Senior AVP, Investment Analytics & Strategy

fortitudegroupholdingsllc; Jersey City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Job summary

Fortitude Reinsurance Company Ltd. (Fortitude Re) in Jersey City, NJ, is seeking an AVP, Investment Analytics to lead complex projects and deliver advanced modeling that supports the investment plan.

The role bridges strategy and execution, coordinating across actuarial, accounting and investment teams, supervising junior colleagues and driving data quality and scalable analytics in a hybrid office setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in math, computer science, statistics, or related quantitative field; master’s degree preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in investments analytics, portfolio management, or other investments function.
• CFA of FSA preferred.
• Knowledge of Fixed Income modeling as it relates to Analytics and Cashflows.
• Strong analytical capabilities.
• Proficiency with SQL, R, Python, or other programming languages.
• Knowledge of Bloomberg and advanced Excel skills is required.
• Proficiency using leading software vendors for financial data and fixed income modeling, including Bloomberg, Aladdin, Intex, Trepp, and others.
• Experience working at a (re)insurer is a plus.
• Prior experience with private credit, structured credit, esoteric asset classes, and whole loans is a plus.
• Proven expertise in building processes to clean, validate, and analyze large data sets.
• Very strong written, verbal and interpersonal communications skills to clearly articulate sophisticated concepts, ideas and processes.
• Presence and credibility to present effectively to key senior management.
• Ability to direct and lead other members of the team.
• Ability to work across functional groups to bring teams together and accomplish project goals and objectives.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex projects within the investment analytics function, taking accountability for end-to-end execution and timely delivery.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration with finance, investment operations, asset managers, and vendors to ensure models and analytics meet business and regulatory requirements.
• Develop advanced analytics frameworks to support ALM, pricing, cedent requirements, and regulatory reporting, balancing technical depth with business applicability.
• Develop, build, and maintain new models to automate complex investment operations functions, including income recognition, cedent guideline management, and new deal onboarding.
• Supervise junior team members (Associates and Senior Associates), providing guidance on methodologies, deliverables, and professional development.
• Identify process improvements and implement standardized workflows that enhance scalability and data quality across the analytics platform.
• Design and plan quantitative research on private credit transaction data and develop liquidity premium risk and return models.
• Design and implement structured product models spanning public and private securities (e.g., ABF, CLOs, rated funds, RMBS, CMBS).
• Design and implement analytics to support investment strategy, including standardizing and scaling new business pricing.

Job description

Fortitude Reinsurance Company Ltd. (Fortitude Re) in Jersey City, NJ, is seeking an AVP, Investment Analytics to lead complex projects and deliver advanced modeling that supports the investment plan.

The role bridges strategy and execution, coordinating across actuarial, accounting and investment teams, supervising junior colleagues and driving data quality and scalable analytics in a hybrid office setting.