Associate - Talent Strategy Consulting

About Mercer

Mercer is a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH), a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information about Mercer, visit mercer.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

About the Role

Mercer 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, caste, 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. Mercer 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 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.

Responsibilities

• Manage junior consultants and their workload by setting weekly goals and deliverables.
• Responsible for managing the project workflow to ensure that deliverables are met on time, and making choices on what the deliverables are depending on the findings of the analysis.
• Responsible for pulling in and interpreting data and other components to assess and determine the direction of a project; will review project workflow and implications of scope with Project Managers and Project Sponsors.
• Assists and independently lead in writing and structuring client presentations/reports by using data such as averages, trends, and stochastic models to create summary exhibits in presentations and to draft initial observations/recommendations and conclusions for review by senior consultants or on the project.
• Coordinate and review client data while supervising junior consultants including: tracking what has been received and what are outstanding, identifying issues or discrepancies with data, raising any issues independently with the client.
• Interpret the data and determine “the story” outlined to the client – determine client implications as it relates to data.
• Answer client questions regarding Mercer project methodology.
• Project Management.
• Lead internal team meetings (set agendas, take notes, execute most action items afterwards).
• Commensurate with experience, serves as a day-to-day client contact for project areas including data requests and data management.
• Works independently with client to assist them in responding to Mercer data requests and serves as point of contact for follow up questions.
• Conduct general research using internet and internal databases to gather information on client or prospective client business information including acquisition history and business performance.

Key skills/competency

• Talent Strategy
• Consulting
• Project Management
• Data Analysis
• Client Relationship Management
• Presentation Skills
• Team Leadership
• Problem Solving
• Research
• Mercer Methodology