Boston Consulting Group Hiring for Global Compensation Manager at London Full Time

In this role, you will be part of BCG’s Global Compensation COE, which oversees the strategy, management and development of consulting teams, alternative business models (“ABM”), Specialty Businesses (SB), knowledge team and business services compensation programs. In this role you will support the strategy and execution of compensation in the field and help to ensure BCG has the most effective compensation practices. You will provide consultative guidance, recommendation and governance on Compensation related topics for assigned BCG markets.

The Global Compensation Manager will be responsible for providing expert compensation advisory and support to align our strategy with the execution of our global compensation philosophy within the business. You will provide consultative guidance, and recommendations on compensation related topics for assigned BCG business areas and markets.

You will also:
Act as Global Comp advisor to BCG’s Global Specialty Businesses (GSB), which is comprised of diverse talent models across the following businesses – Knowledge Team, Data & Research Teams, Design Studios, Knowledge & Collaboration teams and Practice Area Management

Develop and maintain effective relationships and stakeholder interactions with GSB Leadership, HR and Finance teams, serving as an advisor in strategic and tactical approaches to compensation

Demonstrate the ability to understand business goals and market trends, leveraging this insight to recommend and influence new approaches, policies, and procedures to continually improve compensation management

Be responsible for helping shape GSB’s compensation strategy in each of its businesses and ensure they support the targeted competitive positioning of the business, ensuring that existing ranges across multiple geographies are up to date and relevant

Provide strategic comp advisory on all compensation issues, including market trends, comp approach and structure, market benchmarking, and complex hires

Create compensation models that are market competitive for the desired talent profiles of each business and are internally consistent whilst locally relevant

Provide oversight and guidance to the Compensation Lead and Senior Specialist on the development of analyses to support business decisions

Assess and manage risk for GSB comp models and ensure that they comply with BCG’s risk guidelines

Lead parts of the GSB comp project portfolio and contribute to assigned key initiatives across the range of areas covered by Global Compensation Team

Partner with the business on planning for compensation reviews and cycles, including outlining global timeline, providing market insights, developing guardrails for pay adjustments and co-ownership of any comp management training required.

YOU’RE GOOD AT

Business Partnering and delivering compensation expertise across a wide range of compensation topics

Building and maintaining effective relationships with leadership teams and HR

Structuring, planning and prioritising work/projects effectively (for the short and long term)

Working within a fast paced and changing matrix environment

Data modelling and analysis

Taking initiative and being self-motivated

Seeing the big picture

Demonstrating a mind-set of continuous improvement

Providing expert level input and insight

Understanding functional expert roles in different markets

Understanding of compensation practices in tech and professional services industries

Digital talent strategies, in particular comp practices

YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)

Bachelor’s degree required; Master/ MBA a plus

8+ years experience in Compensation / Reward, ideally gained in both consulting and corporate environments

Experience working across a number of areas of compensation; including Program design and benchmarking and comp range creation

Familiarity with a number of different benchmarking surveys and approaches as well as job evaluation

Experience working across several different geographies essential

Ability to drive analysis and processes with limited guidance, and comfort with uncertainty (e.g. potentially limited data)

Familiarity with tech and professional services companies and business models a plus

Proven ability to design creative solutions to ambiguous problems

Proven senior stakeholder and Leadership interaction and managements skills

Strong written and verbal communication skills (especially in relation to senior executives)

YOU’LL WORK WITH

BCG’s HR team works to attract, develop, excite, deploy, and retain the best people in the market. Those in human resources jobs manage the life cycle of all BCG employees—from hiring top talent and developing their skills to rewarding their contributions and supporting career progression and mobility.