Senior Manager - Investments

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 organizations 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:

• Relevant bachelors or masters degree in finance or economics with demonstrated academic achievement.
• Prior experience in asset management or financial services, preferably across multiple asset classes and investment disciplines; at least
• Proficient understanding of Wealth Management, Investment Management industry and asset classes (equity, fixed income, and alternatives)
• Minimum experience of at least 8 years in the financial services industry
• Ability to understand the link between data, client needs and its application to the "bigger picture."
• Proven organizational and project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of influencing diverse audiences.
• High level of self-motivation, ownership, initiative, and exceptional attention to detail.
• Exceptional interpersonal, organizational, business communication, and time management skills.
• Leadership skills with the ability to manage diverse teams.
• Strong logical and analytical skills with attention to details
• Demonstrated high level of self-motivation, ownership, and initiative.
• Working knowledge of MS Office and third-party tools such as Bloomberg, Morning Star, and Lipper.
• Progress towards professional certification such as CFA, CAIA, CIPM

What makes you stand out?

• Domain expertise relevant to wealth management/investment advisory/consulting
• Willing to learn and a strong team player with a collaborative approach.
• Effective team management skills
• Good analytical skills