Aon | Professional Services Practice
Reward Solutions

For professional service firms, attracting and retaining talent is a critical issue. As the war on talented continues unabated, the ability of firms to deploy compelling and innovative compensation strategies represents both a critical success factor and key competitive advantage in the marketplace.

Aon’s McLagan team, which specializes in the review and design of compensation programs, provides professional service firms with best in class compensation analytics and supporting advisory services. These tailored solutions enable firms to recruit, engage and retain talent and drive profitable business outcomes.

Our approach focuses on:

Top Talent
Compensation Spend
Pay Practices

Attracting and retaining top talent – by:

Comparing your organization’s compensation market position to peers in the industry.
Staying informed on the latest business and compensation trends.
Identifying roles and functions for which there is a premium in the competitive market.

We work with a wide range of professional service firms - and have deep expertise in specific segments, such as accounting & tax, financial advisory, management consulting, government, healthcare, PR & strategic communications and executive search.

Our Solutions

Analytics

Compensation Surveys
Productivity Benchmarking
Staffing, Utilization, and Differentiation Analysis
Cost and Size of Infrastructure
Location Strategy

Advisory

Pay Strategy Development
Annual and Long-Term Incentive Plan Design
Competitive Pay Level Analyses
Job Alignment and Evaluation
Board and Compensation Committee Advisory Services
Customized Research

Compensation Surveys

Our surveys are designed to cover all practices/functional areas within professional service firms, including leadership roles, client-facing positions and support/infrastructure units. The diagram below is an illustrative example from a recent survey identifying the types of positions/areas that we can address.