Graduate Analyst, Investment Consulting

Company:Mercer

Description:

• 2026 Investment Graduate Opportunity
• Kick start your investment consulting career with Mercer!
• Permanent, full-time based in Melbourne

The consulting business within Mercer Investments provides investment advice and solutions to some of world’s largest super funds, insurers, not-for-profits, family offices and other asset owners.  We design and implement strategic solutions that help our clients meet their long-term financial return and risk objectives and solve the real-world problems of their organisations and beneficiaries.  As one of the world’s largest investment consulting, actuarial, and investment management firms, our global team of 5,300 professionals, working across more than 90 client countries, provides our clients with in-depth knowledge few others can match. 

If you have a strong client focus, enjoy solving complex problems, have a keen eye for detail and have a passion for financial markets, then we need you to help Australia’s largest investors 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 setting strategic asset allocation, balancing the trade-off between risk and return, understanding the performance of different asset classes and investing in a time of climate change. Our role is helping to bring clarity to clients in an investment world that is ever evolving and increasingly complex.

About the role

As an Investment 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, report writing 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  
• An interest in financial markets and investment strategy

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 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

How to apply:

Submit your application by 25 April 2025. Applications MUST BE accompanied with a brief cover letter outlining why you're interested in pursuing a Investment Consulting career.

We aim to have offers finalised by the beginning of June 2025.

About Mercer

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 $24 billion and more than 90,000 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 creating 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, 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.