Portfolio Manager I

You desire impactful work.
 

You’re RGA ready

RGA is a purpose-driven organization working to solve today’s challenges through innovation and collaboration. A Fortune 500 Company and listed among its World’s Most Admired Companies, we’re the only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life- and health-related solutions. Join our multinational team of intelligent, motivated, and collaborative people, and help us make financial protection accessible to all.

A Brief Overview

The Investment Solutions team develops, recommends, and executes liability driven investment strategies, including portfolio construction and repositioning to support the acquisition of new reinsurance business. 

These strategies and associated portfolios must meet business needs (sufficient return on capital, regular investment income), while considering RGA’s appetite for investment risk, execution risks, and asset-liability matching. 

The Portfolio Manager (I) is expected to support (and subsequently lead) all aspects of the asset strategy and asset risks underlying new reinsurance opportunities.

What You Will Do

• Develops transaction specific asset and hedging strategies that optimize excess yield vs. capital within regulatory, accounting, operating and risk management constraints.
• Supports development of asset and credit related pricing assumptions for Asset Intensive transactions, Structured Reinsurance transactions and upfront cash settled transactions involving credit risk to RGA.
• Craft target portfolio strategy for live deals to deliver the required risk-adjusted return for the transaction in partnership with the rest of the Investments.
• Work with Credit team to determine best path to execution, including analysis of the client’s existing portfolio and the creation of a target portfolio given the portfolio strategy.
• Communicate the target portfolio strategy to various interested parties within RGA and gain approval for the target strategy.
• Negotiate investment guidelines and treaty terms with clients to deliver the flexibility necessary to manage asset risk and generate target return.
• Support (and subsequently lead) efforts to close the asset side of the transaction, including operational aspects of receiving the client portfolio.
• Direct the reposition required to move from the client’s portfolio strategy to RGA’s target strategy.
• Suggest and review new tools and frameworks to improve new business pricing process.
• Develop relationships with external contacts and internal cross-functional areas.
• Direct the efforts of analysts to support the transaction.

Qualifications & Experience

Required:           

• CFA and/or Actuarial qualification and 10+ years relevant work experience Or Bachelor’s degree in Economics/Finance related field with 15+ years relevant work experience
• Highly advanced understanding of investment/market concepts, especially fixed income analytics (i.e. sector weightings, portfolio duration, performance attribution, convexity and term structure of interest rates, spread)
• Highly advanced knowledge of asset liability management

Preferred:          

• Technology savvy, programming and process improvement/automation skills
• 5+ years corporate credit experience
• 5+ years alternative investment experience
• 5+ years fixed income management experience in an insurance client environment
• Expert understanding of investment/market concepts, especially in the context of insurance asset management
• Demonstrable track record of the successful implementation of investment strategies, especially in an insurance or reinsurance context

What you can expect from RGA:

• Gain valuable knowledge from and experience with diverse, caring colleagues around the world.

• Enjoy a respectful, welcoming environment that fosters individuality and encourages pioneering thought.

• Join the bright and creative minds of RGA, and experience vast, endless career potential.