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Are you passionate about Insurance Linked Securities (ILS)? Do you bring a confirmed results-oriented & can-do demeanor? Are you looking to deliver the best of your skills and are comfortable working in an area that is fluid and dynamic? If so, our Alternative Capital Partners (ACP) team is seeking a client-focussed problem solver with the ILS expertise to understand our range of strategies and communicate their differentiation to clients and prospects.
About the Role
You will work between the Portfolio Management and Business Development teams to deliver technical responses and insights to a range of partners around the World.
The role could be based in any of ACP's key hub locations (Zurich, New York, London) and reports to the Head of ACP's Business Development team.
Key responsibilities include:
- Ensure successful and timely response to ad hoc investor questions, Request for Proposals (RFPs), and other sales requests taking the lead to respond to technical ILS and product specific questions
- Ensure Due Diligence Questionnaires and reporting databases are accurate and regularly updated
- Contribute to new product development
- Conduct market research and competitor analysis, contribute to the creation of white papers, monthly letters and marketing materials
- Support investor relations activities by providing analysis and insights, preparing financial reports, and assisting in investor communications.
About the Team
ACP Business Development is the link to build and foster direct partnerships between pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, insurers, asset managers and other institutional investors and Swiss Re. Our focus is to seek out partners looking to benefit from Swiss Re's underwriting expertise, experience, and access to the (re)insurance market.
Swiss Re is a leader in the Alternative Capital markets and has been since the market's inception. We're committed to the development of a market for liquid, transparent and tradable insurance-linked risk products, demonstrating our re/insurance and capital markets experience. Through its Alternative Capital Partners business, Swiss Re offers institutional investors the opportunity to partner with it in this attractive business. ACP sits within Swiss Re Finance and was formed in 2019.
About You
You bring an entrepreneurial spirit with high energy and passion! A highly motivated self-starter with demonstrated history of taking initiative, you can pivot in a fast-changing environment and work well independently. You have a strong ability to operate in a rapidly developing business and detail-oriented environment, adapting to new circumstances with ease and speed.
Key requirements include:
- Undergraduate degree required (ideally in an analytical discipline such as mathematics or engineering)
- 3+ years of work experience in Insurance-Linked Securities sales, structuring, portfolio management, underwriting or catastrophe modelling
- Experience working within asset/fund management
- Familiarity or experience with data analytics tools and relational database management (for example Python, Power BI, SQL)
- Exceptional analytical, attention to detail and organizational skills
- Excellent client service aptitude and attitude
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines while managing time and tasks.
- Fluent in English (German is a plus)
For New York City the estimated base salary range for this position is $180,000 to $270,000. The specific salary offered for this or any given role will take into account a number of factors including but not limited to job location, scope of role, qualifications, complexity/specialization/scarcity of talent, experience, education, and employer budget. At Swiss Re, we take a "total compensation approach" when making compensation decisions. This means that we consider all components of compensation in their totality (such as base pay, short-and long-term incentives, and benefits offered), in setting individual compensation.
About Swiss Re
Swiss Re is one of the world's leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. We cover both Property & Casualty and Life & Health. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 14,000 employees across the world.
Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.
Swiss Re is an equal opportunity employer. It is our practice to recruit, hire and promote without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, pregnancy, sexual orientations, marital status, military status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Decisions on employment are solely based on an individual's qualifications for the position being filled.
During the recruitment process, reasonable accommodations for disabilities are available upon request. If contacted for an interview, please inform the Recruiter/HR Professional of the accommodation needed.
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