Marsh’s Workforce & Rewards practice is seeking an Executive Compensation Senior Associate & Project Manager to join our team in one of our five Canadian offices (Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary or Vancouver).
In this role, you will support client engagements focused on executive compensation, incentive design, governance, and broader total rewards strategy.
You will work closely with senior consultants and client teams to help deliver practical, high-quality solutions that align pay programs with business strategy, talent priorities, and shareholder expectations.
This position is ideal for someone with strong analytical skills, consulting judgment, and a deep interest in executive compensation and rewards design.
We will count on you to:
- Support the design, analysis, and implementation of executive compensation programs
- Support proxy-related analysis
- Prepare client-ready materials, presentations, and recommendations
- Prepare board and compensation committee deliverables
- Assist with annual and long-term incentive plan reviews and benchmarking
- Analyze pay-for-performance alignment, incentive opportunity, and governance considerations
What you need to have:
- Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience
- Experience analyzing proxy statements to evaluate and compare executive compensation programs
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to translate data and analysis into clear client recommendations
- Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
- Experience working with compensation survey data, proxy data, or incentive plan design preferred
- Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Collaborative, client-oriented mindset with a desire to grow as a consultant
What makes you stand out:
- BComm, HBA/MBA, MIR, or a related degree in finance, economics, statistics, mathematics, human resources, and/or accounting, or equivalent work experience
- CFA designation is an asset
Why join our team:
- We support your professional growth through development opportunities, engaging work, and supportive leadership.
- We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where talented colleagues collaborate to create innovative solutions and make a meaningful impact on our people, clients, and communities.
- Our global scale provides a wide range of career opportunities, benefits, and rewards designed to support your overall well-being.
Skills Required
- Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience
- Experience analyzing proxy statements to evaluate and compare executive compensation programs
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to translate data and analysis into clear client recommendations
- Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
- Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Collaborative, client-oriented mindset with a desire to grow as a consultant
- Experience with compensation survey data, proxy data, or incentive plan design
- BComm, HBA/MBA, MIR, or related degree in finance, economics, statistics, mathematics, human resources, and/or accounting, or equivalent work experience
- CFA designation
What We Do
Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in more than 70 cities across 30 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation. The firm has more than 7,000 professionals around the world who work with clients to optimize their business, improve their operations and risk profile, and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities. Oliver Wyman is a business of Marsh McLennan [NYSE: MMC].









