Mercer Career Executive Reward Graduate Programme 2025 - London

The first step in your career in Executive Reward is as a Graduate Analyst. Graduate Analysts work with a broad range of clients and industries, participating as a member of project teams to diagnose issues and design strategic solutions.

What can you expect?

Mercer's Executive Reward Consultants focus on providing high-quality, tailored, and independent consulting advice on remuneration and their advice is relied upon at the highest levels of corporate decision making, including the Board of Directors and C-Suite executives for companies in the UK and beyond.

Executive Reward Consultants are analytical and creative collaborators who diagnose client issues and assist in designing executive remuneration solutions for Remuneration Committees and management, in collaboration with our Reward team which delivers solutions for the wider workforce., Provide quantitative and qualitative analytical support to senior consultants and project teams

Conduct research and analysis to understand industry and organisation-specific issues, including business strategy, corporate performance, compensation and rewards practices and trends

Analyse clients' strategic, financial, and organisational information to provide insights that will develop into strategies and solutions for their executives

Perform financial analyses of industry sectors and client peer groups

Collaborate with project teams to determine and execute the most effective ways to structure analyses and present information to meet client objectives

Prepare client presentations and presenting to boards of directors, senior executives, and HR leaders

To be eligible for this position, you must be on track to achieve or have already achieved a minimum of a 2 : 2 in your degree discipline., Strong analytical skills, both quantitative and qualitative, and working knowledge of Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Knowledge of data analysis, project management, and presentation design

Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills

Intellectual curiosity; seeking opportunities to develop new skills

Ability to work in teams and be flexible to work under tight deadlines and changing client needs

Superior organisational skills and strong attention to detail

Understanding of sales process and commercial considerations

Enthusiasm to learn

We're Mercer - a global consulting leader in health, wealth and career. Mercer has more than 22,000 colleagues based in over 40 countries.

We help clients worldwide from small businesses to Fortune 100 companies advance the health, wealth and performance of their most vital asset their people.

Mercer is uniquely qualified to help organisations design and execute sophisticated workforce strategies, whether it's for a multinational organisation or a local company attempting to grow within its market.

We provide best-in-class consulting, rigorous analytics, and data-driven insights that help organisations make fact-based decisions

Competitive salary and accelerated career progression, with a permanent full-time role upon completing the programme.

We offer a hybrid working model that nurtures a collaborative working environment in the office 3 days a week and remote work for 2 days a week.

Competitive Benefits Package including : 25 days annual leave, up to 4 days of flexible bank holidays, excellent pension contributions, private medical cover, life assurance, income protection, employee assistance program, plus a range of flexible benefits including the option to buy or sell up to 5 days holiday per year, cycle to work, dental insurance, health assessments plus many more.

Challenged to deliver impactful solutions for major organisations and have a direct impact on their employees

Exposure to working with some of the best people in the industry