Research Analyst

About the Role:

Key tasks and responsibilities include:

• Author and contribute to Swiss Re Institute's thought leadership. This involves identifying purpose driven messages, framing relevant questions and locating appropriate datasets.
• Collect, curate and analyze large data sets to support research projects and form well-reasoned, evidence-based conclusions.
• The goal is to write carefully argued position papers/briefings/reports extending to 10-30 pages (e.g. Swiss Re's sigma, Expertise Publications), that are disseminated to clients.
• This involves situational awareness of global events, policy actions, and capital flows to anticipate implications for risk transfer.
• It also involves applying statistics, machine learning and analytic approaches to support data-driven research (knowledge of Python, R, Stata, Matlab and GenAI frameworks).
• All projects involve preparing high-quality PowerPoint slides and presenting findings to stakeholders (e.g. a market outlook to clients, briefing materials for senior executives, etc.).

About the Team:

Swiss Re Institute - we originate actionable insights to support profitable risk taking by providing input for internal planning and business steering, by creating business-focused research, and by positioning SRI and Swiss Re with external stakeholders.We are a diverse set of around 60 colleagues working in teams across various locations. Swiss Re Institute is highly visible and interacts with a wide variety of key partners and decision makers across the organization and externally. We are a truly global team located in Zurich, Bratislava, New York, Bangalore, Hong Kong and Beijing and collaborate closely with all of Swiss Re's re/insurance business units and Group functions.

About You:

• An advanced degree from a top-tier economic/research institution. Preferred backgrounds include economics, econometrics, other related disciplines or interdisciplinary research.

• You have 3-5 years of data-driven research experience in a relevant setting such as strategy consulting, advisory services, think tanks, or advocacy research.

• You have written data-backed high-quality publications concisely and insightfully in a deadline-driven environment, eg, technical reports, journal submissions, and conference presentations.
• You are an avid reader with a strong foundation in global markets and macroeconomic dynamics, with deep curiosity about secular themes such as deglobalization, demographics, and AI.
• You are content-focused, with strong attention to detail and can ensure factual accuracy by diligently checking data and information before publication.
• Experience in the insurance industry, and industry certifications would be an added advantage.
• You love working with data in Microsoft Excel but also with databases and statistical software.