Senior Consultant - Total Rewards Dutch speaking

Korn Ferry Group; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Korn Ferry seeks a Senior Consultant to join the Total Rewards Advisory team in Amsterdam. You will lead client engagements, design compensation strategies, and support pay-transparency initiatives across Europe.

The role combines analytics with advisory delivery for diverse clients and requires close collaboration with HR leaders and cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate has senior-level experience in rewards, strong Excel skills, and fluency in Dutch and English, with a proactive,

Qualifications

• University degree (BSc or MSc).
• 5+ years in a client-facing role.
• Proficiency in MS Office (especially Excel).
• Fluency in Dutch and English.

Responsibilities

• Build strong client relationships for Korn Ferry's Total Rewards practice.
• Lead onboarding and training for Korn Ferry Talent Suite.
• Analyze HR data and market trends to provide insights and recommendations.
• Facilitate workshops with management and stakeholders.
• Support maintenance of reward databases and knowledge sharing across EMEA.

Skills

Client facing

Dutch and English fluency

Relationship management

MS Office proficiency

Education

BSc or MSc

Tools

Excel

SuccessFactors

Workday

Oracle

Job description

Senior Consultant - Total Rewards Dutch speaking

Requisition ID 28496

Country Netherlands

Location type Hybrid

State / Province Amsterdam

City Amsterdam

About Us

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 to Be More Than.

Headquartered in Los Angeles, our over 17,000 colleagues globally serve clients from more than 130 offices across the globe. We offer five core capabilities that span the full talent lifecycle:

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

Total Rewards

We all know that great work deserves great compensation. But rewarding deserving professionals is becoming increasingly complex. The workforce is more demanding. There is a focus on transparency, not just at executive level but at the workforce level too. New jobs, with no pay precedent, are emerging all the time. And flatter structures and contingent workforces mean career paths are no longer clear. We understand the differing dynamics of compensation markets around the globe and in all sectors. We know current trends, how to create engaging employee value propositions, and have the right Total Rewards strategy to accelerate sales. We develop flexible and competitive compensation strategies that align employees and senior executives with the business strategy. And we build thoughtful employee engagement programs that attract and engage a diverse workforce and reinforce company culture and goals.

Korn Ferry is seeking a senior Consultant to join our Rewards & Benefits Advisory team. Consultants will work on project teams with more seasoned practitioners and sales colleagues to deliver analytics, frameworks and solutions that meet and exceed client expectations around compensation design and strategy. This is the core delivery level for senior consultants that can combine an understanding of reward principles, and client needs, with their experience using analytics tools and methodologies to independently solve defined problems

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.

Korn Ferry may useAIas part of its recruitment process, but all hiring decisions are made byhumans.

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 Opportunity Employer

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.