project manager London, England
Job description
Come join us to design and build a ground-breaking approach to Life & Health (L&H) Valuation!
About the Team
We aim to build a fully automated production process that continuously updates valuation results with the latest actuarial assumption and cedent data. The team will be working with experts from different business areas and specializations to deliver the benefits of real-time financial updates, reduced work effort and increase in value-added analysis.
About the Role
We are offering a one-year intern role based in London.
We are looking for a hardworking and motivated individual to join as a Project Management Intern. In this role you will help shape the future of financial reporting in L&H Reinsurance at Swiss Re. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a successful team across a varied reinsurance business.
You will be working as a Project Management Intern in the L&H Actuarial Systems and Process team as part of the Programme Management Office and with qualified actuaries and other actuarial students.
Key responsibilities include:
- Day to Day Agile Project Management activities
- Executing communications strategy across the programme
- Working with actuarial colleagues to find opportunities for improvements, alignment of processes across the business, as we developing pragmatic solutions to business problems.
- Working with other business functions - including Finance, Products, other project teams, IT and others – recognizing much of work requires collaboration.
About You
We are seeking an independent thinker who can take ambiguous problems and propose effective solutions, able to form your view on technical non-technical topics, but also consider a range of perspectives. You are analytical and inquisitive in your approach to problem solving, able to prioritise and deliver good results in time. You are also willing to learn and take ownership of your areas of responsibility but also able to build effective working relationships with colleagues in other teams and across technical fields.
You have:
- Graduate degree in Business with preference of quantitative discipline and desire to pursue Project Management qualifications.
- Proficiency in Azure Dev Ops, MS Project, Excel and PowerPoint
- Fluent English, both oral and written
If you are a good team player, willing to support the team to meet changing priorities and requirements, we will be happy to get to know you!
We feedback to all candidates via email. If you have not heard back from us, please check your spam folder.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity at our company. Our aim is to live visible and invisible diversity – diversity of age, race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, physical abilities, personalities and experiences – at all levels and in all functions and regions. We also collaborate in a flexible working environment, providing you with a compelling degree of autonomy to decide how, when and where to carry out your tasks.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
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. 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, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.
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