Institutional Investment Consulting Senior Associate

About the role

This role can be based in Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, or Seattle. It is a hybrid work arrangement, requiring a minimum of three days per week in the office.

Responsibilities

• Work with client staff, investment committees, and boards to understand needs, objectives and investment constraints.
• Examine and monitor developments within the economy, global capital markets, and the asset management community to communicate relevant updates to clients.
• Thrive and be motivated by an environment that embraces AI and technology-enabled tools.
• Work collaboratively with client team members to manage projects by defining objectives, making recommendations, and ensuring client deliverables are timely and represent best practices.
• Liaise with investment managers, custodians, and Mercer experts to gather and clarify client-specific data supporting service delivery.
• Support investment manager searches, investment structure reviews, asset allocation studies, new business presentations, and other investment-related activities.
• Participate in, or lead, quarterly or ad-hoc client meetings.
• Mentor and teach junior analysts looking to develop their skills.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited institution with coursework in business or investment-related courses.
• 5-10 years of relevant investment experience.
• Actively pursuing or already obtained the CFA, CAIA, CIMA, or CIPM designation.
• Knowledge of performance calculations, risk metrics, and portfolio construction.
• Self-motivated and effective in a highly collaborative team environment.
• Effective in multitasking and managing multiple priorities in a rapidly changing, dynamic setting.
• Strong analytical, project management, and communication skills.
• Experience presenting complex topics to clients with varying levels of sophistication, across both traditional and alternative investments.
• Commitment to continuous learning and staying current with industry trends and market conditions.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Qualifications

• Experience leading relationships with complex clients.
• Demonstrable communication of both traditional and alternative investments to clients.
• Familiarity with a variety of institutional clients and plan types, such as defined contribution, defined benefit, endowment, foundation, insurance, and the wealth management community.

Skills

• Experience leading relationships with complex clients.
• Demonstrable communication of both traditional and alternative investments to clients.
• Familiarity with a variety of institutional clients and plan types, such as defined contribution, defined benefit, endowment, foundation, insurance, and the wealth management community.

Benefits

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have an impact on colleagues, clients, and communities.
• We provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.
• We are committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment.
• We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, veteran status (including protected veterans), or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
• We are committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office.
• All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week.
• Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.

Pay

• The applicable base salary range for this role is $88,000 to $176,000.
• The base pay offered will be determined on factors such as experience, skills, training, location, certifications, education, and any applicable minimum wage requirements.
• Decisions will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

Schedule

• This role is a hybrid work arrangement, requiring a minimum of three days per week in the office.