(senior) Consultant - Korn Ferry Digital

Korn Ferry; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Korn Ferry Digital is seeking a (Senior) Consultant to drive Pay Transparency initiatives across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. You will work with leading tools and methodologies to inform compensation strategies aligned with client needs.

You will interact with HR leadership, analyze pay frameworks, and support DE&I goals while contributing to talent attraction and retention for diverse client organizations.

Qualifications

• University degree (BSc or MSc).
• 5+ years in a client-facing role.
• Ability to interact effectively with senior HR leadership or executives.
• Interest in HR matters (rewards, benefits, org design).
• Proficiency with MS Office, especially Excel.
• Fluency in Dutch and English.

Responsibilities

• Championing Fair Compensation and pay transparency initiatives across roles, demographics, and regions.
• Analyzing and communicating pay frameworks, salary ranges, and decision processes.
• Driving compliance with global legislation (e.g., EU Pay Transparency Directive).
• Supporting DE&I goals through pay transparency as a governance tool.
• Leveraging digital platforms to inform compensation strategy from salary-sharing data.
• Engaging Millennials and Gen Z to support openness and fairness in pay.
• Helping position the organization as a trusted, ethical employer through transparent compensation.
• Identifying and closing pay gaps through data-driven approaches.
• Building trust and accountability around how compensation is determined.

Skills

Client facing

Executive stakeholder engagement

HR knowledge

Education

BSc or MSc degree

Tools

MS Excel

MS Office

Job description

Korn Ferryis a global consulting firm that powers performance. We unlock the potential in your people and unleash transformation across your business—synchronizing strategy, operations, and talent to accelerate performance, fuel growth, and inspire a legacy of change. That’s why the world’s most forward-thinking companies across every major industry turn to us—for a shared commitment to lasting impact and the bold ambition toBe More Than.

Korn Ferry Digitalis a scaled product business unit within Korn Ferry that develops and sells our suite of talent products and HR technology, supporting clients across six solution areas:

• Organizational Strategy
• Assessment and Succession
• Talent Acquisition
• Leadership and Professional Development
• Sales and Service
• Total Rewards

Job description

ROLE

As a (Senior) Consultant atKF Digitalyou will work on a wide variety of interestingprojectsdelivering products and services across ourWork & Career ArchitectureandRewardportfolio to a group of EMEAclients(existing and new).

You will work with Korn Ferry’s worldleading toolsandmethodologieswalking customers through the advanced/custom features of the product/service, connecting those features with clients’ needs. You will be part of an expert group sharing best practice and advice acrossEMEA community.

This role will focus on EU Pay transparency. Pay transparency means openly sharing how compensation decisions are made—this includes salary ranges, pay frameworks, and rationale behind pay. It aims to promote fairness, reduce pay gaps, and build trust across the organization.

What You'll Be Working On: Pay Transparency Initiatives

• Championing Fair Compensation: Help implement transparent pay practices that ensure equity across roles, demographics, and regions.
• Analyzing and Communicating Pay Frameworks: Support the development and disclosure of salary ranges, compensation principles, and decision-making processes.
• Driving Compliance with Global Legislation: Contribute to aligning compensation strategies with evolving laws like the EU Pay Transparency Directive and U.S. state mandates.
• Supporting DE&I Goals: Use pay transparency as a tool to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion across the organization.
• Leveraging Digital Platforms: Monitor and respond to insights from salary-sharing platforms (e.g., Glassdoor, PayScale) to inform compensation strategy.
• Engaging a New Workforce Generation: Collaborate with HR and leadership to meet expectations of Millennials and Gen Z for openness and fairness in pay.
• Boosting Talent Attraction and Retention: Help position the organization as a trusted, ethical employer through transparent and competitive compensation.
• Identifying and Closing Pay Gaps: Use data-driven approaches to uncover disparities and recommend corrective actions.
• Building Trust and Accountability: Foster a culture where employees understand and trust how their compensation is determined.

In this role you will focus on:

• Building strong customer relations, typically works with clients across different sectors and countires.
• Conducting complex product and services clients’ onboardings and training for Korn Ferry Talent Suite.
• Analyzing HR clients and market data, creations of insights to provide information and business advice to your clients.
• Facilitating workshops with management.
• Supporting the creation, renewal and maintenance of the reward database in the assigned country.
• Sharing in the EMEA community technical expertise of Korn Ferry Talent Suite and industry best practices.
• Effective project management providing accurate forecasts on existing projects with timely status updates.

Korn Ferry is on a fascinating journey of growth globally and locally, considered by clients to be the world leading partner in a very broad array of services. The pace of tools development and change is immense and bring new opportunities constantly.

Your core experience would need to include:

• A university degree (BSc or MSc).
• 5+ years of experience from a client facing role.
• Proven ability to interact effectively with senior HR leadership and management stakeholders or at executive level in small to medium businesses.
• Interest towards HR matters (rewards & benefits and organization design).
• Proficiency in MS Office suite (especially Excel)
• Fluency in Dutch and English

Your additional assets could include:

• Background from HR, e.g., HR BP or Compensation and Benefits or Job Analysis and Organization Design
• Knowledge of HRIS systems e.g. Success Factors, Workday, Oracle.
• Track record in delivering human capital-related services
• Ideally Experience with Works Counsil or Union exposure
• Experience of coordinating the work of others.
• Other language skills are appreciated.

Internal Mobility at Korn Ferry

If you currently work for Korn Ferry or one of our affiliates, you must be eligible to apply for a different position within Korn Ferry to use the Careers Site. If you accept such a position, your benefits programs and Human Resources policies may change. Please consult with your HR contact for the new position concerning application eligibility, including any immigration/visa needs, benefit programs, and HR policies applicable to that position.

Korn Ferry is an Equal Employment OpportunityEmployer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.