Mercer
We are seeking a talented individual to join our Career team at Mercer. This role will be based in Montreal. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.
Mercer's Career business segment helps our clients around the world engage their talent to drive business performance. Career consultants partner with HR leaders, board members, and top-level executives to optimize business performance through strategies that enable organizations to better reward and engage their people. We stay ahead of the competition by providing best-in-class information, unsurpassed global reach, dedicated support services, and innovative solutions. We bring clients a range of integrated solutions across five practice areas: Workforce Rewards, Executive Rewards, Workforce Planning & Analytics, Communications & Change Management and HR Transformation.
As a Compensation Analyst in the Rewards practice, you will work with a broad range of clients and industries in a stimulating environment, participating as an integral member of project teams to diagnose issues and design strategic human resource solutions that support clients’ success. You will be responsible for providing crucial quantitative and qualitative analytical support to senior consultants and draw meaningful conclusions from client and market data.
Conduct market research and analysis to understand industry and organization-specific issues, including compensation and rewards trends, business strategy, corporate performance, and hiring and retention challenges
Prepare client reports and presentations, including recommendations presented to senior management, HR leaders, boards of directors, and executives
Example projects include:
Strong working knowledge of Excel including advanced formulas (VLOOKUP, INDEX (MATCH), COUNTIF, AVERAGEIF, etc.) and developing analysis files and dashboards
What Makes You Stand Out?
Completing a Bachelor's degree majoring in commerce, business, economics, finance, statistics, accounting, mathematics, actuarial sciences, psychology or HR preferred by Spring 2026.
Consulting, business, finance/banking, accounting, HR, economics and/or quantitative intensive internship experience preferred .
Demonstrated strong business acumen and leadership experience, coupled with exceptional critical thinking and problem-solving abilities, effective communication skills, and a solid understanding of fundamental business principles.
Excellent communication and presentation skills in French and English, as the position requires regular interaction with clients outside of Quebec, as well as collaboration with other members of the team outside of Canada.
In order to be considered, submit your complete application by providing a cover letter, your resume and your most recent transcript in PDF format , via our career section. Please note that applications that are missing any of these documents may not be considered.
We will review completed application submissions and you will be contacted if you are selected for an interview. The interview process will include an Excel test to assess your proficiency level.
The applicable salary for this role is $72,000.
Mercer is a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH), a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information about Mercer, visit mercer.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.
