Quantitative Risk Modeling Lead
Location
California
Posted
44 days ago
Salary
$320K - $400K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Quantitative Risk Modeling Lead
Ryan Specialty
• Lead the application of actuarial and quantitative methods to the underwriting of credit insurance transactions • Translate traditional insurance frameworks into structured credit underwriting practices • Lead the development and maintenance of stochastic risk models covering credit, real estate, and equity type assets • Lead overall analysis efforts to derive and set assumptions and model calibration targets for credit risks • Responsible for model risk management • Develop and refine internal risk frameworks, actuarial methodologies, and reserving protocols for credit insurance • Drive research initiatives to explore new modeling methodologies and techniques • Collaborate with underwriters, senior management, and insurance partners
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Actuarial credentials (ASA, FSA) or advanced quantitative degree strongly preferred
- 10+ years of experience in quantitative underwriting roles
- Deep familiarity with insurance company balance sheets, reserving protocols, and NAIC implications
- Demonstrated expertise in actuarial/statistical techniques, and stochastic modeling and their application to financial or credit markets
- Strong technical proficiency in Excel; programming/statistical tools (SQL, R, Python, SAS, etc.) a plus
Benefits
- Paid time off for company holidays, vacation, sick and personal days
- Paid parental leave
- Mental health services
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