US Catastrophe Analytics - Senior Associate Director

Aon Corporation • New York, NY

10h • Hybrid

About The Position

Aon is seeking a Senior Associate Director of Catastrophe Management Analytics. This is a hybrid role, offering flexibility to work both virtually and from the New York City office. As a member of the Catastrophe Management team, the successful candidate will be crucial in providing analytics support for risk assessment and risk management consulting to Aon Reinsurance Solutions clients.

Requirements

• Experience using Microsoft Office products, with advanced proficiency in Excel and working knowledge of PowerPoint.
• Practical experience with data analysis/clean up/validation and proven analytical problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate well with others externally and internally.
• Well-rounded communication skills and prior experience communicating with clients and senior collaborators.
• Strong organizational skills including the ability to handle multiple assignments and work well to meet goals.
• Ability to think strategically as well as work independently and take initiative.
• 10+ years of catastrophe modeling experience in all major model vendors (including AIR and RMS), with in-depth knowledge of the underlying model methodologies and assumptions.
• Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) in Math, Statistics, Computer Science or other similarly quantitative or data-focused major (or equivalent experience).

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing projects and leading (or managing) others
• Understanding of programming languages such as SQL, R, Python, VBA, SAS, C++
• Data Visualization experience (Tableau, Power BI, etc.)
• Industry designation such as ARe, ARM, CPCU, CCRA, CCM/CEEM, etc.

Responsibilities

• Manage client projects from start to finish, including leading project teams of multiple analysts while acting as liaison to broking team and other collaborators.
• Prepare property insurance policy data for catastrophe risk analysis using SQL and other data conversion tools, and run catastrophe modeling software for client and prospect portfolio analyses.
• Design and manage catastrophe reinsurance programs using Aon’s proprietary software.
• Respond to brokers, clients, and reinsurers on issues and questions relating to risk analysis for natural and human-made catastrophes.
• Provide real-time loss estimates of actual catastrophic events around the world.
• Prepare and send catastrophe risk assessment data to reinsurers and participate in reinsurance market calls.
• Assist clients in the understanding of catastrophe risks, sensitivity studies, and added analytics based on catastrophe model results.
• Find opportunities for operational improvement and efficiency and use technical skills to implement and share across our team.

Benefits

• a 401(k) savings plan with employer contributions
• an employee stock purchase plan
• consideration for long-term incentive awards at Aon’s discretion
• medical, dental and vision insurance
• various types of leaves of absence
• paid time off, including 12 paid holidays throughout the calendar year
• 15 days of paid vacation per year
• paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws
• short-term disability and optional long-term disability
• health savings account
• health care and dependent care reimbursement accounts
• employee and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance
• optional personal insurance policies
• adoption assistance
• tuition assistance
• commuter benefits
• an employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions
• annual discretionary bonus in addition to base salary

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees