Senior Risk Analyst

Aprio Talent Advisory; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Aprio Talent Advisory seeks a Senior Risk Solutions Analyst to model client situations and generate strategic insights using our proprietary analytics platform. You will learn from executives and apply analytical rigor to risk and investment challenges in a fast-growing insurtech setting.

The role emphasizes quantitative analysis, scenario testing, and developing financial models for complex insurance transactions, with responsibility for client deliverables and market intelligence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with strong academic track record.
• Experience manipulating and presenting complex data sets.
• Proficiency with analytics tools and delivering clear client-facing insights.

Responsibilities

• Quantitative Analysis & Financial Modeling: create insights to shape investment and risk management thinking.
• Model client circumstances, run scenario analyses, and conduct stress tests using proprietary tools.
• Develop/refine financial models for complex insurance transactions and captive structures.
• Support tailored risk solutions by modeling financials, claims data, and investment scenarios.
• Prepare client materials and analyses to enable risk strategists and grow client relationships.
• Assist in structuring reinsurance and fronting arrangements; understand insurance and capital markets.

Skills

Quantitative Analysis

Financial Modeling

Data Manipulation

Analytics Tools

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Proprietary Platform

Job description

Our client is a fast-growing insurance technology startup focused on transforming risk into a strategic asset. They are building a platform to revolutionize the captive management industry and our Risk Solutions group sits at the center of that effort.

This foundational role offers a unique opportunity to develop analytical skills while learning from experienced executives. As a Senior Risk Solutions Analyst, you come to deeply understand global risk markets and play a vital role in servicing our clients.

This position suits intellectually curious and driven individuals who can learn quickly, solve complex problems, and thrive in a high-pressure environment. You will use our proprietary platform to model client circumstances, run analyses, and generate insights for our clients and broader business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Quantitative Analysis & Financial Modeling:
• Apply your analytical skills and market knowledge to create insights that help shape clients' investment and risk management thinking.
• Use our proprietary platform to model client circumstances, run scenario analyses, and conduct stress tests.
• Develop and refine financial models to evaluate complex insurance transactions and captive structures.
• Support the design of tailored risk solutions by modeling financials, claims data, and investment scenarios.
• Delivery:
• Enable our team of Risk Strategists by preparing materials for client meetings, conducting research, and providing the analytics needed to grow client relationships.
• Assist in structuring and arranging reinsurance and fronting arrangements.
• Develop a deep and holistic understanding of the overall insurance and reinsurance industry, capital markets, and the concepts and trends in global financial markets.
• Maintain a comprehensive view of the market to educate colleagues and help prepare for client presentations.
• Systemization:
• Model client and market circumstances in our domain using the company's proprietary analytics tools, keeping our domain up to date with the latest market intelligence.

Successful candidates will demonstrate:

• Intellectual Curiosity & Rapid Learning: A yearning to deeply understand our industry, clients, and business. You have a strong interest in and understanding of markets and investing and are driven to become an expert.
• Analytical Rigor: A strong understanding of financial concepts, analytics, math, and statistics. You have an aptitude for creative quantitative work involving financial data and the ability to solve complex problems through analysis.
• Excellence & Urgency: Client delivery environment, either Big 4 Accounting firm or large insurance industry carriers. You strive to deliver best-in-class work products and expect the same from others. You have a sense of urgency to spot opportunities and problems and drive them to resolution.
• Agility & Open-Mindedness: The ability to quickly adapt to an ever-changing client, regulatory, and technical landscape. You are open to new ways of working and perspectives from a team with a range of backgrounds.
• Commitment to a High-Feedback Culture: A desire to learn and improve each day. You are eager to provide and receive objective feedback and are committed to operating in an environment of transparency and accountability.

Requirements:

• A Bachelor's degree with a strong academic track record.
• You must be eligible to work in the US for any employer, this start up is not able to sponsor any type of visas now or in the future.
• 2-5+ years of professional experience, preferably within a large investment bank, Big 4 Accounting or Valuation team, or major insurance carrier.
• Proven ability to manipulate and represent complex data sets.
• Proficiency in using analytics tools.
• Excellent writing and communication skills, with the ability to help deliver clear, concise presentations.