Full-Time

Sales Executive-Private Equity

Mergers & Acquisitions Practice

Posted on 8/28/2025

Marsh

Marsh

10,001+ employees

Global insurance brokerage and risk advisory

Compensation Overview

$111.6k - $237.6k/yr

+ Performance-based incentives + Health and welfare benefits + 401K savings and other retirement programs + tuition assistance

San Francisco, CA, USA + 2 more

More locations: Los Angeles, CA, USA | Irvine, CA, USA

Hybrid

Hybrid role; must be in the local office at least 3 days/week; anchor day(s) identified.

Category
Sales & Account Management (5)
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Required Skills
Sales
Risk Management
Requirements
  • Proven experience in risk management, insurance, or reinsurance, preferably within a client advisory or sales role.
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret financial data and quantitative analyses.
  • Excellent relationship-building skills with clients, reinsurers, and internal teams.
  • Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and support team development initiatives.
  • Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
Responsibilities
  • Advise clients on risk and placement within specialized client segments such as workers' comp, excess and surplus, casualty, property, life and health sciences, terrorism, and cybersecurity.
  • Recommend reinsurance placements based on financial data, reinsurance policies, and quantitative analyses, often utilizing insights from junior colleagues.
  • Develop compelling risk exposure insights by analyzing risk information and prior client cases to support client consultations.
  • Establish and maintain strong relationships with new and existing clients and reinsurers to help expand the business.
  • Implement processes and policies suggested by senior management to help drive the team toward achieving financial targets.
  • Encourage team members to enhance their understanding of financial and strategic advisory through educational workshops, professional publications, networking, and participation in professional societies.
Desired Qualifications
  • Industry-specific certifications or advanced degrees in finance, risk management, or related fields.
  • Experience working within private equity, mergers, and acquisitions sectors.
  • Knowledge of specialized client segments such as cybersecurity, terrorism, or health sciences.
  • Demonstrated success in expanding client portfolios and developing new business opportunities.

Marsh is a diversified professional services firm that helps clients manage risk, secure insurance, and design risk-transfer programs. Its core work combines risk advisory with insurance brokerage, acting as a buyer of coverage and placing policies across multiple underwriters. It includes Mercer (HR consulting), Guy Carpenter (reinsurance brokerage), and Oliver Wyman (management consulting) under a holding structure. Its goal is to lower clients' financial risk and total cost of risk by combining risk transfer with advisory and consulting services across insurance, reinsurance, HR, and business strategy.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$110K

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

1871

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Mercer consulting revenue grew 11% in Q1 2026, outpacing traditional brokerage and driving higher margins.
  • EMEA division surged 14.1% year-over-year in Q1 2026, signaling strong European and emerging market expansion.
  • Niche insurance products like Port Blockage Insurance and Micassure capture underserved segments as commoditization pressures traditional lines.

What critics are saying

  • Aon's $13B Willis Towers Watson acquisition enables aggressive pricing that erodes Marsh's 30% global brokerage share.
  • Guy Carpenter's 2% organic growth in Q1 2026 trails Arthur J. Gallagher's 15% YoY, signaling reinsurance market share loss.
  • Sentrisk AI platform faces class-action lawsuits alleging misuse of client supply chain data for competitive intelligence.

What makes Marsh unique

  • Sentrisk AI platform maps supply chains with geospatial satellite imaging, uniquely addressing geopolitical and climate risks.
  • Holding company structure enables separately managed businesses: Marsh, Mercer, Guy Carpenter, Oliver Wyman.
  • Broker-as-advisor model since 1905 spreads client risk across multiple underwriters, not single insurers.

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Life Insurance

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Paid Vacation

Paid Sick Leave

Hybrid Work Options

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Professional Development Budget

Tuition Reimbursement

Mental Health Support

Paid Holidays

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