Quantitative Analyst

1 week ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Milliman Full time
Job Details

Description

Who We Are


Milliman's rigorous, distinctly innovative approach to risk management is built on a foundation of actuarial expertise and shaped by some of the most advanced thinking in the industry.

Whether you're looking to improve capital efficiency, deliver better retirement outcomes, or guard against market volatility, Milliman offers a complete range of operational, strategic, and financial risk management solutions and tools.


We have a focused, multi-disciplinary team of actuaries, financial engineers/capital markets professionals, and software developers working together to develop risk management solutions for the financial services industry.

We currently advise some of the world's largest insurance companies and asset owners in areas such as hedging strategy and operations, derivative overlays, and retirement product design.

We hire the best in the business—and then trust them to do their work their way. It's about personal responsibility, creativity, flexibility. We believe great work happens in great work environments.

Our culture is highly collaborative with value placed on high quality work and innovation.

The Department/Team

Milliman is seeking a Quantitative Analyst to join its Actuarial and Quantitative team in Sydney for an immediate start.

We're a close-knit team based in Sydney CBD, with a focus on providing consulting and risk management to insurers and implementing derivative-based overlays and investment strategies for superannuation funds, ETF providers, managed funds and managed accounts.

You'll benefit from a friendly working culture, ongoing development opportunities and flexible working arrangements.

Your Role/What You'll Do

As a Quantitative Analyst, you'll play a pivotal role in the continued growth of Milliman's Sydney practice.


You'll be providing critical support in the dynamic hedging programs we run for our existing clients as well as working closely with our consultants, portfolio managers and traders in building and maintaining quantitative models and delivering consulting projects.


Role and responsibilities:

  • Designing and managing dynamic hedging programs to manage market risks for our clients
  • Building and carrying out analysis using stochastic models for modelling retirement income strategies, investment strategies and guaranteed products.
  • Building models and processes for the valuation and performance attribution of both vanilla and exotic derivatives
  • Collaborate with nonActuarial teams within the global Financial Risk Management practice to enhance our quantitative modelling capability, technology supporting our automation platforms
  • Communicate to clients to understand their needs and expectations, as well as to presenting work product to clients and internal teams
  • Develop innovative solutions to challenges faced by our clients or internal processes and seek business development opportunities to help grow the practice.
Your Qualifications

  • 35 years of quantitative experience in investments, market risk management or retirement income products
  • Understanding of capital markets and modern finance concepts (option pricing, portfolio theory, etc)
  • Proficiency in Excel and Python, Knowledge of SQL, Python, R, C++, C# and other programming languages is a plus.
  • Excellent project management skills, including communication and time management skills
  • Selfmotivated individual with a sense of intellectual curiosity and resultsoriented work ethic
  • Sharp critical thinking skills, sound judgment and decision making ability, and both the ability and willingness to clearly articulate your ideas
  • Proven ability to work in a fastpace environment where the client is always first
  • An inherent sense of the value of collaboration

Benefits:

  • Competitive salary and bonus
  • Flexible hybrid work arrangements (3 days in the office, 2 days where you like)
  • Dress for your day
  • Support for learning and development, including paid study and leave
  • Opportunities to travel and attend conferences
  • Wellbeing initiatives, including Employee Assistance Program
Sponsorship

Only Australian Citizens or Permanent Residents will be considered for this role.

Milliman is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Milliman is fully committed to the maximum utilisation of all human resources and the goals of Equal Employment Opportunity.

We recruit, hire, train, promote, and consider qualified applicants for employment, in all job titles without regard to age, ethnicity, colour, relationship status, political opinion, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, mental or physical disability, and shall not discriminate against any individual, or any other characteristic protected by law.


Qualifications:

Education

Required

  • Bachelors or better.
Experience

Preferred

3-5 years: quantitative experience in investments, market risk management or retirement income products

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