Company:

Mercer

Description:

We are seeking a talented individual to join our US Investment Solutions team at Mercer. This role will can be based in New York City, Boston, King of Prussia, or St. Louis, and offers a hybrid work arrangement requiring a minimum of three days per week in the office.

As an Operations Risk Specialist, you will support the Risk Manager and play an important part in strengthening the first line risk function and contributing to the ongoing development and enhancement of the risk management program of US Investment business. You’ll collaborate with various teams to improve risk practices, analyze data to support risk reporting, and other risk management initiatives, assist with audits and compliance reviews, and help develop training and workshops. If you’re detail-oriented and passionate about strengthening risk management, we’d love to hear from you.

We will count on you to:

Assist in facilitating the incident management process, following up on status update, collaborating with the business teams to ensure remediation, and preparing management reports as needed.
Provide administrative support on Operational Risk Committee and risk related reporting.
Assist business teams on process and procedure documentation, which should capture the controls pertaining to key processes.
Participate in development of risk/control workshops and training.
Conduct periodic review of control inventories, support business colleagues challenging and educating the effectiveness of these control inventories.
Maintain documentation of risk management processes and procedures.
Support the business to undergo Compliance monitoring reviews / internal audits
Provide support to other risk related projects or ad hoc requests

What you need to have:

Bachelor's degree
3+ years’ experience in audit, internal controls, and/or compliance
Experience with project management
Good time management and organizational skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal skills
Exhibit good attention to details while focused on delivery
Good analytical skills

What makes you stand out?

Experience working in audit or financial risk for the investment industry

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 an impact on 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, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, veteran status (including protected veterans), or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by contacting reasonableaccommodations@mmc.com.

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.

The applicable base salary range for this role is $54,000 to $108,000.

The base pay offered will be determined on factors such as experience, skills, training, location, certifications, education, and any applicable minimum wage requirements. Decisions will be determined on a case-by-case basis. In addition to the base salary, this position may be eligible for performance-based incentives.

We are excited to offer a competitive total rewards package which includes health and welfare benefits, tuition assistance, 401K savings and other retirement programs as well as employee assistance programs.