General Manager-Financial Risk

About Us

Kshema General Insurance Limited (Kshema) was established in 2018 and is India's only Digital Agri Insurance Company catering to farmers/cultivators in the Agriculture Sectors. Kshema enables cultivators with resilience from financial distress due to extreme climate events and perils through localised insurance products. Kshema is leveraging Technology to provide cutting edge insurance solutions to farmers.

Kshema has a pan India presence with more than 500+ employees on roles along with 500+ employees as contractors.

Job Description

Required Knowledge & Experience:

• Looking for a Minimum of 12 years of relevant experience.
• Understanding of financial risk management, hedging strategies and knowledge of ALM
• To develop a financial risk management framework/strategy as per company's business objectives and risk appetite.
• To develop, improve, and update financial risk appetite, policies, and tolerances as per changing business/market dynamics.
• To work collaboratively with the senior management team and credibly challenge strategies/policies based on independent risk assessments/inputs to facilitate risk-based decision-making.
• To conduct research/statistical analysis to assess the frequency and severity of risk events through stress testing, sensitivity analysis, etc.
• To develop, calibrate, and run high-quality risk models for quantification and assessment of risk.
• To identify material changes in risk profile proactively and emerging risks.
• To perform financial risk reviews for Market and Credit risk.
• To ensure ALM risk management - liquidity risk and interest rate risk.
• To ensure the execution of hedging strategies and monitoring their effectiveness continuously.
• To use a sound understanding of derivative instruments for the creation of hedging strategies.
• To monitor/analyze key financial matrices and assess the potential impact of changes in them on the company's financial strength.
• To develop and document the risk methodology and policies/procedures.
• To ensure continuous improvement in risk management framework and monitoring tools.

Requirements

Educational Qualification

• Preferred MBA with engineering background/CA
• Certifications: FRM/IRM