Investment Solutions Specialist

Job title:

Investment Solutions Specialist

Company

Marsh McLennan

Job description

Company: MercerDescription:What can you expect:An exciting opportunity to join one of Mercer’s largest and most rapidly-growing business areas –Investment Solutions. As part of our Solutions Management Team, within Investment Solutions, the successful candidate will play a key role in delivering critical aspects of the business’ future expansion and growth.The Solutions Management Team is responsible for designing innovative solutions that expand the capabilities of the business, for ensuring that solutions focus on all aspects of the investment proposition, and, for promoting scale in how the business approaches commercial expansion. The team is deliberately composed of members with varied backgrounds in Asset Management and/or Fund Management.This role will be multi-faceted and fluid, and the preferred core experience and skills will be centred on the Asset Management industry experience with focus on investment management, investment consulting or investment operations, excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills and a disciplined and proactive approach to work.What you will be rewarded with:Our employees enjoy excellent benefits such as:

• Competitive salary with annual review

• Up to 12% pension contribution
• Full healthcare cover
• Study Support
• Flexible working/hybrid working
• Sports & Social clubs/Wellness Programme
• Paid annual leave and ability to purchase additional leave days
• Travel ticket/bike to work/dental are optional
• 35 hour working week

We will rely on you to:

• Evaluate business and client requirements in order to design and oversee the development of new solutions to support expansion and growth.
• Develop innovative solutions across the entire Investment Solutions value proposition from initial investment strategy design, ongoing implementation, through to client reporting and engagement, and always using a practical and commercial lens.
• Facilitate Sales, Business development and Client service as a centre of excellence across the full suite of solutions, including input into RFPs, internal governance approvals, commercial prioritization and decision making, client, market, and product queries.
• Work directly with clients to understand their investment needs with the ability to translate those requirements across teams to enable seamless implementation.
• Collaborate across teams including portfolio management, operations, legal, compliance, project management & sales and contribute to overall thinking on our solution set.
• Develop and maintain product, market and segment intelligence to assist in solution design.
• Support the development, maintenance and enhancement of a comprehensive Investment Solutions value proposition strategy.

What you need to have:

• Excellent analytical skills with a keen attention to detail.
• Ability to achieve results in situations with limited or ambiguous information.
• Ability to accurately identify, document and recommend innovative solutions to complex business problems.
• Ability to work independently, to work under pressure and to handle several deliverables at once.
• Results oriented and strives to achieve high levels of individual and organizational performance.
• Professional, disciplined and proactive approach to work.
• Good team worker, as deliverables will involve working with colleagues in multiple areas of the business and across different countries.
• Strong interpersonal skills to communicate with and influence internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
• Willingness to build on existing experience and engage in priority activities outside their immediate role when necessary.

What makes you stand out:

• Self-starter with energy, proactivity and ability to deliver outcomes meeting both commercial and regulatory goals.
• Good experience in an investment management, consulting or investment operations related role.
• Solutions driven – ability to see the bigger picture and be proactive in identifying areas for enhancement.
• An undergraduate degree in Accounting, Actuarial Studies, Business, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, Science or similar discipline is desirable or relevant post graduate experience.

About Mercer:Mercer’s Investments business is a leading provider of investment consulting and investment solutions globally. We offer customised advice and support at every stage of the investment decision, risk management and investment monitoring process. The Investment Solutions business, catering for clients who wish to delegate the implementation of their investment strategy, has grown very rapidly over recent years and governs over $120 billion in client assets across Europe and Asia.Mercer is a global leader in the provision of investment related services to a wide range of institutional clients including pension funds, insurance companies, wealth managers and endowments. The firm also has a significant global presence in human resource consulting and related services. Globally, across all business segments, Mercer has more than 20,000 employees based in more than 40 countries.Mercer provides insights, advice and technology-driven solutions to help build brighter futures for our clients, colleagues and communities. Together, we’re redefining the world of work, reshaping retirement and investment outcomes, and unlocking real health and well-being. Mercer’s more than 25,000 employees are based in 44 countries, and the firm operates in over 130 countries. Mercer is a business of Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE: MMC), the world’s leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people, with 76,000 colleagues and annualized revenue approaching $17 billion. Through its market-leading businesses, including Marsh, Guy Carpenter and Oliver Wyman, Marsh & McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment. In Ireland, Mercer employs over 600 employees in offices based in Dublin and Cork.We embrace a culture that celebrates and promotes the many backgrounds, heritages and perspectives of our colleagues and clients regardless of their gender expression or identity, marital or civil partnership status, ethnic origin, nationality, age, background, disability, sexual orientation or beliefs. We are proud of our inclusive culture where everyone feels empowered to bring their whole selves to work and thrive.#MercerIS

Expected salary

Location

Dublin – Cork

Job date

Wed, 27 Mar 2024 01:44:30 GMT

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