusted based on applicant’s geographic location.

The salary range reflected is based on a primary work location of Chicago, IL.  The actual salary may vary for applicants in a different geographic location.

This position is eligible to participate in one of Aon’s annual incentive plans to receive an annual discretionary bonus in addition to base salary.  The amount of any bonus varies and is subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan.

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