Insurance Solutions Architect & Structuring Lead

New York Life; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

New York Life Investment Management (NYLIM) is seeking a strategic leader to partner with the Head of Insurance Solutions in developing and deploying complex insurance investment solutions. You will help design, structure and commercialize capabilities for insurers in North America, Europe and Asia, aligning capital, regulatory and liquidity objectives with client needs.

With deep knowledge of private markets, fixed income and structured credit, you will work across global investment teams to

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience in insurance investments, institutional asset management, product strategy or investment structuring.
• Deep understanding of insurance company portfolios, statutory accounting, capital requirements and insurance regulation.
• Strong knowledge of insurance regulatory and capital frameworks, with experience or familiarity across U.S. and global markets.
• Experience designing institutional investment structures and customized client solutions, including experience with structured investment vehicles or asset level structuring.
• Knowledge of investment vehicles including separately managed accounts, commingled funds, rated feeders, collateralized fund obligations, feeder funds, insurance dedicated funds, secondaries and other insurance oriented structures.
• Understanding of credit insurance and the role it can play in developing investment solutions for insurance investors.
• Strong understanding of private markets, fixed income, structured credit and multi asset portfolios.
• Ability to approach structuring with an open minded and entrepreneurial mindset, with a willingness to explore new vehicles, asset classes and solutions as client needs evolve.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Head of Insurance Solutions to develop and execute the long term strategy for the insurance solutions business.
• Work alongside the Head of Insurance Solutions to design investment solutions that address insurers' investment, capital, accounting, liquidity and regulatory objectives.
• Partner with the Head of Insurance Solutions and the New York Life General Account (OCIO) to identify portfolio needs and develop scalable solutions for external insurance clients.
• Collaborate with NYLIM affiliate managers to identify, package and commercialize investment capabilities for insurance clients.
• Partner on a broad range of structuring opportunities, including rated feeders, collateralized fund obligations and other structured vehicles, secondaries, credit insurance and customized investment solutions.
• Evaluate opportunities to structure solutions at the underlying asset level as well as at the fund, portfolio and vehicle level, with a focus on creating efficient and scalable outcomes for insurance investors.
• Work with affiliate investment teams to adapt existing strategies into insurance specific offerings and explore new structures where existing products do not fully address client needs.
• Partner with distribution and affiliate leadership to identify opportunities to bring existing capabilities to market through differentiated insurance offerings.
• Help identify and develop opportunities across global insurance markets, including Europe and Asia, where regulatory frameworks, capital requirements and market dynamics may create attractive opportunities for innovative insurance solutions.
• Maintain a strong understanding of insurance investment regulations and capital frameworks and apply that knowledge to solution design and structuring.

Skills

Insurance investments

Asset management

Product strategy

Investment structuring

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory knowledge

Stakeholder influence

Communication

Job description

New York Life Investment Management (NYLIM) is seeking a strategic leader to partner with the Head of Insurance Solutions in developing and deploying complex insurance investment solutions. You will help design, structure and commercialize capabilities for insurers in North America, Europe and Asia, aligning capital, regulatory and liquidity objectives with client needs.

With deep knowledge of private markets, fixed income and structured credit, you will work across global investment teams to