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Job Purpose
The Financial Risk Manager contributes to the independent Risk function by providing effective oversight of financial, insurance and model risk management across the organization. Reporting to the Director, JFI Risk, this position will work to understand, measure, monitor and report risk exposures and bring experience in annuity asset/liability modeling and management, market risk analysis and model risk management to the team.
- Performs financial, model, and insurance risk oversight, with potential coverage of the following risks: equity, interest rate, credit, counterparty, liquidity, model, product/pricing, policyholder behavior.
- Assists in the development and use of quantitative models and analytical tools that enable the Risk function to adequately assess risk to its capital and liquidity positions.
- Performs validations and control reviews of actuarial/financial models, including assessments of the methodologies and assumptions used within models.
- Contributes to and/or leads the design, analysis, and implementation of the Stress and Scenario Testing/Reverse Stress Testing process and provides risk insight from the results.
- Develops and maintains effective relationships with other functions (ALM, Treasury, Finance, Actuarial, Audit, Compliance, etc.), to facilitate a holistic view of risk across the organization and to strengthen cross-disciplined risk management.
Other Duties
- Performs other duties and/or projects as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Ability to independently lead workstreams from concept to implementation.
- Experience in quantifying and managing the risk embedded in annuity products.
- Demonstrated experience in the design, use, and testing of quantitative financial models; experience using MG-ALFA is a plus.
- Basic understanding of risk management principles, processes, and practices.
- Knowledge of derivative instruments and their use in hedging annuity risk.
- Ability to build analytical tools and automate processes with a general purpose programming language, such as Python.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, especially when articulating technical concepts in a compelling manner to engage both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Able to quickly build and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders across business functions and teams.
- Forward–thinking, collaborative and proactive individual with confidence and ability to recommend and implement change.
Qualifications
Master's Degree in a related field preferred.
5+ years in a diversified life and annuity/financial services company required.
Professional designation in financial risk management, such as FSA or CFA preferred.
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