Mercer Hiring for Graduate Analyst, Investment Consulting at Millers Point, New South Wales, Australia Full Time

• 2025 Graduate Opportunity
• Kick start your consulting career with Mercer!
• Permanent, full-time based from Sydney

At Mercer, we make a difference in the lives of more than 110 million people daily by advancing their health, wealth, and careers. As one of the world’s largest investment consulting, multi-manager and actuarial firms, our global team of 1,200 professionals, including 120 investment manager researchers, we provides advice and solutions to some of the world’s largest funds. We design and implement investment programs that help our clients meet their long-term investment objectives.

If you have a strong client focus, enjoy solving complex problems, have a keen eye for detail and have a passion for creating better lives, then we need you to help Australia’s largest investors and superannuation funds navigate some of the biggest challenges of our time.

You will have the opportunity to work alongside Mercer’s leading consultants to solve complex problems including retirement income adequacy, balancing the trade-off between risk and return, changing legislation across a range of industries and investing in a time of climate change.

About The Role

As a Graduate Analyst you will provide valuable support to our senior consultants, working across professional practice areas in a variety of teams and client segments, giving you the opportunity to create your own career pathway based on interests and skills, supported by a buddy and your people manager.

This role requires a unique blend of capabilities, including client-facing consulting, research and analysis, quantitative modelling, writing across investments and / or actuarial specialties and importantly a curious mind asking ‘why?’ and ‘how can this be even better?’ to deliver the best outcome for our clients.

We are looking for colleagues who are:

• Curious and have a passion to grow
• Strong communicators
• Interested in generating data-driven insights
• Inclusive, collaborative team members
• Willing to roll-up their sleeves

We provide you with:

• A dedicated ‘buddy’ to help you kick start your career through daily support, mentoring, and training
• Exam and study assistance so you can pursue your CFA or actuarial certification
• Ad hoc and structured flexible working arrangements to support commitments outside of work
• An inclusive culture with a range of colleague networks such as PRIDE, Women @ Mercer and Mercer Cares
• ‘Dress to suit’ your day, whether you’re in the office or working remotely (more an expectation than provision)
• Collaborative team environment with regular social activities
• Initiatives and financial reimbursements to help you manage your health and wellness
• One day of paid volunteer leave a year with matching of donations through our Social Impact platform
• Formal global rotation program and other opportunities to pursue a global career

How to apply:

Submit your application between 09 February and 29 February 2024. Applications MUST BE accompanied with a brief cover letter outlining why you’re interested in pursuing an Investment Consulting career.

We aim to have offers finalised by the beginning of April 2024.

About Mercer:

Mercer believes in building brighter futures by redefining the world of work, reshaping retirement and investment outcomes, and unlocking real health and well-being. Mercer’s approximately 25,000 employees are based in 43 countries and the firm operates in over 130 countries. Mercer is a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), the world’s leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people, with more than 85,000 colleagues and annual revenue of over $23 billion. Through its market-leading businesses including Marsh, Guy Carpenter and Oliver Wyman, Marsh McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment. For more information, visit mercer.com. Follow Mercer on LinkedIn and X.

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