Senior Manager - Investment Consulting

We are seeking a talented individual to join our investments team at Mercer. This role will be based in Gurgaon. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

Senior Manager - Investment Consulting

As a member of the Investments team at Mercer based in India, you will play a crucial role in providing comprehensive analysis and research support throughout the entire investment decision-making, risk management, and investment monitoring process. Your primary responsibilities will involve assisting with a range of institutional investing activities across different geographies, including collecting and analyzing data, researching investment strategies, portfolio construction and performance analytics reports.

In this role, you will work closely with the Investment Consultants to deliver high-quality research and analysis to support their client engagements. Your ability to gather and analyze complex investment data, synthesize insights, and communicate findings will be critical to the success of the team and the clients we serve.

This is a challenging and rewarding opportunity for a highly motivated individual with a passion for investments, strong analytical skills, and a desire to work in a dynamic, collaborative team environment.

We will count on you for :

• Developing asset allocation solutions for institutional clients based on the Investment Policy Statement while incorporating the asset class views of the organization’s Strategic Research Group
• Preparing Portfolio evaluation reports (DC, DB, OCIO, Endowment and Foundation) on monthly / quarterly basis detailing the market performance, investment results, style exposures and recommendations for portfolio rebalancing
• Preparing quarterly manager commentary by assessing the performance of fund / investment strategies and linking the performance with market / economic developments and the investment process of the asset managers
• Making recommendations to clients basis the manager search and selection for various investment strategies – US and Global Equity, Fixed Income, Multi-Asset, Inflation, Real Estate, and ESG which involves assessment of strategies on various factors such as the investment team, investment process, risk management, factor / style exposures (using Style Analytics), and fees
• Review and amend investment policy statements.
• Author research papers on macro / micro economic environment and Investment industry trends.
• Providing research support on client requests including ESG, Style Analysis, Asset Class Trends
• Lead and manage end-to-end operations and ensure the seamless delivery of reports / projects.
• Project management, work allocation, real-time capacity management, peer review, training and development of team members
• Liaison with stakeholders to build relationship for service delivery management.
• Play anchor role for all strategic projects and provide directions to the team.
• Prepare and manage KPIs and handle escalations.
• Participate in defining strategic priorities for the business.
• Focus on new capability development and branding imperatives.
• Lead efforts for people engagement, knowledge development initiatives for the team, and ensure adherence to compliance policy and organizational imperatives.
• Driving Process Improvement Initiatives and delivering results in line with Business Priorities

What you need to have :

What makes you stand out?

Why join our team :

Mercer, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE : MMC), is a global leader in helping clients realize their investment objectives, shape the future of work and enhance health and retirement outcomes for their people. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses : Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $23 billion and more than 85,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit mercer.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan is 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, caste, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex / gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh McLennan is 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 McLennan 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