Compensation Analyst

ERM care about our people, their safety and career development as well as their well-being. We offer all our employees a diverse and inclusive culture in which difference is embraced, valued and celebrated. We offer a flexible working environment to accommodate our personal needs. Our people are respectful and open-minded and enjoy collaboration with colleagues across service lines and geographies.

With a robust career framework in place, ERM is able to offer great opportunities for both early career and experienced professionals to advance their career within the business, with structured training to support our colleagues’ professional development as we continue to grow our team.

How you can add value

We are looking for an experienced compensation analyst to join us in a newly created role helping to shape and establish the total rewards function in our fast-growing EMEA region. This is an exciting time to join our recently created regional CoE function focused on building total rewards programs and practices to support ERM's goal to become the company every sustainability professional wants to work for.

The EMEA Senior Compensation Analyst will report to the EMEA Compensation Manager, working with stakeholders across multiple countries in the region and will have the opportunity to be directly involved in designing and implementing compensation programs, practices, frameworks and reporting. This role would be ideal for an experienced compensation analyst, who is happy to roll up their sleeves, confident in and passionate about working with complex data, leading on modelling and analysis, but also keen to step into compensation program and process design, with the chance to help shape the reward function from the ground up. This role will initially be on a 6 month fixed term contract.

What you will be doing

• You will use your extensive experience completing salary surveys, performing job matching and creating job descriptions, working with external vendors as needed, to drive the implementation of our job architecture and external benchmarking practices.
• Supporting the design, implementation and ongoing management of salary ranges.
• Assisting in the management and administration of the annual salary review process.
• Modelling annual salary review and bonus budget allocation in line with business and talent priorities.
• Conducting ad-hoc compensation analysis in response to business requests, effectively synthesising and presenting findings and recommendations.
• Designing and developing compensation models, tools and metrics.
• Managing and maintaining compensation program data such as policy and plan documents, program eligibility.
• Providing compensation advice to HR colleagues and line managers across EMEA, working closely with them to understand their business/HR/reward challenges and recommend effective solutions.
• Participation in total rewards projects.

Skills & Experience

• Solid experience in compensation/total rewards, including in-depth knowledge of compensation survey participation and job-matching approaches.
• Experience working across multiple countries is preferable, but not essential.
• Strong written & verbal communication, analytical and problem-solving skills and excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently or in a team and confident interacting with all levels of management.
• Advanced Excel skills a must.
• Power BI proficiency.
• Workday experience a plus.

ERM is committed to where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to thrive, it’s an essential part of what makes ERM a great place to build a career and helps us create better solutions for our clients. We welcome talent from all backgrounds and provide equal opportunities for every candidate. If you have a disability, are neurodivergent, or need accommodations during the selection process, we’re here to support you. Our commitment doesn’t stop at hiring. Once you join us, we’ll ensure you have the tools, support, and adjustments needed to succeed and feel a true sense of belonging.

At ERM, sustainability is our business. We are the world’s largest advisory firm focused solely on sustainability, offering unparalleled expertise across business and finance. ERM partners with clients to operationalise sustainability at pace and scale, through our unique combination of strategic transformation and technical delivery capabilities.

Our diverse global team of experts works with the world’s leading organizations to help them set clear sustainability targets, measure progress and operationalise strategy through deep implementation and business solutions. With more than 50 years of experience, our ability to integrate sustainability solutions and our depth and breadth of technical knowledge are why organizations choose to partner with us as their trusted advisor.

Every one of us firmly believes in the potential to create value for our clients through an integrated approach to sustainability. Our team members are passionate about client service. We work closely with our clients to help them operationalise their sustainability goals and meet their environmental, health and safety objectives while advancing ERM’s purpose through delivering tangible progress.

Organizing our people across globally integrated communities of technical and strategic talent positions ERM to be a “boots to boardroom” leader in bringing that value creation to our clients, partners, and the world. We recruit exceptional professionals with a personal and professional passion for sustainability and nurture them to even greater success as specialists. We prepare our consultants to bring integrated, innovative and sustainable solutions to our clients and provide opportunities for ongoing development across a variety of subject areas related to technical, business, and personal growth.

At ERM, effort pays off and becomes career defining work that leaves a positive imprint on our planet.