Trainee within Cat R&D

We are looking for a highly motivated, and enthusiastic young talent to strengthen our P&C Pricing and Cat Modelling team in our Zurich Office. During your traineeship, you will closely cooperate and interact with other departments, gaining a broad understanding of various processes and projects within a truly global and the 4th largest Reinsurer worldwide. We provide relevant internal training and an introduction to reinsurance. You will develop significant work experience, be part of our Young Professionals Community and enhance your network. 

Contract: fix-term for 12 months; extension for 6 months possible 

In this role, you will work with the Head of Cat R&D to design, lead and undertake bespoke project work to further enhance our understanding / modelling of natural peril risks across all SCOR’s portfolios: This includes supporting Natural catastrophe model research and development activities, ensuring that new models are and existing models remain fit for use in pricing, capacity and capital management. During your traineeship, you will be assigned to specific tasks related to natural catastrophe models (e.g. development, documentation, reporting, solvency 2). 

 

• You will dive into the fascinating world of global reinsurance and will meaningfully contribute to combining the art and science of risk to protect societies. 
• You are part of an engaged and empowered team. You will contribute to the presentation of key results to both technical and executive committees. 
• Higher University Degree (Master, PhD) in Actuarial Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Quantitative Finance or similar discipline.  
• Experience with statistical tools and programming languages such as R or Python. 
• Proficiency with MS Office. 
• Good conceptual and analytical capabilities and the ability to approach tasks consistently, goal-oriented and independently. 
• Excellent communication skills and command in English (fluency in either French or German is a plus). 
• Team player attitude and appetite for continuous learning and achievements in an international context. 
• Citizen of EU/EFTA country or eligible to work full-time in Switzerland with respective work permit.

Why Join Us?
SCOR supports your career and helps you develop your skills by encouraging mobility, blended learning through the SCOR University and offering a dynamic, innovative working environment in beautiful, light-filled offices overlooking Lake Zurich.

Our compensation includes attractive benefits (such as participation to public transportation and delicious meals) and we promote a healthy work life balance through numerous initiatives and a hybrid working model.

As a socially responsible employer, our teams participate each year in projects around civic engagement, wellbeing and diversity in the workplace, environmental protection, and many others.

SCOR promotes diversity and equal treatment in all aspects of employment, from recruitment to evaluation, compensation and talent management. The Group is proud to employ people who care about each other, their community and society as a whole. We do everything we can to encourage these attitudes in our employees and to empower them to make a difference.

We look forward to your application!

As a leading global reinsurer, SCOR offers its clients a diversified and innovative range of reinsurance and insurance solutions and services to control and manage risk. Applying “The Art & Science of Risk,” SCOR uses its industry-recognized expertise and cutting-edge financial solutions to serve its clients and contribute to the welfare and resilience of society in around 160 countries worldwide.

Working at SCOR means engaging with some of the best minds in the industry – actuaries, data scientists, underwriters, risk modelers, engineers, and many others – as we work together to find solutions to pressing challenges facing societies.

As an international company, our common culture is defined by “The SCOR Way.” Serving both to build momentum that drives the Group forward and as a compass to guide our actions and choices, The SCOR Way is anchored by five core values, reflecting the input of employees at all levels of the Group. We care about clients, people, and societies. We perform with integrity. We act with courage. We encourage open minds. And we thrive through collaboration.

SCOR supports inclusion and the diversity of talents, and all positions are open to people with disabilities.