Analyst, Investment Solutions

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated • Chesterfield, MO

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About The Position

You desire impactful work. You’re RGA ready RGA is a purpose-driven organization working to solve today’s challenges through innovation and collaboration. A Fortune 200 Company and listed among its World’s Most Admired Companies, we’re the only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life- and health-related solutions. Join our multinational team of intelligent, motivated, and collaborative people, and help us make financial protection accessible to all. A Brief Overview RGA Investments is a global asset manager based in St. Louis with over $76 billion in fixed income and equity securities under management. Investment Solutions is a high impact team of portfolio managers and analysts in RGA Investments with associates located in St Louis, London, and Singapore. The team is a dedicated to new business activities within reinsurance and M&A context. Investment Solutions develops and executes liability driven investment strategies to optimize risk adjusted returns. We seek motivated individuals with strong quantitative skills to join our growing team and perform in a fast-paced environment while delivering high quality analysis.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a field requiring strong analytical and quantitative skills such as Mathematics, Actuarial, Finance, Engineering, Computer Science, Financial Engineering and other sciences, and 1-3 years of relevant work experience
• Basic knowledge of fixed income portfolio management
• Advanced Excel skills, including VBA
• Programming knowledge/experience with Python, MATLAB, SQL, C++, or R
• Advanced investigative, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work well in an environment with multiple concurrent projects, managing project-based workflow within demanding time frames and adapt quickly to new methods
• Solid oral and written communication skills

Nice To Haves

• Experience in insurance asset management or liability driven asset management
• Understanding of relevant insurance regulatory and accounting standards

Responsibilities

• Work closely with portfolio managers to support various quantitative and analytical functions for asset intensive reinsurance transactions: Design transaction specific asset strategies to optimize return on capital within regulatory, accounting, operating and risk management constraints.
• Maintain asset and credit related pricing assumptions.
• Help negotiate investment guidelines and treaty terms with clients to deliver the flexibility necessary to manage asset risk and generate target return.
• Act as liaison with credit research, traders, and operations teams.
• Support innovation of tools utilized for portfolio construction and tracking.
• Explain and communicate complex analysis, as well as, preparing reports and presentations to demonstrate work performed.
• Assist with research projects and maintain knowledge of latest investment practices, trends, and applications.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Gain valuable knowledge from and experience with diverse, caring colleagues around the world.
• Enjoy a respectful, welcoming environment that fosters individuality and encourages pioneering thought.
• Join the bright and creative minds of RGA, and experience vast, endless career potential.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees