Mercer Investments is seeking candidates for the following position based in the London office:
Join Mercer as a summer intern with our Business Development team and experience working for a global company shaping the future of Health, Wealth, and Career consulting.
This is an eight-week paid internship providing penultimate year students with an accelerated foundation to their career.
What can you expect?
The business development team manages tenders, produces proposals and co-ordinates all new business-related marketing content. We also support all client and prospective client meetings in assembling materials by compiling, consolidating, formatting and summarizing information, graphs, and presentations.
The internship will focus on several different projects which will enhance our material database for use in future existing and prospective client interactions. The role will give you opportunities to:
- Gain insight across both private and public market investments.
- Work with London colleagues as part of a pan-European team with a global remit focusing on alternatives and public market investment solutions for our clients.
- Receive an in-depth understanding of the investments market.
- Make an impact on our content used in future sales opportunities.
What is in it for you?
- An eight-week paid internship with the potential to secure a full-time role ready for you to start in 2026, giving you more time to focus on and get the most out of your final year of university study.
- Experience of working for a large global organisation that is incredibly passionate about its work and cares for its clients across the world.
- The chance to learn from and work with a range of experienced professionals and industry leaders, and the opportunity to share experiences and build a network with other interns.
We will count on you to
- Actively co-ordinate the creation of new content, in addition to managing and updating existing content.
- Assist the team with writing, reviewing and editing RFP and RFI requests.
- Help to prepare material in support of client and prospective client meetings.
- Conduct research relating to global prospects and potential timelines for engagement.
What you need to have
- You should be a penultimate year student and on track to achieve a minimum 2:1 degree classification. An interest in financial investments, including the alternatives market.
- Keen to support with an analytical and problem-solving mind-set.
- Strong interpersonal, organisational and time management skills with excellent attention to detail.
- Advanced MS Office skills (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
- English and Mathematics GCSE (Minimum Grade 4).
- Right to Work in the UK (we are unable to provide Visa sponsorship for this role.
What makes you stand out
- Previous internship experience within financial markets (not essential).
- Exposure to investment consulting RFP processes (not essential).
- Excellent Excel and PowerPoint capabilities.
About us
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 Carpenter and Oliver Wyman, Marsh McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment.
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 colour, 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.
