Managing Director, M&A Strategic Advisory

In this role you will lead and expand our advisory and capital raising activities, driving strategic engagement with a broader range of smaller and mid-sized clients aligned with Guy Carpenter’s strategic goals. You will oversee origination and participation in diverse transactions across start-ups, MGAs, Insurtechs, Reciprocals, Regional, and Lloyd’s businesses in both primary and reinsurance markets, while leading advisory teams in London and New York to maintain a collaborative culture.

This position will be based in either our Chicago or New York City office. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

We will count on you to:

• Consult with insurers, capital providers, and internal leaders on market trends and insights, portfolio positioning, and capital solutions.

• Act as lead technical advisory (including discussions on profitability and capital) colleague on M&A discussions.

• Develop an understanding of the clients’ or target business strategic priorities, risk strategies and risk management needs and provides advice accordingly to successfully inform buy and sell side evaluations.

• Utilize risk expertise and knowledge of industry and insurance market place to review clients’ or targets' exposures and loss experience and develop insights to inform structuring of deals.

• Manage regulatory environments and licensing restrictions with FCA and SEC, especially post-Brexit.

• Lead and mentor advisory teams in London and New York, fostering a close, collegiate, and collaborative culture.

• Navigate potential conflicts with broking businesses through high-level communication and stakeholder management.

• Assess, structure, and execute M&A and capital raising transactions including buy-side and sell-side deals, joint ventures, and new company formations.

• Project manage third-party service providers including legal counsel, actuarial firms, rating agencies, and other consultants.

• Support colleagues on ILS transactions and legacy solutions.

What you need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.

• 15+ years actuarial or insurance accounting or complex insurance product management experience that includes use of predictive modeling and/or capital modeling outputs.

• Engagement with insurance companies, program managers, reinsurers, and investment banks including evaluation of balance sheets, marketplaces, and portfolios.

• Actuarial accreditation, accounting or other insurance professional designation a benefit.

What makes you stand out:

• Experience leading teams and working closely with internal stakeholders in a highly commercial environment.

• Entrepreneurial, strategic, and commercial mindset with the ability to innovate and adapt to dynamic market changes.

• Experience in M&A and capital raising specifically within the insurance sector.

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

At Guy Carpenter, a Marsh business, you can be your best. We work on challenges that matter with colleagues who help bring out our best. Our uniquely collaborative environment will empower you to focus on your personal and professional success, learning from top specialists in the (re)insurance industry and leading you towards a rewarding and impactful career.

Guy Carpenter 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 Guy Carpenter, visit guycarp.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, 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, veteran status (including protected veterans), or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by contacting View email address on click.appcast.io.

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.

The applicable base salary range for this role is $228,700 to $381,300.

The base pay offered will be determined on factors such as experience, skills, training, location, certifications, education, and any applicable minimum wage requirements. Decisions will be determined on a case-by-case basis. In addition to the base salary, this position may be eligible for performance-based incentives.

We are excited to offer a competitive total rewards package which includes health and welfare benefits, tuition assistance, 401K savings and other retirement programs as well as employee assistance programs.