Senior Consultant - EU Pay Transparency

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Total Rewards

We all know that great work deserves great compensation. But rewarding deserving professionals is becoming increasingly complex. The workforce is more demanding. There is a focus on transparency, not just at executive level but at the workforce level too. New jobs, with no pay precedent, are emerging all the time. And flatter structures and contingent workforces mean career paths are no longer clear. We understand the differing dynamics of compensation markets around the globe and in all sectors. We know current trends, how to create engaging employee value propositions, and have the right Total Rewards strategy. We develop flexible and competitive compensation strategies that align employees and senior executives with the business strategy. And we build thoughtful employee engagement programs that attract and engage a diverse workforce and reinforce company culture and goals.

Korn Ferry is seeking a senior Consultant to join our Rewards & Benefits Advisory team. Consultants will work on project teams with more seasoned practitioners and sales colleagues to deliver analytics, frameworks and solutions that meet and exceed client expectations around compensation design and strategy. This is the core delivery level for senior consultants that can combine an understanding of reward principles, and client needs, with their experience using analytics tools and methodologies to independently solve defined problems

This role will focus on EU Pay transparency. Pay transparency means openly sharing how compensation decisions are made, this includes salary ranges, pay frameworks, and rationale behind pay. It aims to promote fairness, reduce pay gaps, and build trust across the organization.

What You'll Be Working On: Pay Transparency Initiatives

• Championing Fair Compensation: Help implement transparent pay practices that ensure equity across roles, demographics, and regions.
• Analyzing and Communicating Pay Frameworks: Support the development and disclosure of salary ranges, compensation principles, and decision-making processes.
• Driving Compliance with Global Legislation: Contribute to aligning compensation strategies with evolving laws like the EU Pay Transparency Directive
• Supporting DE&I Goals: Use pay transparency as a tool to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion across the organization.
• Leveraging Digital Platforms: Monitor and respond to insights from salary-sharing platforms (e.g., Glassdoor, PayScale) to inform compensation strategy.
• Engaging a New Workforce Generation: Collaborate with HR and leadership to meet expectations of Millennials and Gen Z for openness and fairness in pay.
• Boosting Talent Attraction and Retention: Help position the organization as a trusted, ethical employer through transparent and competitive compensation.
• Identifying and Closing Pay Gaps: Use data-driven approaches to uncover disparities and recommend corrective actions.
• Building Trust and Accountability: Foster a culture where employees understand and trust how their compensation is determined.

In this role you will focus on:

• Building strong customer relations, typically works with clients across different sectors and countires.
• Conducting complex product and services clients’ onboardings and training for Korn Ferry Talent Suite.
• Analyzing HR clients and market data, creations of insights to provide information and business advice to your clients.
• Facilitating workshops with management.
• Supporting the creation, renewal and maintenance of the reward database in the assigned country.
• Sharing in the EMEA community technical expertise of Korn Ferry Talent Suite and industry best practices.
• Effective project management providing accurate forecasts on existing projects with timely status updates.

Korn Ferry is on a fascinating journey of growth globally and locally, considered by clients to be the world leading partner in a very broad array of services. The pace of tools development and change is immense and bring new opportunities constantly.

Your core experience would need to include:

• A university degree (BSc or MSc).
• 5+ years of experience from a client facing role.
• Proven ability to interact effectively with senior HR leadership and management stakeholders or at executive level in small to medium businesses.
• Interest towards HR matters (rewards & benefits and organization design).
• Proficiency in MS Office suite (especially Excel)
• Fluency in Dutch and English

Your additional assets could include:

• Background from HR, e.g., HR BP or Compensation and Benefits or Job Analysis and Organization Design
• Knowledge of HRIS systems e.g. Success Factors, Workday, Oracle.
• Track record in delivering human capital-related services
• Ideally Experience with Works Council or Union exposure
• Experience of coordinating the work of others.
• Other language skills are appreciated.