Schroders, with headquarters in London, employs over 5700 talented people worldwide, operating in 38 different locations across Europe, the Americas, Asia, the Middle East and Africa, close to the markets in which we invest and close to our clients. Schroders has developed under stable ownership for over 200 years and long-term thinking governs our approach to investing, building client relationships and growing our business.
Schroders in Switzerland is a renowned Financial Institution with around 500 employees located in Zurich and Geneva. For our private clients we provide tailor made investment solutions and complementary financial services. Schroders in Switzerland ranked 4th place in Best Employers 2023. We scored strongly in the areas “Image & Growth”, “Working conditions & facilities” as well as “Sustainability”. We invest in a broad range of asset classes across equities, fixed income, multi-asset and alternatives. We also specialize in providing high-quality private equity solutions to our clients.
To enhance our existing capabilities in the area of insurance linked securities (ILS), we are looking for a
Nat Cat Specialist 100%
Responsibilities
ILS Investment
- Model and quantitatively assess defined Nat Cat risks, Cat bonds and other non-life ILS transactions
- Work closely with the origination team and the fund managers to control company’s overall risk profile for funds under management
- Contribute to post event analyses to assess financial impact of events on products
- Contribute to the dialogue externally (e.g. brokers, cedents, clients) and internally on transactions and opportunities and quantitative aspects of the business in general.
Research, Analytics and Applications
- Maintain third party provider tools and databases assisting the company in the management of the ILS fund
- Validate third party Nat Cat models
- Develop and maintain proprietary Nat Cat applications for reinsurance pricing, valuation and reporting
- Follow scientific developments and findings related to geophysical perils and engineering, assess and communicate implications to our products.
Other responsibilities and contributions
- Contribute to development of quantitative methodology, concepts and warehouse of intellectual capital.
Required profile
- Master or PhD in a natural science or mathematics with additional courses in computer science
- Insurance professional with more than 2 years of experience in the area of Nat Cat modelling, reinsurance pricing or quantitative risk management within a financial services company or consultancy
- Programming experience and comprehensive knowledge of R, Julia, Matlab or Python
- Familiarity with one of the main third party Nat Cat modelling platforms
- Ability to manage complexity and arrive at consensus / compromise within given time frame
- Active listener with ability to draw input from others, persuasive and articulate communicator in a multi-cultural environment, both verbally and in writing
- Pragmatic, efficient and effective achiever in reaching conclusions and/or decisions.
We offer a challenging, diverse and supportive working environment as well as modern employment conditions in an international, dynamic and entrepreneurial business. The office is located only 5 minutes from Zurich main station at Central. Please apply online, with your complete application. Only direct applications will be considered.
Schroder Investment Management (Switzerland) AG
Human Resources
Central 2, 8001 Zürich, Schweiz
Tel: +41 (0)44 250 11 11
