Guy Carpenter is seeking candidates for the following position based in Barangaroo, Sydney:
Catastrophe Modeller – Pacific Region
What can you expect?
Guy Carpenter is seeking a motivated and experienced Catastrophe Modeller to join our Analytics team. In this role, you will play a crucial part in delivering analytics services to our clients across Australia and New Zealand. This is a unique opportunity to apply your analytical expertise to high-profile projects while developing your consulting, leadership, and project management skills. You will collaborate with reinsurance teams to gather and prepare data, ensuring that our clients receive the best possible insights and support.
What is in it for you?
* Exposure and involvement with a range of high-profile clients
* Professional environment where your career path really matters and is supported in our global organisation
* Great team environment with energetic and supportive colleagues
We will count on you to:
* Work as part of the Guy Carpenter Analytics team to deliver analytical services to clients and support reinsurance teams
* Develop and maintain proprietary modelling tools for risk rating and direct pricing of natural perils, focusing on flood, hail, and storm perils
* Review and prepare client exposure data for modelling within GC’s proprietary models
* Utilise climate model outputs and integrate them with catastrophe risk models to inform adjustments and projections
* Collaborate with actuarial teams to provide outputs and analytical analysis for clients and prospects
* Partner with universities and external consultants to research natural perils risk and source datasets for model development
* Conduct real-time reporting and analysis of natural disasters, providing support to clients post-event
* Perform general administrative duties, ensuring adherence to compliance systems
What you need to have:
* Tertiary qualification with Honours/Masters in Science or Engineering, with a strong preference for a background in atmospheric sciences or meteorology
* Experience with programming languages, including R (preferred) and Python
* 5 years previous experience in catastrophe modelling, actuarial science, and pricing, specifically in insurance
* Familiarity with database software, such as SQL Server or Microsoft Access, is beneficial
* Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills
* Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive attitude
* Ability to organise and synthesise large datasets effectively
Guy Carpenter, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is a leading global risk advisory and reinsurance specialist and broker. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $23 billion and more than 85,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit guycarp.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.
Marsh McLennan is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.