Analytics Director - LATAM

Join us at Gallagher Re, the trailblazers of the reinsurance world, where every day brings new opportunities to shape the future. We empower our clients with cutting-edge analytics and insights, providing them the confidence to make strategic decisions that transform industries. As a team member, you'll be at the forefront of innovation, translating data into impactful solutions and taking the reins of your career like never before.

We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.

Analytics Director – Latin America & Caribbean

The Company: Gallagher Re

• At Gallagher Re we help ensure our clients have the right protection in place so when the unexpected happens it is not catastrophic for their business. We think of ourselves as enabling resilience in an uncertain world.
• We look at the world of risk from different perspectives, working with our clients at each stage of the risk identification, risk mitigation and risk transfer process.
• We make sure they have the capacity to react to extreme events and respond in a prepared, disciplined and organized fashion.

The role: Analytics Director

• We’re looking for an Analytics Director within our Latin America & Caribbean team, based in London, Ipswich, Bogota or Sao Paulo. You will be a specialist in catastrophe modelling and work closely with actuaries and broking colleagues to assist clients in assessing the risk to their business from all aspects of catastrophic events.

• Lead the delivery of the cat modelling component of the reinsurance renewal for large clients, from scoping to final presentation of results to clients in collaboration with the client advocate.
• Work with and project manage colleagues across multiple geographies and time zones, including our analytics hub in India.
• Engage with multiple stakeholders including actuaries, brokers, clients and reinsurers to help the client secure competitive terms and ensure the client’s risk transfer is in line with their risk tolerance.
• Demonstrate excellence in delivering the cat modelling workflow in terms of analysis of change, attribution of changes, presentation of insights and governance to ensure robust results.
• Support clients in their response to major catastrophes via event response monitoring and loss assessment.
• Work alongside our Property Research teams and external academic partners to formulate / refine the view of cat risk for our clients and prospects.
• Coach junior members in the team through training and advice.
• Contribute to scaling successful solutions across Gallagher Re.

The successful candidate should have:

• A post-graduate degree in numerate or hazard-related subjects. Wind peril expertise / experience will be desirable.
• Proven experience in the (re)insurance market and in catastrophe risk analysis using the main vendor models, RMS and Verisk
• Working knowledge of (re)insurance business including understanding reinsurance structures and their application. CatXL pricing exposure beneficial.
• The ability to be client facing and lead our analytics relationship with clients.
• Strong problem-solving skills and keen attention to detail
• Excellent IT skills, including working knowledge of SQL. Programming language proficiency (e.g., Python) preferable
• Excellent communication skills. Spanish-speaking skills desirable.

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Other benefits include:

• Three fully paid volunteering days per year
• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
• Critical illness cover
• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
• Season ticket loan
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
• Emergency back-up family care
• And many more…

We value inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.

We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.

Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with [email protected] . If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.