Director, Compensation and Benefits - Executive Compensation

About the role

A&M is a global consulting firm with entrepreneurial professionals who solve clients' problems and assist them in reaching their potential. The team is seeking a Director with expertise in Executive Compensation.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients with the design, implementation, communication, and monitoring of their compensation philosophy and strategy.
• Provide compensation, tax, accounting, and business advice in regards to complex transactions.
• Conduct proxy statement studies and analyses of other publicly available data sources.
• Benchmark, design, and implement annual incentive plans and long-term incentive plans.
• Conduct statistical analyses of compensation data.
• Model financial impact of compensation plans.
• Conduct performance metrics studies.
• Monitor executive and other compensation trends.
• Participate in broader projects including performance management, employee benefits, retirement, healthcare, performance optimization, cash/non-cash reward and recognition.
• Participate in marketing initiatives including support on developing compensation work and methodology approaches, writing and supporting proposals and conducting surveys.
• Lead client engagements on a day-to-day basis and manage staff members on various projects.
• Benchmark compensation and develop reports to support the compensation recommendations.
• Design annual and long-term incentive awards while considering the tax, accounting, and other regulatory ramifications.
• Prepare tax calculations and various analyses/models to help clients make better informed compensation decisions and comply with the applicable rules and regulations.
• Review/draft technical memorandums and letters related to compensation & benefits issues.
• Review the calculations and work product of peers for accuracy and reasonableness, serving as a thorough reviewer of data and results (most of the work product reviewed will be in Excel and PowerPoint).
• Interpret and apply laws, regulations, judicial precedent and other guidance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, Advanced Degree preferred (i.e., JD, LL.M. in Taxation, and/or World at Work Certified).
• 7+ years of related work experience.
• Strong knowledge of executive compensation and statistical analysis, incentive plan design and analysis, and pay structure analysis and design.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to articulate complex information, including presenting complex topics in easily understood terms to clients.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Ability to simultaneously work on and manage several projects and effectively manage deadlines.
• High motivation to learn and grow.
• Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.