Company:

Mercer

Description:

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Career Consulting team at Mercer. This role will be based in Toronto for the Fall 2026 term. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

Are you currently enrolled in—or a recent graduate of—a bachelor’s or master’s program and interested in gaining hands-on experience in real-world compensation consulting? Join our team to build practical skills and collaborate with experienced consultants.

As a Career Consulting Analyst Co-op 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 provide quantitative and qualitative analytical support to senior consultants and draw meaningful conclusions from client and market data.

W e will count on you to:

• Conduct research and analysis to understand industry and organization-specific issues, including business strategy, corporate performance, and compensation and rewards trends.

• Combine an understanding of clients’ internal needs with external market practices to help facilitate a clients’ go-forward rewards strategy and programs.

• Analyze clients' strategic, financial, and organizational information to provide insights that will develop into talent strategies and solutions.

• Work with other members of the Career team to develop client recommendations.

• Prepare client presentations, including recommendations presented to senior management, HR leaders, boards of directors, and executives.

Example projects include:

• Designing and implementing a gender-neutral, pay equity-compliant job evaluation system to determine a company’s internal hierarchy

• Executive and non-executive compensation benchmarking

• Conducting trends research regarding short and long-term incentive programs

• Developing a base salary and bonus program for non-executive employees

• Creating a compensation program for sales positions, including commissions

• Creating a career architecture including elements such as role profiles and career path tools

What You Need To Have?

• Strong analytical skills, both quantitative and qualitative, and working knowledge of Excel

• Experience in data analysis and presentation design

• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills

• Intellectual curiosity, seeking opportunities to develop new skills

• Flexibility, adaptability, and the ability to work under tight deadlines and changing client needs

• Superior organizational skills and strong attention to detail

What Makes You Stand Out?

• Currently enrolled in - or recently completed - a Bachelor's degree or a Master’s degree majoring in commerce, business, economics, finance, statistics, accounting, mathematics, or HR preferred

• Consulting, business, finance/banking, accounting, HR, and/or economics internship experience preferred

Why Join Our Team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.

• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.

• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

What's Next?

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 $65,000.

This is a new position.

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.

Marsh is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, Marsh will provide a reasonable accommodation to employees and prospective employees to the point of undue hardship upon request and as required in respect of the individual’s particular restrictions and limitations. If you require a specific accommodation because of a disability or medical need, please contact reasonableaccommodations@marsh.com.

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.