Senior Share Schemes Consulting Analyst

Company:

Mercer

Description:

Mercer is seeking candidates for an exciting opportunity in our Share Schemes Consulting Team. This is a senior analyst role and will offer the opportunity for a suitable candidate with around 2 years experience working in a financial services client services background to work closely with a senior experienced consultant on some of our key share schemes clients. The successful candidate will be based in either our Cork or Dublin offices. We are a hybrid working organisation with office attendance expected 3 day a week.

What can you expect:

This role within our Share Schemes Consulting team provides an excellent opportunity for someone to commence or progress their career in a thriving consultancy business. The Share Schemes Consulting Analyst will be part of a 17 person strong administration and consulting team specialising in Approved Profit Sharing Schemes (APSSs) an employee benefit in which Mercer is the leading provider in Ireland. The role involves assisting our senior consultants in managing and cultivating our APSS client relationships while guiding clients around the technical and operational aspects of providing an APSS to employees through Mercer. Key attributes required of a successful applicant include the ability to acquire technical knowledge strong interpersonal skills ability to work closely in support of others and excellent time management and organisational abilities. Existing technical knowledge regarding APSSs is not a requirement and training will be provided. The workload has seasonal characteristics. A strong work ethic is required particularly at the busier times of year.

You will learn to:

• Provide consulting to corporate clients including some of Irelands largest employers.
• With good performance and skills acquisition advance a consulting career.
• Understand the technical aspects of providing an Approved Profit Sharing Scheme.
• Develop relationships with clients to achieve high standards of service.
• Assist in the provision of communications consulting advice to clients around their Approved Profit Sharing Schemes.
• Understand the inner workings of a consultancy organisation.
• Deliver and maintain professional and ethical standards of service to all business partners.
• Coordinate share scheme events with clients colleagues and the share schemes administration team.

What you will need to have:

Specific prior experience is not required (though clearly it could be an advantage).

• Confident use of Microsoft Office.
• Ability to build rapport with clients and colleagues both face to face and over the telephone.
• Ability to prioritise a busy workload and adapt to client and colleague needs.
• A Can do and customer focused attitude with willingness to extend working hours at key times of year.
• Ability to gain and apply knowledge.
• Clear verbal written numerical and communication skills.
• High level of accuracy/attention to detail.
• Ability to work within a team environment as a team player and a flexible approach to work.
• Third level qualification.
• Self-starter and continuous learner.

What makes you stand out:

• Prior experience with employee benefits shares and/or tax.
• Hard working proactive and flexible approach to business with excellent problem solving organisational and analytical skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience in a Financial Services /Accountancy firm.

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 collaborate 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.

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 90000 colleagues Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information visit 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 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 Traveller community or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable support to any candidate with a disability/health condition to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. We welcome candidates to contact us at to discuss any specific needs.

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.