Credit Portfolio Manager

About the Team:

The Actuarial Portfolio Management Credit & Surety team reports directly to the Chief Underwriting Officer of Corporate Solutions. C&S provides credit risk-based insurance solutions to banks and corporates in the areas of Trade, Commodity & Project Finance, Surety, Political Risk Insurance and Trade Credit Insurance.

The Actuarial Portfolio Management team is responsible of providing the framework to portfolio owners to ensure a proper portfolio steering, distribute capacity among the different team accordance to the Target Liability Portfolio, monitoring evolution of the portfolio from profitability & risk views, ensure adherence to aggregate limits and lead the data transformation in the C&S team

About the Role:

You will not only contribute to the analysis of the credit portfolio, both from risk and profitability views through the analysis of internal and external data, but also contribute to make underwriting more efficient. You will collaborate with teams from different areas of Swiss Re to shape the data-driven transformation and solve hard data problems using cutting-edge technology to ensure sustainable and profitable business.

This is a unique opportunity to implement your knowledge of data analysis with a real portfolio, relate economic developments to the market performance and investigate trends to ensure a sustainable profitability. It is also an exceptional opportunity to acquire knowledge into credit portfolio management, linking insurance and banking.

In this role, you will work with colleagues in diverse functions including underwriting, finance, operations, claims, actuarial and risk management. In addition to the day-to-day tasks, you will contribute to activities linked to the elaboration and implementation of the strategy of the Credit & Surety unit. You will be responsible for all the monitoring activities of a variety of Global Credit and Surety portfolios, in locations like US, Colombia, Brazil, Germany, Singapore or Australia.

About You:

Convincing interpersonal skills and ability to maintain effective working relations in a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural environment

Self-starter organized and able to handle multiple priorities and meet deadlines. Ability to manage diverse projects and tasks simultaneously.

Able to apply quantitative skills, business knowledge, logical thinking and communicate the key message by visualization & presentation

• Actuarial or portfolio management experience (5+ years) in credit or other P&C lines. Previous experience in credit portfolio management, risk reporting and risk management in banking or insurance is a plus
• Good knowledge and understanding of credit aggregation, global macroeconomics, financial markets and credit-related products experience in the Trade Finance and Surety sectors a plus
• Solid academic education (university degree or higher), ideally in financial economics, econometrics, financial engineering, or actuarial sciences. Engineers are welcome only with financial knowledge background.
• Well-developed IT skills - Microsoft Office and some programming language (python/ SQL or pyspark)
• Solid quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, pragmatism and firm judgment

• Fluency in English is a must

Educational level

• Masters in quantitative subject area like and not limited to statistics, economics, finance, mathematics
• Progression towards relevant professional financial exams (CFA, FRM, CQF) is a plus.