Zurich, ZH, CH
Graduate Emerging Risk Management
About Swiss Re
The Swiss Re Group 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. It anticipates and manages risk – from natural catastrophes to climate change, from ageing populations to cybercrime. The aim of the Swiss Re Group is to enable society to thrive and progress, creating new opportunities and solutions for its clients. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, where it was founded in 1863, the Swiss Re Group operates through a network of around 80 offices globally. It is organised into three Business Units, each with a distinct strategy and set of objectives contributing to the Group’s overall mission.
About the Graduate Programme:
We are looking for graduates with strong interpersonal skills, who are eager to learn and broaden their knowledge and expertise by identifying emerging risks and researching them, to determine if and what kind of impact they have on the insurance industry and society at large. You have a Bachelor, Master or PhD degree with up to 3 years professional experience – we invite you to apply to our graduates@swissre programme 2019.
The programme offers you the chance to join the dynamic, fast-moving world of a leading risk knowledge organisation. Over an 18-month period, you’ll receive on-and-off-the-job training, including a job rotation that gives you the opportunity to work across different business units.
About the role:
Are you striving to engage to develop risk knowledge which will help to mitigate risks and craft insurance solutions? Are you ready to identify and assess new and changing risks, and translate research into crisp business insights? Do you have innovative digital skills, a profound interest in social & natural science methodologies as well as feeling comfortable in writing succinct texts? If yes, this Graduate position might be a great opportunity for you. In this role, you will work in a diverse and dedicated team which identifies, assesses and reports emerging risks across the Group.
Your responsibilities will include:
• Research a wide array of societal, environmental, economic, political and technological risks and trends relevant to Swiss Re and our business environment
• Assist further develop and improve our emerging risk processes (including digital solutions)
• Support risk assessments exploring the consequences of specific emerging risks for Swiss Re in collaboration with experts across the company
• Lead trainings and workshops
• Contribute to internal and external communication products
• Work effectively with an agile mindset across Sustainability, Emerging and Political Risk Management
About the team:
Our Sustainability, Emerging and Political Risk Management team has the task to scan the horizon for future risks and developments, assess the impact on Swiss Re, and enable integrated and forward-looking decision-making. We thus play a strong role in early warning, risk mitigation and thought leadership. The team is embedded in Group Qualitative Risk Management which is responsible for the risks that are not quantitatively modelled, such as sustainability, emerging, political, regulatory, operational, and information security risks.
Emerging Risk Management specifically has responsibility to capture early risk notions as well as to assess and monitor the emerging risk landscape, its drivers and its impact on the re/insurance industry. As a small Zurich-based team with various backgrounds, we act as a catalyst for emerging risk identification. We entertain a network for early signal detection and qualitative risk assessments across geographies and risk disciplines. We deliver emerging risk insights which help to raise risk awareness, mitigate specific risks and design insurance solutions.
About You:
• You have successfully completed a university degree in natural sciences, engineering, economics or equivalent
• You possess proven quantitative (data, modelling) and/or qualitative skills, as well as an affinity with innovative digital technologies and their practical applications
• You have strong analytical skills with focus on details without losing sight of the bigger picture
• You are eager to expand your knowledge in the (re)insurance industry and risk management
• You have already shown your ability work independently and feel comfortable in a dynamic global and multicultural environment
• You have a strong preference for interdisciplinary work, a curious mind, are a fast learner and the willingness to challenge conventional wisdom and set opinions,
• You show a capacity to readily adapt to a changing and dynamic environment and to be mobile in terms of workplace or location
• You excel at team work and actively contribute to the overall team culture
• You are at ease interacting with colleagues and clients across hierarchical levels and geographies
• You possess strong presentation, communication and writing skills; proficiency in English is a requirement, other languages are a plus
• You are proficient in MS Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
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