Early Careers: Work & Rewards Analyst – Toronto – 2027

WTW; Toronto; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Willis Towers Watson (WTW) in Toronto seeks a Work & Rewards Analyst to help design pay and rewards strategies for a variety of clients. You will analyze data, benchmark programs, and support executive and broad-based incentive design, collaborating with consultants and client teams.

The role requires a quantitative background, strong Excel skills, and excellent communication. Graduation between May 2026 and June 2027 is welcome; CAD 65k–70k base with eligibility for an annual incentive.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with quantitative coursework and GPA 3.0; expected graduation Spring 2027.
• Strong technical and/or client service experience; analyst internship preferred.
• Excellent problem solving, self-starter with teamwork ability.
• Excellent written and oral communication; strong Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with consultants and clients to design pay and rewards philosophies and strategies.
• Perform competitive benchmarking analyses to ensure reward program competitiveness.
• Conduct industry and financial research and analyze data.
• Track legal and regulatory trends related to governance and compensation.
• Model pay structures and calibrate incentive plan designs.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Client service skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, economics, finance, mathematics, statistics or related field (GPA 3.0, expected graduation Spring 2027)

Tools

Excel

Job description

Note: Employment-based non-immigrant visa sponsorship and/or assistance is not offered for this specific job opportunity.

Description

Create your future. Our Work & Rewards teams are the global leaders in defining work and rewards strategies with our clients. Our team effectively aligns executive and broad employee pay, benefits and other rewards with the interest of our clients’ stakeholders. Our team consults to a broad array of clients on matters related to corporate governance, legislative and regulatory trends, performance analysis, risk management and compensation plan design/calibration, among others.

Explore an opportunity. As a Work & Rewards Analyst, you will work side-by-side with some of the industry’s top consultants while you develop cutting edge technical knowledge and skills and gain experience working with a variety of clients across industries. You will have immediate exposure to real client assignments which will draw on your imagination and creativity as well as your ability to analyze data, draw conclusions, present results and recommend potential solutions. Working within project teams, you will collaborate with colleagues with a similar interest in human resources strategies and be exposed to other segments of WTW.

Our projects range in scope from specific solutions (e.g., base pay program design, job evaluation, incentive design, pay level benchmarking, goal-setting methodology development, performance management program design, custom surveys) to broad cross-LOB engagements such as total rewards strategy and total rewards.

Responsibilities

• Partnering with consultants and clients to design philosophies and strategies to attract, reward and retain talent
• Helping our clients ensure that their reward programs are competitive by performing competitive benchmarking analyses
• Performing industry and financial research
• Keeping abreast of legal, regulatory and legislative trends that relate to corporate governance and compensation
• Modeling pay structures and conducting financial impact analyses of alternative designs
• Developing, analyzing and calibrating executive and broad-based incentive plan designs that help support companies’ business strategies
• Drafting documents presenting the team’s analytical work to client audiences
• Valuing equity awards through the application of financial formulas
• Increasing efficiency within client teams by identifying ways to improve processes

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in business, economics, finance, mathematics, statistics or any other major with significant quantitative course work, and minimum GPA of 3.0 (expected graduation Spring 2027)
• Work experience that demonstrates strong technical and/or client service skills (analyst type of internship preferred
• Passion for solving problems and sharing solutions to exceed the standards of the client
• Strong financial literacy is highly preferred
• Ability to be a self-starter and work independently, but also cooperatively in a close team environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly in Excel
• Accepting applications from candidates that graduate with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree between May 2026 through June 2027

Compensation

The base salary compensation range being offered for this role is $65,000 - $70,000 CAD per year.

This role is also eligible for an annual short-term incentive bonus.

Other

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in the process to screen, assess, or select applicants for a position but all final decisions and determinations are made exclusively by authorized human personnel.

We’re committed to equal employment opportunity and provide application, interview and workplace adjustments and accommodations to all applicants. If you foresee any barriers, from the application process through to joining WTW, please email [e-mail].

Equal Opportunity Employer