Senior Placement Analyst

Company:

Mercer

Description:

We are seeking a talented individual to join our MMB team at Mercer. This role will be based in Hong Kong. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Placement Analyst to join our Placement team. This role is critical for managing a complex portfolio of large corporate and jumbo clients, ensuring seamless placement of insurance coverage that aligns with client needs and market conditions. The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining strong relationships with clients, carriers, and underwriters, while supporting strategic growth initiatives and operational excellence.

We will count on you to:

• Manage a portfolio of high-value clients, including large corporate and jumbo accounts, ensuring tailored placement solutions that meet client requirements and market standards.
• Coordinate with insurance carriers, clients, advisors, and internal stakeholders to evaluate, negotiate, and secure optimal insurance coverage.
• Oversee the entire placement process, including submissions, obtaining quotes, binding coverage, and preparing audit-ready placement binders and documentation.
• Maintain and strengthen critical relationships with carriers, underwriters, and clients to support client retention, renewals, and cross-selling opportunities.
• Provide market insight and technical expertise to ensure placements are competitive, compliant, and aligned with underwriting policies and pricing strategies.
• Identify and mitigate operational and regulatory risks associated with insurance placements.
• Support pricing discussions, go-to-market strategies, and participate in large, complex projects that drive business growth.
• Ensure operational efficiency and accuracy in all placement activities, minimizing errors and delays.
• Collaborate with the Placement Manager and other team members to achieve departmental goals and deliver exceptional client service.

What you need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Risk Management, or a related field preferred.
• 3-5 years' experience working with life and health insurance products and related services.
• Solid understanding of the overall life and health insurance industry, with a strong track record in client and vendor management.
• Proven experience managing complex employee benefit insurance placements.
• Strong knowledge of market practices, underwriting policies, and pricing strategies within the insurance industry.
• Excellent project management skills, with the ability to independently manage project scope and deliverables, ensuring completion within budget and on time.
• Self-initiative and motivation to stay informed about industry trends, seek out knowledge, and contribute proactively to the team.
• Strong communication, influencing, and negotiation skills to build effective relationships with carriers, clients, and internal teams.
• People management skills, including fostering teamwork, coaching, motivating colleagues, and supporting attraction and retention efforts.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills to manage time-sensitive and complex tasks accurately.
• Ability to work independently and strategically in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency in preparing and reviewing placement documentation, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Strong language skills in English and Cantonese; Mandarin proficiency is a plus.

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, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), 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. For more information, visit mercer.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan is committed to creating 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, gender orientation or expression, 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 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.