Senior Investment Business Development Analyst

What you can expect:

Join Mercers rapidly growing global Investments businessnow the worlds largest provider of OCIO (Outsourced Chief Investment Officer) services with over $613 billion in assets under management and $17.5 trillion in assets under this quantitatively oriented role youll work closely with senior leaders and investment decision-makers across our Investment Client Sales and Operations teams.

As part of our Business Development Unit you will influence win rates through portfolio analysis that power clear client materials. Your day-to-day will focus on portfolio construction support capital market assumptions (CMA) workflows scenario and sensitivity analysis and turning those insights into concise messages for proposals and pitches. Youll deepen your knowledge in strategy setting private markets and capital markets while sharpening your ability to translate complex analysis into simple narratives. The role offers multiple long-term pathways within investments portfolio analytics business development and OCIO.

We are a high-performing business with a strong culture of inclusivity diversity and teamwork. We offer generous study-support packages (e.g. CFA) and are committed to career development and work-life balance.

We will rely on you to:

• Collaborate with Middle East sales and commercial leadership on new-business opportunities by producing high-quality proposals and pitch materials.
• Create materials on asset class analysis portfolio construction stress testing scenario and sensitivity analysis return/risk diagnostics drawdown and liquidity analysis.
• Data handling parameter updates documentation and visual summaries.
• Assist with client-specific portfolios and proposals.
• Communicate with internal stakeholders such as global research operations asset class specialists and consulting teams to create relevant output.

What you need to have:

• A third-level qualification with a strong academic record in a quantitative field (e.g. Mathematics Statistics Econometrics Physics Engineering or Accounting with a strong quantitative focus). CFA/actuarial candidates welcome.
• Strong quantitative capabilities (probability & statistics time-series concepts portfolio math: returns volatility covariance/correlation compounding).
• Financial modelling skills and some experience in any coding language.
• Familiarity with Excel/VBA. Comfort working with large datasets and audit-ready spreadsheets.
• Ability to turn analytical output into concise client-ready materials.
• Fluent English.
• A minimum of 1-2 years of relevant work experience.
• Energy proactivity attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple stakeholders and deadlines.

What makes you stand out:

• Experience in portfolio analytics and financial models in Excel/VBA (calculating risk/return metrics running constraint-aware optimizations scenario/sensitivity tools performance & attribution drawdown & liquidity analysis).
• A creative structured communicator who can distill complex quantitative work into simple coherent client messages.