Reward Consultant – Early Career

About the role

Join EY’s leading Reward practice in New Zealand as a Consultant focused on remuneration, incentive design and pay reviews. This early‑career position offers exposure to senior leaders and complex people challenges across a variety of industries, helping you build strong consulting and analytical capabilities.

Key responsibilities

• Support reward and remuneration engagements, including market benchmarking, remuneration reviews, incentive design and reward strategy projects.
• Analyse remuneration and workforce data to identify trends, generate insights and advise clients on informed decisions.
• Develop modelling, data‑analysis and problem‑solving skills while contributing to high‑quality client deliverables.
• Prepare reports, presentations and recommendations for HR leaders, executive teams and boards.

Required profile

• Curious, analytical individual with a strong interest in data‑driven HR solutions.
• Bachelor’s degree with strong academic achievement; disciplines such as Human Resources, Psychology, Business, Commerce, Finance, Economics or any other field are welcome.
• Up to 2 years of relevant experience in human resources, consulting, analytics, finance or professional services; recent graduates are encouraged to apply.
• Excellent communication, organisational and stakeholder‑management abilities.

Required skills

• Microsoft Excel