Freelance Contractor - Principal, Total Rewards (Germany)

Our Consulting Line of Business spans 29 Countries across EMEA, working across 6 Major Markets within our 4 main solution areas - Organisational Strategy, Total Reward, Leadership & Development and Assessment & Succession.

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 work forces 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 rewards and benefits strategy to accelerate sales. 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.

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

We have an opportunity for Freelance Contractors to join us to provide tailor-made Total Reward solutions in line with the client’s organisational strategy (e.g., job evaluation / job architectures, salary structures, salary increase systems, bonus schemes, benefit policies)

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Principal Consultants will work on project teams to deliver Total Reward solutions that meet and exceed client expectations. You will already have worked in the Total Reward space and developed an understanding of one or more of the following – Job Evaluation, Salary Benchmarking, Career Architecture, Performance Management and Executive Pay.

At this level, business development and client relationship management feature as an important focus of the role in addition to delivery. Individuals may major on either delivery or business development or indeed have more of a mixed portfolio. Regardless of major, individuals will contribute to bids and manage/lead relationships and/or projects of considerable complexity.

• Create reward strategies and principles for the client, design pay structures and incentive plans and roll out governance models to support the implementation of effective reward initiatives.
• Assist the lead on the delivery of complex projects
• Lead research, analysis and interpretation on client / sector business issues, performance, client competitor performance etc. with a view to identifying possible opportunities. 
• Contribute to winning profitable business by proposal writing, pricing, shaping opportunities, pitch preparation and opportunity spotting in clients. 
• Facilitate project teams by defining scope, objectives and project management structure ensuring a constant focus on outcomes.
• Leverage the expertise of internal industry or practice experts across the KF business.
• Contribute to thought leadership and/or research.
• Support less experienced consultants through mentoring and project-based development and coaching.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree - ideally Business Admin, Business Engineering, Law, Mathematics or similar.
• Experience in consulting or professional service in Total Reward/Compensation and Benefits, Mobility, HR
• Knowledge of the design of reward systems.
• Competent use of Microsoft office programs, especially Excel and data tools
• Good communicator, combined with problem solving competence, analytical skills and team orientation.
• Client focus and confident, positive attitude and high engagement
• Results and solution focused while managing complex situations.
• Know How and practice of one of the market common job evaluation methodologies, ideally the Hay methodology
• Native/Fluent German speaker