Senior Research Specialist

Marsh; Gurugram District; Hybrid; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercer, a Marsh & Mercer entity, is seeking a Senior Specialist – Research to join the Commercial Enablement CoE in Gurgaon. This hybrid role requires in-office presence at least three days a week and focuses on delivering market intelligence through secondary research, analytics, and reporting to support client management and business development.

You will work with Global Client Managers and advisory leaders, producing insights, deck-ready deliverables, and KPI-focused analyses, including

Qualifications

• Postgraduate degree in finance, business, economics, statistics, commerce, or similar.
• 3–5 years of experience in secondary research/consulting.
• Strong command of English, written and spoken; business writing.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Proficiency with MS Office and presenting insights visually.
• Experience with research tools/platforms (list in tools) and data sources.

Responsibilities

• Provide secondary research, reporting and analytical work to support client management and delivery of client projects.
• Produce research deliverables by identifying sources; collecting, analyzing, and synthesizing information; drawing insights and conclusions.
• Provide market intelligence services to internal and external stakeholders on topics including client profilers and benchmarking.
• Produce reporting deliverables by collating and presenting internal information from financial reporting and CRM systems.
• Leverage AI tools to enhance research output and analysis.

Skills

Strong English communication

Analytical skills

MS Office proficiency

Stakeholder management

AI tools familiarity

Education

Postgraduate degree in finance/commerce/related field

Tools

D&B Hoovers

S&P

LinkedIn

ZoomInfo

Statista

Capital IQ

Moody’s

Pitchbook

Factiva

Thomson One

Job description

Senior Specialist- Research Company: Mercer Description: We are seeking a talented individual to join our Commercial Enablement CoE team at Mercer. This role will be based in Gurgaon. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office. Senior Specialist – Research Commercial Enablement CoE supports Mercer’s global businesses and Executive Leadership Offices by driving growth and operations through research, reporting, and ad hoc support. The team facilitates global account management, business development, growth planning, project delivery, and other key initiatives, working closely with senior stakeholders, including Global Client Managers, Project/Program Managers, advisory leadership, and Executive Leadership Office leaders. This role is responsible for delivering market intelligence via secondary research, providing analytical and reporting support for client management and business development.

We will count on you to:

• Provide secondary research, reporting and analytical work to support client management and delivery of client projects
• Produce research deliverables by identifying appropriate sources; collecting, analyzing, and synthetizing information; drawing insights and conclusions
• Provide market intelligence services to both internal as well as external stakeholders on topics including client profilers, industry overview decks, strategic benchmarking etc.
• Experience in financial management and market intelligence frameworks
• Produce reporting deliverables (e.g. on client relationships and revenue performance) by collating, analyzing and presenting internal information (typically sourced from financial reporting and CRM systems)
• Should have decent understanding of AI tools and technologies

What you need to have:

• Post Graduate degree in finance, business, economics, statistics, commerce, or similar degree (preference for an analytics-based degree)
• 3-5 years of overall experience in secondary research/consulting
• Good command of English, both spoken and written along with Business writing/report writing/Storyboarding
• Good analytical skills, good with numbers, critical thinking, attention to detail and web research
• Advanced MS Office: MS Word, Excel and Power Point, including ability to produce visually effective presentations
• Experience and knowledge of research tools\platforms such as D&B Hoovers, S&P, LinkedIn, ZoomInfo, Statista, Capital IQ, Moody’s, Pitchbook, Factiva, McKinsey & Company, PwC, Deloitte Reports, Mergermarkets, Thomson One etc.
• Proven analytical skills in analyzing public datasets/surveys, company financial reports and websites, articles, speeches, social media posts quantitatively or qualitatively to identify patterns
• Ability to manage stakeholder communications
• Enhance research output using AI/Proficiency with AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity

What makes you stand out:

• Adaptable communicator, facilitator, influencer and problem solver
• High attention to detail
• Adaptable communicator, facilitator and problem solver
• High attention to detail
• Experience in primary research
• Prior experience of using SharePoint and Document management systems

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 impact for 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 is a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH), a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information about Mercer, visit mercer.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.Marsh 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, caste, 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 color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Marsh 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 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.

Experience Level Senior Level