Junior Pricing Trader (Hybrid - m/w/x)

Swiss Re is one of the world's leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. We cover both Property & Casualty and Life & Health. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 14,000 employees across the world.

Ihre Aufgaben

The financial markets-based structuring will include design of structures and hedging trades, risk and pricing analytics of the structures, as well as support of internal risk review and approval processes.

Your main tasks:

• Development and pricing of new products and the structuring of deals with Swiss Re's clients

• Hedge design, derivative and structured finance approach for managing exposures incurred by new deals

• Formulating pricing methodologies for new risks or embedded exposures, bridging financial market and actuarial techniques

• The translation / application of financial engineering techniques into a reinsurance setting, often requiring the use of both quantitative and market experience

• Aide our Client Markets and reinsurance structuring teams with the promotion and marketing of reinsurance linked to market risk exposures

  About the Team

  Our Pricing & Structuring Unit s directly responsible for managing reinsurance transactions with embedded financial market exposure. We pride ourselves in being the experts in carrying out enhanced analytics, design of structured transactions, risk mitigation and the optimal steering of investment activity; and we are more than happy to pass the knowledge to you.

Ihr Profil

Imagine a role where your strong analytical skills will have a big impact. Join our team & support all aspects of financial markets-based structuring! Did we get your attention?, Are you a good team member eager to work with various internal clients, able to build trust and relationships with colleagues?,

• Deep understanding of quantitative analysis, the use of models and developing pricing strategy, particularly in the context of solving new problems

• Degree in Mathematics, Physics or related subject

• 3+ years of substantial experience in financial markets, preferably with a derivative structuring background or a structuring-focused position at an insurer, fund manager, bank or reinsurer

• Strong understanding of financial derivatives and their applications

• Good analytical and quantitative skills, including experience of using analytical toolkits and scripting languages

• Experience with coding languages in a work environment

• Language skills: proficient in English, fluency in German is an advantage

  Nice to have:

• Understanding of insurance/reinsurance