Senior Analyst, Sustainability Risk

Position Overview

Global Risk Services' mission is to partner with RGA's global workforce to facilitate sound risk analysis for decision making to achieve RGA's strategic and financial objectives. The Sustainability & Risk Analyst role will support the Head of Global Sustainability Risk in identifying, assessing, and managing climate and nature-related risks and opportunities. They will also be responsible for embedding sustainability into RGA's ERM framework for a consistent, value-adding and flexible risk management framework across the enterprise.

Responsibilities

Responsible for implementing RGA's Sustainability risk strategy including the integration into RGA's ERM framework:

• Collaborate with the first line with sustainability risk identification activities for RGA and provide suitable review and challenge.

• Support colleagues across the business to meet key disclosure requirements, including regulatory reporting and group publications to ensure RGA meets the requirement needs of a continuously evolving sustainability regulatory landscape.

• Support the identification, assessment and management of sustainability-related risks and opportunities.

• Develop management information for sustainability risk reporting, manage production of reports, and review outputs.

• In partnership with global stakeholders develop materials, tools and methodologies to support RGA's Sustainability risk strategy:

• Schedule and take timely meeting notes of the various sustainability-related governance meetings such as Climate Scenario Analysis Working Group, ESG Risk Committee and RGA ESG Steering Committee

• Work with Business Partners to track and share climate risk/ESG client engagement and activity (Client Value at Risk)

Collaborate with the Head of Global Sustainability Risk in leading RGA's Climate Scenario Analysis WG as we continue to enhance RGA's firm-wide response to regulatory requirements and company strategy:

• Ensure the smooth running of RGA's monthly climate scenario analysis working group meetings

• Facilitate meetings as required, including timely meeting notes and meeting materials

• Guide the use of climate scenario output in RGA's legal entity ORSA as required

• Will be the resource for colleagues and other business units regarding sustainability expertise

Support in leading RGA's Emerging Risks Working Group (ERWG)

• Preparing the materials relevant for the ERWG to mature the integration of emerging risks into RGA's ERM framework

• Design and execute RGA's annual Global Emerging Risks Survey

• Work with Business Partners globally to implement RGA's Emerging Risks Scorecard

• Regularly monitor and follow-up trends via RGA's Emerging Risks Scorecard to increase RGA's preparedness

• Partner with the ERWG and other Subject Matter Experts to produce thought leadership content with a risk lens

Collaborate with the Head of Global Sustainability Risk in leading the Inherent & Residual Risk Project. This is a multi-year project to design and implement a quantitative inherent and residual risk assessment process:

• Support the design and execution of the project as needed, including the design and implementation of various risk tools to improve the oversight of controls at the segment and enterprise level and drive meaningful risk insights for the first and second line.

• Facilitates, as needed with the related SRMOs, the design and implementation of various project deliverables for RGA's business segments and regions

Support the Head of Global Sustainability Risk with various tasks as needed, such as leading efforts to enhance RGA's enterprise risk management framework.

Requirements

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Required:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

• Proven experience in climate and sustainability risk

• Proven experience in enterprise risk management or related risk fields

• Minimum 5-8 years proven experience in enterprise risk management, operational risk, sustainability or related risk fields

Preferred:

• Recognized enterprise risk management designation or education

• Post-graduate or professional qualification in a related field is desired

• Cross company and/or cross industry risk management experience

• Master's Degree, MBA, FSA or CPA/CA

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Required:

• Experience working in enterprise risk management disciplines with a focus on risk & control self-assessments, emerging risks and key risk indicators

• Clear understanding of applicable laws, regulations, and requirements impacting financial institutions

• Strong oral and written communication skills, demonstrating the ability to convey business terminology that is meaningful and well received by all stakeholders at various levels

• Excellent ability to drive to conclusions and deliver results on a timely basis

• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills utilizing experience, research, guidelines, and internal resource networks

• Ability to identify and resolve technical, operational and organizational issues

• Advanced project management skills. Demonstrates ability to evaluate project objectives and scope feasibility, gain understanding, schedule resources, and manage budget to plan.

• Proven experience in managing multiple tasks and projects simultaneously, including the ability to handle changing priorities.

• Ability to foster a collaborative, teamwork oriented and customer service focused environment that leads to consistent, value-adding solutions

• Able to quickly learn and understand the business of RGA

• Able to work autonomously as part of a global team and also manage time zone scheduling challenges.

• Advanced Microsoft Office skills including spreadsheets and presentation software.

• Sound attention to detail

Company Overview

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE: RGA) is one of the largest global providers of life reinsurance, with offices around the world. RGA delivers expert solutions in individual life reinsurance, individual living benefits reinsurance, group reinsurance, financial solutions, facultative underwriting, and product development. Our mission is to enhance our clients' prosperity by supporting their financial and risk management capabilities.

The general pay range for this position is $120k USD base per year. Base pay varies depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and market location. In addition, RGA provides an annual bonus plan that includes all roles and some positions are eligible for participation in our long-term equity incentive plan. RGA also maintains a full range of health, retirement and other employee benefits.

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