ILS Analyst

Key Responsibilities

• Aid in the preparation of transaction summaries, facility snapshots, memorandums, and presentations for executive leadership.
• Track compliance with key contractual provisions in quota shares, underwriting guidelines and other relevant documents.
• Support closing processes and coordinate execution of transaction and facility documentation across legal, ceded re and underwriting.
• Coordinate with Ceded Re to track collateral on an aggregate and individual fund basis to ensure ramp up and ramp down of required collateral amounts is in line with strategy.
• Maintain oversight of existing facilities for material changes in portfolio composition, counterparty concentration and changes to tail metrics.
• Assist in monitoring collateral sufficiency relative to exposure.
• Collaborate with finance to ingest monthly bordereau reporting for existing Nephila initiatives.
• Contribute to the development of a strategy dashboard to share key insights with senior leaders on an ongoing basis.
• Track performance of initiatives and calculate and project fee and underwriting income streams.
• Respond to internal data and reporting requests.
• Identify process or infrastructure enhancements to improve internal and external alignment.
• Conduct market research to stay informed on industry developments.
• Provide insights and supporting data to assist in identifying possible opportunity areas for Markel.
• Attend industry events to understand changes in the ILS market and financial markets more broadly.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related field.
• 1-3 years of experience in underwriting, capital markets or asset management.
• Intermediate Excel and presentation skills.
• High attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate in both written and verbal forms.
• Advanced degree or professional designation preferred (MBA, MSc, CFA or CPA).