AVP Asset Liability Management
About The Position
The Associate Vice President, Asset Liability Management (ALM) serves as a senior technical leader and trusted advisor within Athene’s ALM function. The role shapes how the company identifies, measures, manages, and communicates asset-liability risk across its retirement platform. It influences ALM governance and practices covering assumptions, strategic asset allocation, hedging, liquidity, capital, and model oversight, and provides independent, decision-ready insights on complex business-critical issues. Working closely with senior leaders across Athene and Apollo, the AVP translates market, investment, liability, capital, and regulatory developments into actionable recommendations that inform strategic and governance decisions. The role also advances ALM analytics, reporting, and decision-support capabilities while supporting disciplined risk management and long-term value creation.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of experience in asset liability management, investment management, insurance risk management, fixed-income portfolio management, derivatives, actuarial modeling, capital management, or relevant professional experience is preferred.
- At least 4 years of formal or informal leadership experience is preferred, including technical and project leadership across complex, multidisciplinary initiatives.
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive alignment without direct authority.
- Expertise in ALM principles, fixed-income assets, insurance liabilities, derivatives, financial modeling, cash flow analysis, and key-rate risk.
- Familiarity with relevant U.S. and Bermuda regulatory, reserving, and capital frameworks.
- Strong critical-thinking, quantitative, problem-solving, organizational, and communication capabilities.
- Advanced Excel skills are required.
- Ability to work with urgency, adapt to changing conditions, constructively challenge assumptions, collaborate across Athene and Apollo, and use innovation and AI-enabled tools appropriately to improve analysis and decision-making.
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, mathematics, actuarial science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Python, SQL, data visualization, or similar analytical tools.
- MBA, CFA, FRM, FSA, or another relevant professional designation.
Responsibilities
- Lead and advance ALM assumption and model governance, independently reviewing and challenging assumptions, methodologies, model applications, and controls used across pricing, planning, portfolio management, valuation, and risk reporting.
- Drive clear documentation, disciplined change governance, and consistent application of approved practices.
- Oversee ALM and asset allocation at the entity and portfolio levels, evaluating duration, cash flow mismatches, liquidity, convexity, basis risk, and other material exposures.
- Monitor positioning relative to Athene’s ALM Risk Policy and assess implications for reserves, capital, earnings, liquidity, and risk appetite.
- Partner with Apollo and leaders across Investments, Actuarial, Finance, Risk, Treasury, and Corporate Development on strategic ALM initiatives, hedging strategies, strategic asset allocation, and capital markets assumptions.
- Evaluate assignments involving strategic asset allocation, pricing, portfolio mandates, and entity-level ALM objectives, considering U.S. and Bermuda regulatory, reserving, capital, liquidity, and cash flow testing implications.
- Identify emerging risks, trade-offs, and opportunities requiring management attention.
- Serve as a senior technical advisor and trusted delegate to the VP, ALM, delivering timely analysis on market developments, interest rate exposures, transaction activity, regulatory matters, and other business-critical issues.
- Communicate recommendations to senior management, governance committees, asset managers, and regulators.
- Advance ALM analytics, reporting, and decision support by establishing authoritative reporting sources, reconciling results across systems and methodologies, and resolving material inconsistencies.
- Apply automation and AI-enabled tools appropriately while maintaining strong governance, validation, controls, and independent judgment.
Benefits
- A discretionary bonus plan or variable sales incentive may be included, depending on the role.
- Inclusive and dynamic work environment.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
