Financial Solutions Transaction Analyst Intern

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.

Reinsurance financial solution is playing an increasingly important role in insurance industry as a powerful tool for insurers in capital management and financial optimization. The solutions are structured and tailor-made to help insurance clients manage volatility of cash flows and P&L, improve capital position or address liquidity strain across wide spectrum of life insurance products.

Globally, the team of Financial Solutions is comprised of 25 reinsurance specialists providing capital motivated reinsurance solutions to optimize the capital position and financial statements of our Life & Health insurance clients. We are multi-function underwriters who lead reinsurance transactions and bring profit to the company. We manage the end-to-end process from client pitch, client/broker communication, portfolio and experience analysis, pricing, structuring and modeling, term negotiation, stakeholder management, treaty review, and deal monitoring. We work closely with different functions in the company in all stages.

With our team, you will develop solid knowledge in capital management and financial solutions, gain exposure to different Life & Health insurance products all over the EMEA region, and experience the whole process of how a reinsurance transaction is done.

Job Summary
As part of the Financial Solutions EMEA team, you will be working closely with the team to support in financial analysis, due diligence, underwriting and financial modelling.
You will be involved in different stages of the transaction, from business origination to execution.
Your responsibilities include monitoring the portfolio performance of Life & Health insurance companies in different markets in the region, performing benchmark analysis, and assisting the team in identifying potential transaction opportunities. You will also be developing pitch decks and performing various analyses, such as credit analysis on our clients and data analysis on clients'portfolios, to help the team better price and structure transactions.

Responsibilities

• Prepare pitch decks and analysis for local underwriters and client meetings,
• Conduct credit analysis and solvency analysis on our target clients,
• Participate in the structuring and pricing of Financial Solutions within SCOR's risk appetite,
• Collaborate with various internal stakeholders (risk, pricing, finance, legal) to sign deals,
• Monitor the portfolio performance of existing treaties,
• Develop actuarial models,
• Follow change in regulation (Solvency 2, IFRS 17).

Qualifications

• Fluent English is required (writing and speaking), advanced French is preferred (speaking),
• The candidate should be at ease using Microsoft package, in particular Excel (including but not limited to formulas such as xlookup, sumifs, index, match, etc.). Knowledge of VBA will be a plus,
• Proficiency and experience in data analytics tool such as Power BI and Tableau will be a plus,
• The candidate should preferably have some knowledge of insurance regulation (e.g., Solvency II) and/or accounting standards (IFRS) and/or capital/risk management,
• Knowledge of actuarial science is preferred but not required,
• The candidate should be self-motivated, self-starter, quick learner, have the ability to work as part of a team, have good communication skills.

Required Education

• Master 2 with a specialization in Actuary, Insurance, Consulting, or Finance

This position is to be filled by July for a duration of 6 months.