Senior Investment Consultant recruitment

Towers Watson is a leading global professional services company that helps organizations improve performance through effective people, financial and risk management. With 14,000 associates around the world we offer solutions in the areas of employee benefit programs, talent and reward programs, and risk and capital management.

As companies struggle to improve business performance, they increasingly expect risk management to support broader financial objectives. Towers Watson understands the crucial link between risk and capital, whether you are an insurer concerned about capital management, a CFO focused on risk management or an investment committee seeking to balance risk and return. As a leading investment consultant, we help organizations manage investment complexity, establish risk tolerance and improve governance.

As a Senior Investment Consultant, you will be responsible for leading and managing a portfolio of investment consulting clients and providing first class advice on a range of services. These include: strategic setting of investment objectives, strategic asset allocation, investment management structures, manager selection, performance measurement and evaluation, investment manager monitoring, custodian selection, transition advice, statements of investment policy and global research services.

You will have significant responsibilities for the continuing growth of the practice and will be expected to deliver new work with existing clients as well as attract new business.

Performance Objectives:

Financial

Primary accountability for creating and executing a business strategy

Penetrate designated markets

Develop and maintain relationships with key target clients to ensure their awareness of TW offerings and investment services

Introduce new clients to the firm in order to meet annual revenue goals

Identify opportunities to cross-sell new products and services

Coordinate with existing sales and Client Relationship Management teams to identify, develop and close strategic sales opportunities

Clients

Lead Investment Consulting client engagements, ensuring full and proper resourcing of the team, quality of work and timely delivery of advice and services

Develop plans for execution of large scale engagements

Establish a trusted advisor role with clients and provide consistent, superior relationship management

Lead and manage multiple client teams

Provide a wide range of services to trustees, investment sub-committees and corporate sponsors

Liaise closely with senior client contacts, fund managers and other areas of the firm

Engage specialist advice as appropriate

Excellence

Provide first class advice in relation to the design, implementation and monitoring of investment strategies based on modern portfolio theory, including the use of derivative instruments

Perform final high level review of work prior to delivery

Identify opportunities in the market to develop new tools and techniques

People

Demonstrate extensive leadership ability by mentoring other consultants

Build relationships internally and collaborate effectively on cross-functional teams

Thorough understanding of the global institutional investment industry, its drivers and future direction

Insight into practical issues of investment management organisations (investment process, organisational structure and people, marketing, business management and strategy)

Strong client focus and proven track record of managing client relationships

Experience in a client-service environment; demonstrated ability to understand the needs of a client and translate into action

Ability to grasp issues and offer innovative solutions

Team player comfortable in a professional services environment with the ability to effectively debate and subsequently influence internally externally at all levels

Track record of managing teams to deliver high quality work

Problem-solver and lateral thinker with a creative and analytical approach

Proven experience successfully managing multiple projects and producing quality deliverables on time and within budget

Undergraduate degree; relevant professional qualifications such as CFA, FIA or equivalent preferred