Marsh & McLennan - Senior Manager - Equity Portfolio Management (4-5 yrs)

- We are seeking a talented individual to join our investment team at Mercer.

- This role will be based in Mumbai.

- This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

Senior Manager - Investments.

Equity Portfolio Management:

- As part of our global business solutions, the successful candidate will play a key role in the transformation of our investment capabilities globally.

We will count on you to:

- Modelling of Equity portfolios.

- Responsible for factor and risk analysis of active and passive funds.

- Develop strategic asset allocation models, risk & return calibration and portfolio analytics on client portfolios.

- Contribute to fund performance analysis and draft fund commentaries.

- Responsible for producing market summary for broader business with insights on various asset classes across the geographies.

- Conceptualize and develop models for deeper analysis of market environments and trends.

- Co-ordinate with multiple teams for managing the portfolios effectively.

- Take a leading role towards development of new techniques of portfolio attribution analysis.

- Mentor the juniors in the team to think like a portfolio manager.

- Analyze performance and risk metrics for prospective underlying managers.

- Understand deviations in performance and provide efficient commentary and explanation.

What you need to have:

- 4-5 years of work experience in a portfolio management /investment strategies team as a researcher/PM.

- 4-5 years' experience in global markets with inclination towards fixed income or equities.

- BE/B Tech from a top tier college and/or master's in finance / financial engineering / Econometrics / Quantitative Finance / MBA.

- Strong background in portfolio management and construction.

- Ability to understand nuances between different fund managers based on their portfolio construction methodology and factor exposure.

- Multi asset class exposure with experience in attribution analysis.

- Understanding of macro (fixed income/ rates) and systematic factors affecting a portfolio.

- Strong financial instruments knowledge, covering but not limited to fixed income, equities, funds, derivatives and market indices.

- Excellent analytical and investment skills.

What makes you stand out :

- Self-motivated with ability to work independently as well as lead the process to achieve targets in timely order.

- Self-Development: Able to identify personal knowledge and skill gaps.

- Prior experience in fiduciary management, asset management or investment banking with strong understanding of financial instruments.

Preferable: Knowledge and understanding of advanced econometrics, statistical modelling and programming skills in at least one of R, Python, Ms-Excel VBA, MATLAB etc.

Preferable: Able to research, self-learn and use, complex R/Python libraries required for developing the quantitative models.

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 believes in building brighter futures by redefining the world of work, reshaping retirement and investment outcomes, and unlocking real health and well-being.

- Mercer's more than 20,000 employees are based in 43 countries and the firm operates in over 130 countries.

- Mercer is a business of Marsh McLennan(NYSE: MMC), the world's leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people, with more than 85,000 colleagues and annual revenue of over $23 billion.

- Through its market-leading businesses including Marsh, Guy Carpenterand Oliver Wyman, Marsh McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment.

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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, 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.

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.