Trainee within Risk Capital Internship at Risk Management, Zurich

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Zürich, CHE
In-Office
Internship
Insurance
The Role
Support quarterly and year-end SCR and risk margin calculations by running SCOR's internal model, perform analyses and deep dives, produce capital/ALM/economic analytics, and help present key results to technical and executive committees.
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(hybrid, f/m/x/d; 100%)

Join SCOR, a leading global reinsurance company, as a trainee. Become a member of its Risk Capital team in Zurich. This team is responsible for producing, analyzing, reporting, and explaining quarterly internal model results for SCOR Group and SCOR’s subsidiaries. It further produces analytics on capital, ALM and economic performance on business initiatives for other risk departments as well as senior and executive management decisions.

Responsibilities
  • You are part of an engaged and empowered team and will be working in a wonderful office space in Zurich

  • You support the quarterly and year-end calculation of SCR and risk margin via running SCOR’s internal model and performing regular analyses and deep dives 

  • You contribute to presentation of key results to both technical and executive committees

Qualifications
  • Above average University Degree (Master, PhD) in Actuarial Sciences, Physics, Mathematics, Quantitative Finance or similar discipline
  • Proficiency with MS Excel and good knowledge through previous experience with statistical tools and programming languages (Python)
  • Good conceptual and analytical capabilities plus being able to approach tasks consistently, goal-oriented and independently
  • Excellent communication skills and command in English
  • Demonstrates strong proactivity and has a solution-oriented mindset
  • Exhibits excellent time management skills and performs effectively under pressure
  • Global mind-set, team player attitude and appetite for continuous learning and achievements in an international context

Are you ready for an exciting career entry opportunity within a dynamic international environment, in a fast-paced and expanding company offering an open corporate culture? Please upload your CV and cover letter.


Why Join Us?
SCOR supports your career and helps you develop your skills by encouraging mobility, blended learning through the SCOR University and offering a dynamic, innovative working environment in beautiful, light-filled offices overlooking Lake Zurich.
Our compensation includes attractive benefits (such as participation to public transportation and delicious meals) and we promote a healthy work life balance through numerous initiatives and a hybrid working model.
As a socially responsible employer, our teams participate each year in projects around civic engagement, wellbeing and diversity in the workplace, environmental protection, and many others.

SCOR promotes diversity and equal treatment in all aspects of employment, from recruitment to evaluation, compensation and talent management. The Group is proud to employ people who care about each other, their community and society as a whole. We do everything we can to encourage these attitudes in our employees and to empower them to make a difference.

We look forward to your application!

About Us

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

  • Above average University Degree (Master, PhD) in Actuarial Sciences, Physics, Mathematics, Quantitative Finance or similar discipline
  • Proficiency with MS Excel
  • Previous experience with statistical tools and programming languages (Python)
  • Good conceptual and analytical capabilities; ability to approach tasks consistently, goal-oriented and independently
  • Excellent communication skills and command of English
  • Strong proactivity and solution-oriented mindset
  • Excellent time management skills and ability to perform effectively under pressure
  • Global mindset, team player attitude and appetite for continuous learning in an international context
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The Company
HQ: Paris, Paris
4,492 Employees

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.

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