Principal Investment Specialist Private Debt

Company:

Mercer

Description:

Principal Investment Specialist - Private Debt London

Mercer is pleased to present an exciting opportunity to join our growing Private Debt team within our Alternatives this position you will have the opportunity to work as part of a global team serving Mercers discretionary and advisory institutional client base. The role involves leading investment due diligence and research while actively contributing to client service and business development efforts through the creation and delivery of high-quality analysis and intellectual capital. Candidates should have five to ten plus years of experience within Alternative Investments excellent verbal and written communication skills strong attention to detail and the ability to function well in a team-based environment.

We will count on you to:

• Reporting to the Head of European Private Debt a key aspect of the role is leading the end-to-end due diligence process for underwriting primary and co-investment strategies.

• Proactively source and evaluate new investment opportunities across the private debt universe by cultivating trusted industry relationships engaging with prospective managers attending relevant events and conducting both qualitative and quantitative analysis.

• Support clients and investment consultants in managing portfolios of private investments.

• Responsibilities include fund selection performance monitoring relationship management with investment partners periodic portfolio reviews and on-site meetings with key managers

• Prepare both standard and bespoke reports and presentations to ensure clear communication and transparency with the Investment Committee internal stakeholders clients and external partners.

• Maintain and enhance the prospective manager database.

What you need to have:

• Solid Investment research experience within the Private markets

• Evidence of intelligent investment decisions and their results

• Strong proven written and oral communication skills.

• Solid interpersonal and organisation skills.

• A collegial team-oriented constructive can do attitude.

• Unquestioned honesty integrity and transparency.

• Well versed in financial applications (e.g. Excel Bloomberg) and MS Office applications

• An undergraduate degree from a leading institution

What Makes You Stand Out:

• A wealth of relevant investment experience at a pension fund endowment foundation consulting firm or fund of funds is greatly preferred.

• CFA or CAIA designation

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 $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 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

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.