HR Reward and Compensation Consultant Internship

Company:

Marsh

Description:

Mercer is a global consulting leader helping clients around the world redefine the world of work, reshape retirement and investment outcomes, and unlock real health and well-being for their people.

Mercer Italy is looking for candidates passionate about making a difference in the careers of thousands of people to join through an exciting and fruitful internship in the Reward and Executive Compensation Practice team based in Milan.

What can you expect?

As a Mercer Intern you will support our Reward and Executive Compensation Practice in activities related to evaluation and analysis of job profiles, compensation analysis, surveys productions and market benchmarks to support our Clients on Compensation and Reward practices.

We will count on you to:

• Contribute to perform job analysis, job evaluation and job matching

• Cooperate in the activities of data validation, compensation analysis and benchmarking

• Support the compensation surveys production and the analysis of yearly results, in order to develop market trends by industry, by geography, by role etc

• Support our teams working in defining our clients’ Reward and Compensation Strategy

• Take part to the assessment and design of our clients incentive systems (MBO, sales incentives, Long Term Incentive…)

• Assist in market scouting and developing market best practices for Reward items

• Support the preparation of presentations for clients (in italian and english)

• Support our teams working in defining our clients’ Reward and Compensation Strategy

• Contribute to perform job analysis, job evaluation and job matching

• Cooperate in the activity of data validation, compensation analysis and benchmarking

• Support the evaluation of total compensation packages

• Take part to the assessment and design of our clients incentive systems (MBO, sales incentives…)

• Assist in market scouting and market best practices for incentive plans

• Support the preparation of presentations for clients (in italian and english)

• Leverage the opportunity to further develop your skills and join other Mercer’s teams in different HR consulting areas

What you need to have?

• University master’s degree in economics / organization/ management preferred

• Strong analytical, organizational and communication skills

• Excellent use of Microsoft Office (Excel, Power Point);

• Fluency in both Italian and English languages;

What makes you stand out:

• Initiative, proactivity, curiosity;

• Strong results orientation;

• Attention to details;

• Time management and ability to work on deadlines;

• Knowledge of digital, social/business networks.

What we offer:

• 6 months of paid internship

• Hybrid work

• Starting day: March 2026

Marsh Risk is a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH), a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information about Marsh Risk, visit marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.