Insurance Linked Securities Product Specialist

Are you passionate about Insurance Linked Securities (ILS)?  Do you bring a confirmed results-oriented & can-do demeanor?  Are you looking to deliver the best of your skills and are comfortable working in an area that is fluid and dynamic?  If so, our Alternative Capital Partners (ACP) team is seeking a client-focussed problem solver with the ILS expertise to understand our range of strategies and communicate their differentiation to clients and prospects.

About the Role

You will work between the Portfolio Management and Business Development teams to deliver technical responses and insights to a range of partners around the World.

Key responsibilities include:

• Ensure successful and timely response to ad hoc investor questions, Request for Proposals (RFPs), and other sales requests taking the lead to respond to technical ILS and product specific questions
• Ensure Due Diligence Questionnaires and reporting databases are accurate and regularly updated
• Contribute to new product development
• Conduct market research and competitor analysis, contribute to the creation of white papers, monthly letters and marketing materials
• Support investor relations activities by providing analysis and insights, preparing financial reports, and assisting in investor communications.
• Establish new partnerships with institutional investors and their investment consultants across APAC
• Identify and approach new prospects for our range of products
• Maintain CRM system with prospective leads

About the Team

ACP Business Development is the link to build and foster direct partnerships between pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, insurers, asset managers and other institutional investors and Swiss Re. Our focus is to seek out partners looking to benefit from Swiss Re's underwriting expertise, experience, and access to the (re)insurance market.

About You

You bring an entrepreneurial spirit with high energy and passion!  A highly motivated self-starter with demonstrated history of taking initiative, you can pivot in a fast-changing environment and work well independently.  You have a strong ability to operate in a rapidly developing business and detail-oriented environment, adapting to new circumstances with ease and speed.

Key requirements include:

• Undergraduate degree required (ideally in an analytical discipline such as mathematics or engineering)
• 3+ years of work experience in Insurance-Linked Securities sales, structuring, portfolio management, underwriting or catastrophe modelling
• Experience working within asset/fund management
• Familiarity or experience with data analytics tools and relational database management (for example Python, Power BI, SQL)
• Exceptional analytical, attention to detail and organizational skills
• Excellent client service aptitude and attitude
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines while managing time and tasks.
• Fluent in English (German is a plus)

Swiss Re is a leader in the Alternative Capital markets and has been since the market's inception. We're committed to the development of a market for liquid, transparent and tradable insurance-linked risk products, demonstrating our re/insurance and capital markets experience.  Through its Alternative Capital Partners business, Swiss Re offers institutional investors the opportunity to partner with it in this attractive business. ACP sits within Swiss Re Finance and was formed in 2019.

Applications for this role will close on 14 April 2024. We look forward to your application!