Director, Investment Consulting

About the role

As a Director on the Client Consulting team, you will lead consulting efforts for clients, providing first-class advice on a range of investment services to Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution plans. These services include:

• Strategic setting of investment objectives
• Strategic asset allocation
• Investment management structures
• Manager selection
• Performance measurement and evaluation
• Investment manager monitoring
• Custodian selection
• Transition advice
• Statements of investment policy
• Global research services

You will liaise closely with clients, fund managers, and other areas of the firm, taking responsibility for client relationships (supported by other consultants and investment analysts as appropriate). Note that visa sponsorship or assistance is not offered for this role.

Responsibilities

• Lead investment consulting client engagements, ensuring quality of work and timely delivery of advice and services
• Provide a wide range of services to pension and investment committees and sub-committees
• Develop leveraged teams that work together effectively
• Develop plans for execution of large-scale engagements
• Establish a trusted advisor role with clients and provide consistent, superior relationship management
• Introduce and partner with other internal lines of business and services to better address client needs and objectives
• Manage financial profitability of the client’s investment mandate (e.g., team structure, billing, collection, additional resource utilization)
• Provide constructive feedback to junior associates and offer opportunities to prepare materials and lead portions of client meetings

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree required; relevant professional qualifications such as CFA, FSA, MSc, and MBA are preferred
• Seven or more years of progressive investment experience, ideally gained in a client-service oriented environment (consulting, investment management, or portfolio management)
• Strong client focus and proven track record of attracting, building, and managing client relationships
• Insight into practical issues of investment management organizations (governance and investment process, organizational structure and people, marketing, business management, and strategy)
• Thorough understanding of the global institutional investment industry, its drivers, and future direction
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to liaise with internal and external constituencies
• Experience in a client-service environment; demonstrated ability to understand client needs and translate them into action
• Team player comfortable in a professional services environment with the ability to effectively debate and subsequently influence internally and externally at all levels
• Track record of mentoring junior colleagues to deliver high-quality work
• Moderate travel required

Pay

The base salary compensation range for this role is $130,000–$160,000 USD per year. This role is also eligible for an annual short-term incentive bonus.

Benefits

WTW provides a competitive benefit package which includes the following (eligibility requirements apply):

• Health and Welfare Benefits: Medical (including prescription coverage), Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Commuter Account, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Group Accident, Group Critical Illness, Life Insurance, AD&D, Group Legal, Identity Theft Protection, Wellbeing Program, and Work/Life Resources (including Employee Assistance Program)
• Leave Benefits: Paid Holidays, Annual Paid Time Off (includes paid state/local paid leave where required), Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Other Leaves (e.g., Bereavement, FMLA, ADA, Jury Duty, Military Leave, and Parental and Adoption Leave), Paid Time Off
• Retirement Benefits: Contributory Pension Plan and Savings Plan (401k). All Level 38 and more senior roles may also be eligible for non-qualified Deferred Compensation and Deferred Savings Plans.