Head of Capital Management

Location: City of Albany

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Argo Group International Holdings, Inc**.
** and American National, US based specialty P&C companies, (together known as BP&C, Inc.) are wholly owned subsidiaries of Brookfield Wealth Solutions, Ltd. (“BWS”), a New York and Toronto-listed public company. BWS is a leading wealth solutions provider, focused on securing the financial futures of individuals and institutions through a range of wealth protection and retirement services, and tailored capital solutions.
** Job Description
**** Main Purpose of the Role
** The main purpose of this role is to lead the internal economic capital model for the P&C group and support the CRO with all aspects related to capital management strategy. The responsibilities include (but not limited to):
* Own the operation and development of internal economic capital model which accurately represents the organization’s risk profile.
* Further establish and develop model to support with portfolio optimization and underwriting strategy.
* Lead embedded model uses such as reinsurance analysis and optimization, capital allocation and strategic opportunities e.g. M&A, new classes etc.
* Responsible for calibration of insurance risk and own view of risk on external vendor models (e.g. Economic Scenario Generator)
* Providing timely and accurate capital metrics to senior management, regulatory bodies and rating agencies.
* Improve model governance including documentation and processes.
* Responsible for analysis of model results and 1st line validation
* Communicate the benefits and limitations of the economic model to underwriters and executives in order to drive understanding and confidence in the model outcomes
* Support the production of a capital dashboard on a quarterly basis that provides a clear view of solvency position of the group across regulatory, rating agency and economic model.
* Work closely with CRO and ERM function to support with risk management activities, including designing, building and operating stress and scenario modelling tools to assist with the ORSA
* Support the CRO with capital related projects as these arise and provide capital management insights to strategic initiatives.

Active collaboration, and regular communication with key stakeholders and business partners across finance, actuarial, ceded, risk management and other functions is an important part of this role.
** Key Accountabilities
*** Management of end-to-end projects
* Integral part of the current design and future development of model components.
* Ability to build processes and help shape developing projects.
* Communication of results and opportunities to develop model MI.
* Work with other group functions to enhance the use of the internal model within the organization.
* Analysis and communication of solvency position, risk tolerances and capital trends to internal and external stakeholders.
* Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) and reviewer on all aspects related to internal capital model.
** Role Requirements
*** Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, preferably in Mathematics, Actuarial, Finance or Science.
* Qualified actuary.
* 10 years+ experience required.
* Experience in leading or working on all areas of an internal model required.
* Experience with working on Igloo software required.
* Understanding of different accounting standards – US GAAP, US STAT, Economic etc, preferred but not required.
* Knowledge of factor-based models (RBC, BCAR, S&P, BSCR), cat models, asset models, preferred but not required.
* Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills
* High degree of numeracy - ability to analyse data and make sound expert judgements.
* Ability to work with limited resources to reach successful outcomes.
* Motivated and an effective team player.
* Excellent analytical and abstract reasoning skills and strong organizational skills.
* Project management and planning skills.
* Excellent communication skills.
* Ability to work quickly with minor…