Risk Manager Mea

4 weeks ago


Cape Town, South Africa Swiss RE Full time

**About the Role**:
Our Risk Management team is looking for a Risk Manager to support the Swiss Re Africa Ltd. ("SRAf") legal entity, as well as risk management support to the Middle East and Africa ("MEA") region more broadly. Are you keen to know how one of the most important Re/Insurance companies manages their risk? Are you curious individual eager to grow? Then join us

This is a great opportunity for you to obtain experience in all aspects of reinsurance risk management.
- Your core responsibilities:_
SRAf only:

- Maintain the risk management system, strategy and governance framework (around risk management aspects) to keep it fit for purpose and in line with regulatory requirements.
- Monitor the Company's risk profile, risk exposures and related mitigation actions, as well as material changes to any of these aspects.
- Contribute to the Own Risk and Solvency Assessment ("ORSA") process. This includes producing and being involved both in the quantitative and qualitative aspects feeding into the process.
- Support the monitoring and reviewing, where necessary, of the target capitalisation of SRAf.
- Monitor and support maintaining the capital position for SRAf to remain within its target capitalisation.
- Assist in responding to requests from regulators and other external stakeholders (e.g. trade bodies) and coordinating regulatory meetings.

SRAf and MEA:

- Ensure, to the extent possible, that SRAf and the MEA region's business activities are in line with the risk strategy of the wider Group and the Reinsurance Business Unit.
- Support the business to identify and mitigate key risks, including reputational and regulatory risks. Provide independent challenge to Managing Executives on matters related to risk and deliver independent balanced accessible information and advice on high-level risk issues.
- Participate in the risk management review of business arrangements including solutions and transactions.
- Contribute to the Risk update reports (including details on the risk profile and risk exposures facing the company) presented to the SRAf Management Committee, SRAf Board and MEA Management Team.
- Evaluate the internal and external risk environment on an on-going basis in order to assist with identification and assessment of potential risks as early as possible.
- Co-ordinate with the Group's risk functions to ensure comprehensive coverage of risks and adequacy of internal control environment, and with other assurance functions to execute second line of defence assurance.
- Support Operational Risk Management activities by monitoring issues and events raised and the resolution of those.
- Nurture a culture of risk awareness among staff by questioning and engaging with them in their daily work.
- Where appropriate, represent Risk Management in strategic matters, major projects and investment decisions.
- Support the broader EMEA Risk Management Team with risk management related tasks focused on the risk and regulatory landscape.

**About the Team**:
Your will have the opportunity to be a part of the EMEA Risk Management team with colleagues based in London, Zurich, Luxembourg, Munich and South Africa.

You will find us a highly motivated and dynamic team of individuals who use our different backgrounds & skills to offer our business partners a great variety of capabilities. A good sense of humour, inclusion, care and collaboration are important to us as well as the ability to provide honest feedback with integrity.

**About you**:

- A university degree or equivalent in Actuarial Science or Risk Management;
- 1 - 2 years of professional-level work experience dealing with insurance, risk or regulatory topics;
- Strong interpersonal skills;
- Strong numerical skills;
- Ability to assimilate and summarize issues clearly and concisely, able to provide value-adding insights and analysis.
- A collaborative, engaging, positive standout colleague;
- Client-, service
- and solution-minded;
- Fluent in English, other European languages (in particular French) would be beneficial.

**About Swiss Re**

Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. We cover both Property & Casualty and Life & Health. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 14,000 employees across the world.

Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thou



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