Emma Gilliland is a Consultant at C3 Nonprofit Consulting Group. She brings over seven years of client-facing experience, with expertise in comprehensive market benchmarking and developing compensation frameworks that align with business objectives and drive desired employee behaviors.
Emma carefully assesses each client’s unique challenges and applies a data-driven approach to design bespoke, results-oriented solutions that attract and retain top talent.
Emma’s experience includes:
- Conducting extensive market benchmarking of base salaries, incentive payouts, and total compensation to ensure competitive positioning.
- Leading stakeholder interviews with executives to gather insights on organizational strategy, job roles, and compensation philosophy.
- Designing customized pay structures and incentive plans tailored to client needs.
- Developing detailed cost models to assess the financial impact of proposed solutions, enabling clients to make informed decisions about budget allocation and return on investment.
- Performing in-depth data analysis on pay differentiation, performance distribution, pay equity, pay-for-performance alignment, and compensation bands.
Before joining C3, Emma worked as a Consultant in the Sales Force Effectiveness practice at a global consulting firm. In this role, she served as project manager on multiple engagements focused on competitive compensation and incentive plan design. Before that, she was part of the Analytics & Benchmarking team at a leading management consulting firm. Earlier in her career, she gained foundational experience at a Big Four accounting firm.
Emma holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Analytics from the Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa.