DEPARTMENT:
Within SCOR Investment Partners (SCOR IP), the Sustainable Investment Team is responsible for the sustainable investment process, performing qualitative and quantitative analysis and developing data bases and tools to achieve state-of-the-art sustainability policy fully embedded in the investment process. The team directly reports to the Chief
Investment Officer (CIO) and makes recommendations to portfolio managers, based on actual situation, and expected changes in issuer’s ESG quality.
The Sustainable Investment Team is responsible for the sustainable investment policy of SCOR IP. The team:
- Maintains consistency with the entity’s sustainable investment policy,
- Integrates sustainability in products’ investment strategies,
- Embodies sustainability within the asset manager entity.
The team proactively identifies new ESG trends and changes in the regulatory landscape and is responsible of integrating them, if necessary, in the sustainable investment policy of SCOR IP.
The team consists of six members, the Head of Sustainable Investment, three Sustainable Investment Analysts and two interns. Both interns will be working closely with each member of the Sustainable Investment Team.
ResponsibilitiesThe intern will directly report to the Head of Sustainable Investment. She/he will assist the team in all its sustainable
duties:
- Performing extra-financial analyses of potential investments
- Processing and analyzing portfolios’ ESG data
- Ensuring that data is easily available and well managed
- Defining ESG criteria and methodology
- Integrating sustainability within funds and mandates
- Researching and informing SCOR IP on updates in sustainable finance
The intern will also assist the team with the preparation and production of presentations.
Finally, the intern will participate to webinars and/or conferences linked to sustainable finance.
QualificationsYou are currently doing a Master’s degree programme in Finance / Sustainable Finance or in a related field. The position requires the following:
- Background/Interest for sustainability/sustainable finance is needed.
- Ability to think logically
- Analytical and conceptual skills in sustainable finance
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills (French &English)
- Autonomy, rigor and adaptability are a must due to the variety of tasks
- Advanced computer skills (Excel & Powerpoint)
- Ability to manage data. Coding skills (python) would be appreciated.
Starting date: July
Duration: 6 months
As a leading global reinsurer, SCOR offers its clients a diversified and innovative range of reinsurance and insurance solutions and services to control and manage risk. Applying “The Art & Science of Risk,” SCOR uses its industry-recognized expertise and cutting-edge financial solutions to serve its clients and contribute to the welfare and resilience of society in around 160 countries worldwide.
Working at SCOR means engaging with some of the best minds in the industry – actuaries, data scientists, underwriters, risk modelers, engineers, and many others – as we work together to find solutions to pressing challenges facing societies.
As an international company, our common culture is defined by “The SCOR Way.” Serving both to build momentum that drives the Group forward and as a compass to guide our actions and choices, The SCOR Way is anchored by five core values, reflecting the input of employees at all levels of the Group. We care about clients, people, and societies. We perform with integrity. We act with courage. We encourage open minds. And we thrive through collaboration.
SCOR supports inclusion and the diversity of talents, and all positions are open to people with disabilities.
Skills Required
- Background/Interest in sustainability/sustainable finance
- Master's degree in Finance/Sustainable Finance or related field
- Analytical and conceptual skills in sustainable finance
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills in French and English
- Advanced computer skills in Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to manage data
- Coding skills in Python
What We Do
SCOR, one of the world’s largest reinsurers, serves more than 5,000 clients worldwide, providing a diversified and innovative range of solutions to control and manage risk. SCOR delivers advanced financial solutions, analytics and services across all dimensions of risk in Life & Health, Property & Casualty, and Investments. Reinsurance lies at the intersection of technical expertise and scientific progress. Models, data, and pricing and reserving tools are essential, yet they are never sufficient on their own. Sound risk decisions require expert judgment, experience and perspective. This is what we call the Art and Science of Risk. Reinsurance is a knowledge industry, where expertise grows through accumulation, transmission and practice. Across the Group, 3,600 experts based in more than 35 offices worldwide contribute to this collective intelligence. Actuaries, underwriters, risk management specialists, and Tech & Data experts transform data into insight, explore extreme scenarios, define the boundaries of insurability and help anticipate emerging risks. Together, they strengthen the resilience of SCOR, our clients and the societies we serve. This expertise is built through shared experience,continuous questioning and collective reflection. Like artists, we belong to schools of thought, learning first to observe, then to replicate, and ultimately to innovate. This ongoing transmission of knowledge enables SCOR to develop a distinctive approach, combining rigor, creativity and long-term vision in the service of risk mastery. This shared commitment underpins SCOR’s role as a global reinsurer. By turning risk into resilience and sustainable value, our collective of experts acts with responsibility and purpose. Together, we help protect the future, and shape it, for our clients, for society and for generations to come.
