Business Development Specialist (Investment Solutions) - London

Mercer’s Investment Solutions business is seeking a candidate who has investment knowledge and experience. As part of our Business Development Unit, you will be at the heart of the action supporting our sales leaders with large new-business opportunities across pension, not-for-profit, insurance or wealth-management client types. This is not a direct sales role but a team-based environment where you will be expected to influence our win rates through top-quality materials, support and proactive thinking. In this central team you will enhance your knowledge and understanding of an entire range of investment topics like strategy-setting, private markets investing, ESG investing, capital markets, and more.

We will count on you to:

Develop in-depth knowledge of Mercer’s investment research and client solutions, in order to explain and communicate to colleagues and prospective clients

Work closely with sales and commercial leadership on all aspects of sales and business development activities, demonstrate ownership of key sales deliverables including new business proposals, and pitch material

Support and influence other business development initiatives such as roll-out of new tools, product launches, marketing initiatives, go to market strategy, market research and intelligence. This will involve collaborating with worldwide Mercer colleagues across our wider investment, operational, client and consulting teams

Support, guide and coach more junior colleagues, and contribute to continuous development of the team

What you need to have: 

Experience in business development and preparing business proposals for presentation

Third-level qualification with a good academic track record and an interest in capital markets and investment industry (CFA and actuarial candidates welcome)

Ability to manage multiple projects, stakeholders and deliverables simultaneously

What makes you stand out:

Understanding of institutional investment landscape and structures, particularly private-markets investing such as private equity / private debt

Creative thinking with high standards of output and ability to generate concise written materials

Ability to communicate complex issues in a simple and coherent manner

Why join our team:

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 impact for colleagues, clients and communities

Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being

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, civil partnership status, 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. We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments in accordance with applicable law to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. If you have a disability that may require reasonable adjustments, please contact us at reasonableaccommodations@mmc.com.