Principal Investment Specialist - Private Debt – London
Mercer is pleased to present an exciting opportunity to join our growing Private Debt team within our Alternatives business. In this position you will have the opportunity to work as part of a global team, serving Mercer’s 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 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit mercer.com, 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 [email protected].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.
