Compensation Associate - Executive Compensation

As a Compensation Associate, you will work side-by-side with some of industry’s top consultants while you develop cutting edge technical knowledge and skills and gain experience working with a variety of clients across industries. You will have immediate exposure to real client assignments which will draw on your imagination and creativity as well as your ability to analyze data, draw conclusions and present results.  These experiences will help build your capabilities in the rewards discipline, as well as client and project management skills. You will also benefit from more structured learning opportunities that are tailored to our business.

Our projects range in scope from specific solutions (e.g., competitive compensation analyses, base pay program job leveling/job architecture, annual and sales incentive programs, performance management programs) to broad cross-LOB engagements such as support for M&A transactions, total rewards strategy and optimization.

Location: Atlanta, GA - Hybrid (1-2 days per week in the office)

The Role

While every day and assignments are somewhat different, some of your main responsibilities will include:

• Partnering with consultants and clients to design strategies and compensation programs to attract, reward and retain talent
• Helping our clients ensure that their compensation programs are competitive by performing competitive benchmark analyses of compensation levels, program design and other rewards practices utilizing the range of WTW data, tools and processes
• Modeling pay structures and conducting financial impact analyses of alternative designs
• Developing, analysing and calibrating incentive plan designs that help support companies’ business strategies
• Drafting reports and exhibits presenting the team’s analytical work to client audiences
• Performing industry and financial research
• Keeping abreast of legal, regulatory and legislative trends that relate to corporate governance and compensation
• Increasing efficiency within client teams by identifying ways to improve processes
• Contributing to sales and marking efforts by assisting with proposals and other business development efforts