Reward Consultant, UK Alternative Asset Management Team (Reward Data Solutions)
Are you passionate about reward strategy and data‑led insight?
Do you want to work at the heart of the alternative investment industry, advising some of the most sophisticated asset managers in the market?
The Aon Data Solutions team is recruiting a Reward Consultant to join our London‑based practice, supporting clients across hedge funds, private equity, real estate and other alternative investment managers. Using Aon’s market‑leading McLagan surveys and proprietary data, the role focuses on partnering with clients to gather reward information, analyse market trends and deliver high‑quality benchmarking insights and advisory outputs that inform critical reward decisions.
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 organisation, we are united through trust as one inclusive team and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.
What the day will look like
- Owning and developing client relationships, including client service and finding opportunities for business development.
- Analysing data, contributing to data-led reward consulting projects, such as pay analysis and customised benchmarking and our market leading market practice studies.
- Writing reports and analysing market practice information, e.g. HR policies and compensation plans / structures.
- Supporting client advisory projects including analytical and market practice / reward consulting through creating and developing the technical, statistical and graphical content of consulting projects and compensation studies.
- Business development including finding opportunities relating to existing and emerging trends in client businesses.
- Project and process management.
How this opportunity is different
Our industry focus, on-going client work and proprietary study data, allow us to frame each consulting project with a broad business context and apply our keen understanding of competitive issues and best practices.
Skills and experience that will lead to success
- Solid understanding of and interest in the financial services sector.
- A thorough understanding of compensation and the issues affecting reward structures.
- Ability to master a specific area of expertise. Would be considered an expert and the go-to person for either an internal process or a market sector.
- Be a person that more junior staff can learn from and takes a proactive role in sharing experience and expertise.
- Driven in client service, origination, and delivers results orientated solutions to often complex problems.
- Able to develop business by understanding a client’s requirements and tailoring approach
- Manages client relationships utilising resources where appropriate (junior staff, senior experts, technology).
- Strong organisational skills with ability to prioritise requests and managing client’s expectations.
- Strong verbal and written communication. Exceptional attention to detail
- Proactive, takes initiative and able to work independently and on a team while handling multiple projects.
- Degree qualified, preferably in a numerate discipline or equivalent.
- Experience with data analysis and a range of modelling techniques (advanced Excel skills preferred).
- Excellent interpersonal skills including strong presentation skills, both verbal and written (advanced PowerPoint skills would be an advantage).
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, colour, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran, marital, domestic partner status, or other legally protected status.
- 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
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