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We’re a global consulting leader in Health, Wealth and Career. Join Mercer as a summer intern with our Investments team and discover how we support institutional investors in an effort to meet their goals more efficiently. The nature of the industry is changing and at Mercer we are excited to be leading this change!
Our Summer Internship Programme
This is an 8 week paid internship providing penultimate year students with an accelerated foundation to their career. It’s a challenging and rewarding programme where you will be working on real projects with real clients. During the internship, you will receive an introduction to our Investments business – your development and growth is important to us here at Mercer.
If you want to tackle new challenges, develop a breadth of skills, be a part of a growing business and have fun at the same time, read on.
The position
Our Investments business provides tools, advice and delegated solutions to the trustees of pension schemes as well as other assets owners such as endowments, foundations and insurers. We undertake projects ranging from investment strategy reviews, performance and risk monitoring, asset transitions, portfolio management and derivatives.
The team enjoys an industry leading position and has been at the cutting edge of innovation in rolling out new tools and services, most recently in the area of responsible investment.
Your role in the team will be to support analysts and consultants, while building up your own knowledge about the industry. This is your opportunity to learn more about what’s involved and gain valuable insights to support the development of your future career.
If you are successful on the internship, we will look to offer you a position on our 2024 graduate programme.
What we value
- Intellectual curiosity; a desire to develop an understanding of finance and investments.
- Natural proactivity.
- Effective listening skills, strong communication and presentational skills.
- Excellent planning and organisational skills in order to prioritise and effectively manage a wide variety of ongoing tasks.
- Ability to work within a team environment, share ideas and present persuasive arguments.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office — Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
What’s in it for you?
- Excellent development opportunities for both your industry knowledge and soft skills.
- Learn every day throughout your internship from a range of experienced professionals and industry leaders.
- A network of other interns to share your experiences with.
- Challenge yourself on a daily basis and gain valuable workplace and industry experience.
- Opportunity to make an impact – we work with major organisations and our work impacts millions of people every day.
- Enhanced focus on consulting and analytical skills.
- Open, positive culture where diversity is valued and celebrated.
- Potential to secure a full time role ready for you to start in 2024, giving you more time focus on and get the most out of your final year of university study.
Qualifications (required)
- You should be a penultimate year student and expected to achieve a minimum 2.1 degree classification.
- Legal authorisation to work in the UK on a permanent and ongoing basis
