Pricing & Structuring Associate (Hybrid; m/f/x/d; 100%)
Regular Employment
Location: London, GB
Are you a STEM graduate with a passion for financial markets and mathematical modelling? Join our dynamic team where you'll apply your analytical prowess to solve complex financial challenges at the intersection of reinsurance and financial markets. This role offers a unique opportunity to develop your quantitative skills while making a tangible impact on innovative reinsurance solutions.
About the Role
As a Pricing & Structuring Associate within our Financial Solutions portfolio, you'll work at the exciting crossroads of quantitative modelling, deal structuring, and market strategy. You'll help Swiss Re navigate and manage embedded financial market risk exposures alongside traditional insurance risk, contributing to our growth in this specialized area of Life & Health Reinsurance.
Key Responsibilities
- Price and structure Financial Solutions transactions with various products containing financial markets-linked and non-standard risk exposures
- Develop and implement trading and execution strategies for financial market risks
- Build and enhance sophisticated financial models to support deal development and risk analysis
- Collaborate across teams including L&H Structured Solutions, Market Units, Treasury, Valuations, Asset Management, and Risk Management
- Contribute to innovation by improving our capabilities to manage financial and biometric exposures within the portfolio
About the Team
The Financial Solutions team within Life & Health Reinsurance specializes in complex reinsurance transactions that combine traditional insurance risk with financial market exposures. Our innovative approach allows Swiss Re to offer unique solutions to clients while strategically managing diverse risk portfolios. We work at the cutting edge of financial and insurance markets, developing tailored structures that address our clients' most challenging risk management needs.
About You
You're an analytical thinker with strong mathematical aptitude and a genuine interest in financial markets. You enjoy solving complex problems and can translate quantitative insights into practical business solutions. You thrive in collaborative environments and communicate technical concepts clearly to diverse stakeholders.
We are looking for candidates who meet these requirements:
- Recent graduate or final-year student with a degree in a STEM discipline (Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, or similar)
- Strong mathematical and/or financial modelling skills
- Demonstrated interest in financial markets and/or insurance through coursework, internships, or personal projects
- Excellent communication skills with a collaborative mindset
- Ability to learn quickly with a strong drive to solve complex problems
These are additional nice to haves:
- Experience with scripting and analytical languages (eg Python, R, C++, C, Moses, Prophet, AXIS)
- Knowledge of reinsurance principles or financial derivatives
- Understanding of risk management concepts
- Project management experience
- Previous internship experience in financial services or insurance
For London based role, the base salary range for this position is between GBP 52,000 and GBP 78,000 (for a full-time role). The specific salary offered considers:
• the requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role,
• the applicant's own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialisation, skills and experience.
In addition to your base salary, Swiss Re offers an attractive performance-based variable compensation component, designed to recognise your achievements. Further you will enjoy a variety of global and location specific benefits.
Eligibility may vary depending on the terms of Swiss Re policies and your employment contract.
We are looking forward to your application!
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About Swiss Re
Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 14,000 employees across the world.
Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.
If you are an experienced professional returning to the workforce after a career break, we encourage you to apply for open positions that match your skills and experience.
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