The Business

The Investments business aims to create sustainable competitive advantage for clients in their investment portfolios. This is delivered to clients by providing expert advice on their investments and decision-making processes, making investment decisions on their behalf through delegated investment services and providing investment tools.

Our clients are the Trustees of a diverse range of defined contribution and defined benefit pension funds. These clients require portfolios that are tailored to their goals, are cost effective and deliver strong returns with controlled risk. As an innovative firm with multi-asset capability and a fiduciary mind-set, the team can change the way clients govern themselves and invest as well as influence the way the investment industry operates – our ethos is ‘Investing today for a more sustainable tomorrow.’

The Role

You will be joining a collaborative team, working alongside some of the industry’s top investment consultants. You will work on a wide variety of projects working for sophisticated clients, including many household names.

The Investments team in Dublin is broadly split 50/50 into an investment consulting team who advise clients on investment strategy, manager selection and all other aspects of their investment process and an risk and analytics team who specialise in asset / liability modelling and managing investment risk through sophisticated modelling.

Within the investment consulting team, you will help manage client relationships to offer best-in-class advice or solutions to address a range of investment matters ranging from investment strategy, liability hedging and manager structure through to performance and manager monitoring. You will also provide solutions to institutional clients that enhance their governance and allow them to construct best-in-class investment portfolios.

As part of a forward-thinking organisation you will work in an inclusive environment that recognises the importance of diversity of thought in achieving success. Whilst working hard and having fun our ultimate mission is to create better outcomes for beneficiaries and ensure fairness for asset owners.

Learning and Development

We are committed to providing continuous professional development to all of our colleagues. For graduates specifically, we provide:

• An induction process where you can learn what our business does, what resources are available, and who the other new graduates are
• A series of investment-specific classroom trainings (both technical and soft-skills)
• On-the-job experiences allowing you to see the immediate impact of your work
• Opportunities to work on a diverse range of client projects with experienced professionals
• A formal mentorship programme in addition to your individual people manager
• An on-demand and comprehensive catalogue of online skills training
• Quarterly analyst-specific business updates

We will continue to provide additional support for you throughout your career at WTW.

Study support

Graduates also receive a highly competitive study support package for Actuarial or CFA exams. This package includes:

• Study materials and tutorials
• Exam sitting fees
• Generous paid study leave
• Membership fees
• Mentorship

Salary increases for exam success (on top of potential increases awarded as part of annual review)

The Requirements

Minimum 2:1 degree in any discipline

The Application Process

Stage 1: Online application, including CV

Stage 2: Invitation to complete online assessment tool

Stage 3: Video interview – in partnership with the Bright Network, we have created an academy module on ‘How to Ace your Video Interview’. Click here to sign up and watch it!

Stage 4: Assessment centre – this is an opportunity for you to meet with members of the team and for the team to understand your strengths, preferences and motivations. The assessment will take place virtually, using Teams, and there will be an opportunity for you to ask questions.

Stage 5: Offer and on-boarding

Start date for the Dublin Graduate Programme will be the beginning of September 2023.

WTW is an equal opportunity employer

WTW believes that effectively managing a diverse workforce is vital to our business strategy. We have an obligation to our organisation, ourselves and our clients to hire and develop the best people we can find. We will continually review our policies and practices to ensure that all areas of the employment process (including recruiting, hiring, work assignments, compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, company-sponsored development programs and overall workplace experience) are free from discriminatory practices. We are committed to equal employment opportunities at WTW.

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