Quantitative Insurance Solutions Strategist — Hybrid NYC

Franklin Templeton; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Employee stock program

LEAP education assistance

Investment benefits

Job summary

Franklin Templeton is seeking a Quantitative Insurance Solutions Analyst in New York City. The role focuses on asset allocation, portfolio construction, and risk management within the Insurance Solutions team.

You will collaborate with client service, investment management, and risk teams to deliver quantitative analyses and model-driven solutions. The ideal candidate holds a Master’s degree in a quantitative field and 3–5 years of related experience, with strong skills in Excel/VBA, SQL,

Qualifications

• A Master’s Degree in a quantitative field such as Mathematical Finance or similar, in addition to 3-5 years of related work experience.
• Working knowledge and experience analyzing fixed income instruments with an emphasis on RMBS, CMBS, ABS, and CLO, through work as a quantitative analyst.
• Strong empirical, analytic and technical skills.
• Strong teamwork skills.
• Experience with third party analytic and risk systems such as Yield Book, POINT, Bloomberg PORT, etc.
• Demonstrated technical acumen with MS Excel/VBA, SQL, SAS, Python, R, or other software applications/languages.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge and experience in Machine Learning (ML) a plus.

Responsibilities

• Utilize quantitative analyses including optimization, simulation, and other proprietary tools and models to contribute to asset allocation studies, and portfolio construction/hedging processes.
• Deep dive into issues for effective resolution.
• Develop and improve the team’s production engine that runs standard and customized processes and reports for client accounts and model portfolios.
• Perform simulations and optimizations to support our existing and prospective clients with their needs
• Follow up with data owners, developers, and modelers to resolve issues in a timely fashion.
• Identify opportunities to enhance the accuracy, efficiency and scalability of analyses and participate in the implementation of automated solutions.
• Analyze the trade-offs between proprietary solutions and off-the-shelf available models, including cost effectiveness and best risk factor structure for the Firm’s Client Solutions Toolkit, and advise senior management of the best path to follow to better service our clients.
• Analyze, specify and test enhancements to data, models and processes to drive continuous improvement.
• Develop customized analytical tools to perform quantitative analyses based on the needs of clients and prospective clients.
• Work closely with other divisions of the Firm including client service, portfolio management, and risk management to accurately disseminate and explain analyses to acquire, inform, and retain clients.
• Interface with several of the firm’s major proprietary and vendor related systems and applications.

Skills

quantitative reasoning

analytical skills

teamwork

Education

Master’s degree in Mathematical Finance or quantitative field

Tools

Yield Book

POINT

Bloomberg PORT

MS Excel/VBA

SQL

SAS

Python

R

Job description

Franklin Templeton is seeking a Quantitative Insurance Solutions Analyst in New York City. The role focuses on asset allocation, portfolio construction, and risk management within the Insurance Solutions team.

You will collaborate with client service, investment management, and risk teams to deliver quantitative analyses and model-driven solutions. The ideal candidate holds a Master’s degree in a quantitative field and 3–5 years of related experience, with strong skills in Excel/VBA, SQL,