Climate Risk Specialist

Climate Risk Specialist

Swiss Re

Munich, Germany

About the Role

Jointly craft climate risk service offerings targeting corporate client specific risk advisory and data needs in the area of:

• Physical Climate Risk and Natural Catastrophes (focus);
• Transition Risk (additional);
• Climate Risk Mitigation and Adaptation measures;
• Regulatory Reporting such as EU Taxonomy and Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD);
• Pitch and creation of client advisory engagements and risk assessment tools, ensuring high quality service and building of long-term client relationships, including expansion and scale of risk transfer opportunities;
• Provision of natural catastrophes and physical climate change risk expertise to support various functions, i.e., Risk Engineering Services (RES), RDS (Risk, Data & Services) sustainability, and underwriting;
• Driving business development activities through thought leadership (publications/conferences) and partnerships with other institutions.

About you

• University degree in relevant field (e.g. Masters);
• Work experience (min. 3 years) in climate science/natural catastrophes (quantitative field);
• Familiarity with climate science concepts;
• Ability to think 'out of the box' and link physical climate risk applications to other areas;
• Ability to break down sophisticated concepts into easily understandable information;
• Enjoy client interaction and engaging presentations;
• Preferably experience in a corporate insurance underwriting and buying setting;
• Self-motivated to drive and own topics independently through to completion;
• Strong conceptual and analytical skills to drive methods, models, data mining, etc.;
• Creative solution thinking with a 'can do' mentality;
• Ability to work in a virtual team set-up and motivated to constantly learn and further develop existing skills;
• Excellent communication, technical writing, and presentation skills;
• English language proficiency any other language a plus.

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