Mercer Career Consulting Analyst New Grads

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Career team s role will be based in Toronto
. It is a hybrid role requiring presence in the office at least three days a week.

Mercer’s Career business segment helps our clients worldwide engage their talent to drive business performance. Career consultants partner with HR leaders, board members, and executives to optimize performance through strategies that enable organizations to 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. Clients receive integrated solutions across five practice areas:
Workforce Rewards, Executive Rewards, Workforce Planning & Analytics, Communications & Change Management, and HR Transformation.

• 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.
• Combine an understanding of clients' internal needs with external market practices to help facilitate a client's go‑forward rewards strategy and programs.
• Analyze clients' strategic, financial, and organizational information to provide insights that will develop into talent strategies and solutions.
• Design and implement executive, workforce, and sales compensation structures and incentive plans to align pay and performance with corporate strategic objectives.
• Develop and implement job evaluation systems and performance management programs.
• Perform pay equity diagnostics that drive clients' pay equity compliance strategy for provincially and/or federally regulated clients.
• Prepare client reports and presentations, including recommendations presented to senior management, HR leaders, boards of directors, and executives.

• 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.

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, both quantitative and qualitative.
• Strong working knowledge of Excel including advanced formulas (VLOOKUP, INDEX (MATCH), COUNTIF, AVERAGEIF, etc.) and developing analysis files and dashboards.
• Demonstrated experience in data analysis and presentation design.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Intellectual curiosity and a drive to understand "the why", seeking opportunities to develop deeper understanding and new skills.
• Flexibility, adaptability, and the ability to work under tight deadlines and changing client needs.
• Superior organizational skills and strong attention to detail.

• Completing a Bachelor's degree majoring in commerce, business, economics, finance, statistics, accounting, mathematics, psychology or HR preferred by Spring 2026
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• Consulting, business, finance/banking, accounting, HR, and/or economics internship experience preferred.
• Demonstrated academic excellence with a minimum GPA of 3.0.
• Involvement in extra‑curricular activities, clubs and/or sports teams preferred.

• 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.

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. Applications that are missing any of these documents may…