Senior Talent Strategy Consulting Analyst

Job description / Role

Company overview

Extraordinary people. Extraordinary results. With more than 20,000 employees in more than 40 countries worldwide, Mercer is a leading global provider in talent, health, retirement, and investment consulting. Mercer works with clients to solve their most complex benefit and human capital issues, designing and helping manage health, retirement, and other benefits.

Role overview

We are looking for a talent management consultant in Riyadh who is passionate in their field, has fresh ideas, and is a critical and creative thinker with strong analytical skills.

Does this sound like you? Keep reading.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and review client data
• Provide client support by engaging in routine contact with clients and vendors
• Analyze qualitative and quantitative information by identifying trends and issues from information gained during focus groups, interviews, meetings, and research
• Conduct research on human capital topics and relevant industries to gather information on current and prospective clients
• Review RFPs and develop proposals
• Attend meetings and propose optimal project scope and approach, timeline, resources, and fees
• Participate in business development activities including scheduling and attending pitch meetings
• Provide support to consultants and project managers
• Assist in preparing client presentations and reports, including creating exhibits and visual aids to effectively communicate analytical findings, by using Excel data and PowerPoint for review by more senior consultants

Educational and professional requirements

• 1 to 3 years of experience ideally gained working in the talent resourcing or talent development functions
• Bachelor or master degree preferably in business administration, human resources, or any relevant major

Knowledge and skillset

• Demonstrates intellectual curiosity, an ability to learn quickly, think creatively and critically, as well as having proactive problem-solving skills
• Strong research and analytical skills, both quantitative and qualitative, along with expert proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Superior organizational skills, the ability to manage multiple priorities whilst working to changing deadlines and paying attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Has the desire to work on multiple client teams with the capability to build successful working relationships with contacts at all levels
• Sample areas of knowledge:
  • Competency frameworks development
  • Leadership and employee assessment
  • Succession planning
  • Performance management
  • Learning and development
• Fluent in English and Arabic
• CIPD preferred

What’s in it for you?

At Mercer, we recognise that our most important asset is our people. We recognise the value of healthy, happy colleagues and promote a culture of care and wellbeing. You will benefit from access to highly flexible working arrangements, participate in training and development programs, be eligible for benefits such as an employee savings program and private health insurance, and more. You will be part of a professional environment where your career matters and is supported in our global organisation. And you will enjoy a great team culture, working with motivated and engaged colleagues driven by a common purpose to make a difference for our colleagues, clients, and the community.

About Mercer and Marsh McLennan

Mercer, a business of Marsh McLennan, 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.

Diversity and inclusion

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, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex and gender, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Work environment

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.