Manager, Investment Risk

Manager, Investment Risk

The Manager, Investment Risk will manage key aspects of investment risk and credit risk modeling, including oversight and approval of data inputs and assumptions, investment analytics and reporting, establishing investment policy through risk appetite analysis. This role will also be responsible for developing and implementing enhancements to the reporting process, as well as refining methodologies for risk monitoring.

This position reports to the Director, Financial & Investment Risk. This position will work with other members of the Risk team and other functional areas within the Company, including Investments, Finance, Legal, IT, and key members of external asset managers serving the Company.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage expansion, enhancement and ongoing maintenance of asset models focused on credit risk and capital implications, including validation and approval of inputs and assumptions, analysis and reporting of credit risk analytics and results, and driving decision making from the model results
• Manage, enhance, and validate investments governance and documentation, including investment guidelines, and investment policies and limits, to reflect changing macro variables, changing company structure, reinsurance arrangements, regulatory updates and industry changes / reforms
• Manage and automate investment monitoring and reporting tools and systems, including investment limits based on liquidity, credit risk, capital at risk, and regulatory compliance reporting
• Partner with the Investments team to enhance portfolio monitoring and guide strategic decision-making
• Liaise with external asset managers to provide timely regular updates to reporting and analytics, scenario modeling, and data needs for improved and timely support of credit loss models and compliance reporting
• Liaise with partners in Finance and Actuarial to support platform modernization projects to best leverage the platforms for investment analytics, monitoring and compliance reporting, to help drive improvements to asset and ALM modeling, and to provide guidance and support for the successful completion of the modernization projects
• Work collaboratively with other personnel in the Risk department, supporting the expansion of the risk function
• Support efforts to grow distribution, helping to provide input to risk governance and feedback to the launch of new products and distribution channels.
• Promote risk informed decision making across the enterprise
• Support new reinsurance due diligence, establish / negotiate investment guidelines, and operationalize process for monitoring
• Work closely with Investment Portfolio Analytics and external asset managers to report on portfolio metrics, provide analytical insights, and identify emerging risks
• Evaluate best practice credit risk modeling
• Assist with any ad-hoc analytical requests

Experience and Education Requirements

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Other Requirements