HCS Rewards Associate Director

Required education and certifications critical for the role:

• Full Time Bachelors/ master's degree in related discipline (HR, Economics, Statistics, Analytics and Business Administration)
• M.B.A/PGDBM from any Tier 1/Tier 2/Tier 3 institute

Work Experience:

• 9+ years of relevant post qualification experience after completion of masters in the area of compensation & benefits, rewards strategy design, job evaluation, incentive design, skill gap analysis, organization restructuring, talent management projects
• Relevant pre-MBA experience in the areas we operate.

Technical Skills:

• Advance Excel
• Analytics
• Data skill (Preferred)
• R, VBA, Macros, Predictive Analytics, Statistical Modelling, Linear Regression (Desirable)

JOB OVERVIEW

• Our Associate Directors/Consulting Managers are responsible for high-level project delivery and oversight along with client relationship and revenue management.
• You will manage teams and advise clients at the highest strategic level on both big-picture and tactical matters.
• We expect to show ownership, accountability, and extreme learning agility.
• We would love for you to show us depth not only in solution areas but also in your understanding of how client organization function.
• You will be a part of highly energized team in consulting and depending on projects you will wear different hats ranging from performing complex analytics, wowing our clients, managing small projects to bringing in sales.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Project and Client Relationship Management

• Lead various Organization & Rewards Consulting assignments for Aon India clients - especially in the area of organizational effectiveness; this included partnering with clients around HR system design, employee engagement, organization structuring, rewards benchmarking, pay range design, performance management & scorecard cascading.
• The incumbent would be responsible for leading a solution within the industry vertical in terms of clients, financial and team collaboration and also ensure timely and profitable delivery of the key projects.
• Manage client projects from start to finish, translating client needs into analysis and design recommendations across topics such as salary structures, total rewards strategies, equity guidelines, career progression guidelines.

Thought Leadership

• To contribute to thought leadership in the industry sector for India with timely articles, white papers, roundtables, client events.
• The incumbent will contribute to this through content development, research, marketing events and other such activities.

Business Development

• Focuses on client sales opportunities across hunting and farming.
• Understands client requirements, is able to explain to the client the solutions being proposed and customizes basis feedback.
• Listens to client problems without trying to force fit solutions.

Pre-Sales Support and Solution Design

• Provides support in building winning commercial proposals for clients.
• Plays the role of a team member in building out complex advisory solutions as part of the sales cycle.
• Ensures client's problem statement is effectively translated into a working solution.
• Tailors existing solutions to meet client requirements and where required, co-builds new solutions to meet client requirements where applicable.

SKILLS/COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:

• Prior Consulting experience preferred.
• Excellent Communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong domain expertise and presentation skills.
• Understanding of Market trends and economy.
• Confidence to present and defend methodology / recommendations to Senior Leaders.
• Leadership experience in terms of mentoring or developing peers and/or junior team members.
• Ability to work on complex assignments and lead from the front.
• Ability to work independently and on a team across multiple projects deadline-oriented environment.
• Track record of success in terms of historical performance rating and/or utilization (billable hours / total hours).
• Willingness to travel- Flexible to long working hours.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

• You bring a strong analytical ability but a people-focused approach as well as the ability to see things from an end-user perspective.

You will also have:

• A strong passion for translating people data into meaningful insights that can tell a story
• Intermediate to Advanced skillset with MS Excel and other MS office tools
• Commitment to ongoing learning
• Project & Client Relationship Management
• Insights and report quality
• Ability to visualize large sets of data and build stories around it
• Passion for driving results and focused on outcome and process
• Deal with immense ambiguity and navigate oneself from problem to the solution