Research Analyst – 27837

The Research Analyst will work within the CAT Modelling and Actuarial teams to maintain and develop financial reporting and underwriting systems that support U.S. SEC financial reporting requirements and the Company’s optimized risk position in regards to its exposure to natural catastrophes and is charged with the assessment of natural hazards (i.e. earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, etc.)

• Location: London
• Type: Permanent

Key Duties (including but not limited to):

• Develop and document proprietary software packages that integrate third party modelling software with the company’s existing software/databases
• Software analysis of advanced scientific data to model potential weather linked events
• Maintain the company’s software and develop methodologies to help the Company in its assessment of its exposure to various losses, including catastrophe risk position by pricing contracts, measuring marginal impact to its portfolio, and ranking them based on profitability
• Develop and maintain the Company’s financial reporting system in order to assist Actuarial and Financial teams
• A Master’s Degree and/or in-depth knowledge in applied Mathematics or Statistics would be advantageous
• A degree in Atmospheric or Earth Science, Environmental Science or related field
• Proficiency in SQL and MS Access, Visual Basic and database management systems such as SQL Server or other similar software, as well as well as MS Excel