Talent Advisory Director – Rewards and People Advisory

The Talent Advisory Team

We partner with our clients and support them in developing new talent & reward approaches tailored to their particular business and its unique operating model and culture. We work with clients on a wide range of topics and the diversity of our support is a key feature of the work in our team. Our main service areas focus on total reward strategies, employee value proposition design (EVP), future skills definition, culture alignment, job architecture and levelling (underpinned by our refreshingly straight-forward job evaluation methodology, JobLink) and design of all of the individual components of the reward package including base pay, annual incentive plans, sales incentives and performance management. Being Aon, we are of course able to call on some of the best expertise in the market to support our work (e.g. benefits, pensions and market data as already mentioned).

We provide invaluable advice to companies during some of the most exciting and crucial moments in their growth and evolution – including during carve-outs and M&A scenarios where we help them to create, align and integrate talent & reward processes in a way that supports the aspirations of the new business.

Our clients range from small local start-ups to some of the largest and best-known global brands. This role will be Italy based but you will be part of a wider EMEA Advisory Team and also working alongside global colleagues based on the specific needs of each individual project.

This is a commercially focused role with direct client and prospect interaction and at this level, individuals would be expected to be involved in business development, closing deals as well as successful management and delivery of projects.

What the day will look like

• Solve client’s workforce challenges, through leverage of Talent, and where possible Health and Wealth, solutions to design and implement client solutions across multiple HR fields
• Accountable for projects to ensure they’re delivered with quality, accuracy and efficiency
• Manage a robust network both internally and externally to develop relationships and opportunities for the Advisory team and the wider reward and Human Capital Business
• Support the development of thought leadership across our Advisory offering which ensures that we deliver the best of Aon to our clients.
• Shape, sell and lead bespoke and tailored solutions to our clients bringing together expertise from across Aon as appropriate. In this role you would be expected to as a subject matter expert lead in the commercial process
• Project management with a high degree of personal involvement in delivery as well as leading a project team where required to ensure that the project delivers against the clients needs and is commercially successful for Aon.
• Responsible for working in full accordance with the Aon UK Limited Risk Management Framework, and compliance with the Aon UK Limited policies, including participation in the management of risks (including completion of mandatory training) that may adversely affect the business, interests or reputation of any Group Company.

Skills and experience that will lead to success

• Technical experience in Total Reward, Rewards Analytics, People Analytics and/or Talent Management with potentially deep expertise in some specific areas.
• Experience leading and delivering significant projects.
• Ideally, proven sales experience and experience of mentoring and leading a team.
• Ability to collaborate well with colleagues across different teams and geographies in a fast-paced, consulting environment.
• Superior listening skills, the ability to develop insightful questions, and identify and implement the appropriate strategy to successfully address the client’s issues.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, for interactions with clients and colleagues
• Highly evolved analytical skills for interpreting data and integrating data to support decision-making
• Consistent track record of strong senior stakeholder level client relationship management and business development
• Commercial competence, with an ability to drive revenue growth
• Flexibility to work in situations where there is no unique right answer and a willingness to work outside of your personal comfort zone.

How this opportunity is different

The role-holder will be the Senior Advisor on our most high-profile project opportunities. Through this they will drive value by providing project management and professional consultancy to clients from an array of industries, bringing to bear data from Aon’s compensation surveys, assessment products and data, while building and championing strong client relationships.

The candidate will work across a wide range of project types and solution lines with a strong client-focus. As an excellent solution architect, they integrate information from multiple sources to tell a story and eloquent value. They will collaborate closely with those of different expertise such as Assessments, People Strategy, Executive Compensation, Benefits & Pensions, M&A, and Communications and Change.

Office: Milano (Via Ernesto Calindri 6) or Roma (Via Piemonte 48/50)