Graduate Fund Research Analyst

A finance-focused research role analysing investment managers, market data, and public equity strategies to support investment recommendations and client decisions.

Introduction

At Gallagher Benefit Services, you’re a trusted partner to organizations navigating some of their most important people decisions. We help clients build better workplaces, where people feel supported, empowered, and inspired to thrive.

Whether it’s shaping benefit strategies, designing wellbeing programs, or advising on workforce challenges, the work you do here creates meaningful change for businesses and the people who power them. We’re a community of bold explorers, trusted experts, and compassionate partners; working side by side to solve problems, and shape the future of work.

Here, curiosity is encouraged, collaboration is second nature, and your ideas have room to grow. If you’re looking for a place where your contribution matters and where you can help build a better world of work; think of Gallagher.

 
Overview

Are you passionate about finance and public equity markets? Do you thrive on analysing data, forming opinions, and making a tangible impact? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Research Team  at Gallagher, formerly Redington, as an Research Analyst.

As part of our independent, full-time MRT, you’ll play a key role in identifying and researching the best investment managers from around the globe. Our high-conviction, unconflicted approach focuses on selecting only a handful of managers per asset class, ensuring the highest quality for our clients.

How you'll make an impact

• Conduct qualitative and quantitative analysis to evaluate investment managers.

• Attend due diligence meetings to challenge and refine your views.

• Collect and interrogate data to support your recommendations.

• Prepare market and manager research materials, due diligence reports, and commentaries for our Investment Strategy Committee and client teams.

About You

This role is perfect for someone who is:

• Passionate about finance and public equity markets, with the ability to demonstrate this.

• Analytical, with a knack for digesting large datasets and diverse perspectives.

• Detail-oriented and process-driven, ensuring every ‘T’ is crossed and every ‘I’ is dotted.

• Proactive, with strong verbal and written communication skills.

• A team player, eager to contribute ideas, listen to others, and confidently articulate opinions.

• Curious, always seeking to innovate and improve, including through the use of AI.

• Persistent and results-oriented, with a focus on delivering high-quality output.

• Quick to learn, understand, and evaluate.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word).

While not essential, it would be great if you:

• Have  professional experience (recent graduates with internship or part-time experience are welcome to apply).

• Are working towards or willing to pursue a professional qualification (CFA, CAIA, etc.).

• Are familiar with external analytics and data platforms like Bloomberg, ADA Research, eVestment, Style Analytics, or Financial Express

Compensation and benefits

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days

• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to

• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x

• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up

• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Other benefits include:

• Three fully paid volunteering days per year

• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount

• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan

• Critical illness cover

• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally

• Season ticket loan

• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase

• Emergency back-up family care

• And many more…

We value inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.