Associate Consultant – Rewards

Mercer is seeking candidates for the following position based in the Istanbul office:

Associate Consultant – Rewards

What can you expect?

• Primary focus for the role is the delivery and project management of solutions to clients on a range of projects within the Rewards practice areas.
• Core activities include understanding client issues and developing practical Rewards programs/solutions, driving the delivery of client solutions, project managing client facing teams, working with and involving other team members, monitoring progress and peer reviewing outcomes.

We will count on you to:

• Apply your consulting skills and technical expertise, along with relevant methodologies (that you’ll be trained in) and professional judgment to client projects.
• Demonstrate intellectual leadership and consistently test final deliverables for completeness, relevance, and high impact against client issues and needs.
• Plan, design, resource and manage client projects and direct staff in executing the plan, and deliver projects on time and within budget
• Nurture key client relationships, identify opportunities to broaden or deepen these relationships in partnership with senior consultants, anticipating and responding to future client needs
• Participate in internal projects to improve Mercer, in particular talent, quality, service delivery, internal efficiency/effectiveness and intellectual capital

What you need to have:

• Relevant undergraduate qualification is essential
• Min. 2 years of experience in delivering and developing reward projects in corporate and/or consulting contexts across a number of industries
• Demonstrated project management experience and the ability to effectively manage people
• High level conceptual skills with the ability to rapidly learn new material and apply learning in a practical context to solve client problems
• Able to operate effectively in ambiguous situations with limited supervision, to multitask and to manage the pressure of competing deadlines without becoming unduly stressed
• Detail orientation and high quality outputs
• Client centric mindset
• Uses initiative and drives to outcomes