Senior Windstorm Modeler

YOUR WORK ENVIRONMENT Why AXA? Every day, we work together for human progress by protecting what matters. A mission that puts a smile on your face and makes you want to get up in the morning! One of the world's leading insurers in the protection of property, people and assets, AXA is 145,000 employees and contributors who are committed to our customers on a daily basis, 51 countries in which we distribute our products and services and more than 90 million customers who place their trust in us worldwide. As a responsible corporate citizen, AXA is committed to social and environmental causes on a daily basis. We are committed to an inclusive policy that recognizes and values individual differences. Do these ambitions speak to you? Then come and change the world with us! The headquarters of the AXA Group (GIE AXA) brings together our corporate activities. It provides guidance and support to subsidiaries around the world, to ensure the coordination and monitoring of the Group's global strategy, the application of its standards, the consistency of commercial approaches and the sharing of best practices. The headquarters gathers approximately 1000 employees and is distinguished by its strong international culture (45 nationalities), which makes it a rich and stimulating place to work. YOUR ROLE AND RESPONSABILITIES: - You will join the Group Risk Management Property & Casualty (GRM P&C) which deals with the most technical and actuarial challenges of a leading international insurance company. GRM brings together high level and multidisciplinary staff with engineers, actuaries, data scientists, PhDs and financials split between Paris, Hong Kong, Zürich and Madrid. Its main missions are focused on the following key areas: Analyze, model and aggregate the Group’s risks (notably through economic capital) Define and implement the process enabling to secure the undertaken risks (risk appetite, assets accumulation, longevity, natural catastrophe) Develop and maintain models and tools in an efficient and strong IT ecosystem to industrialize the production chain Optimize the Group protections (reinsurance, securitization, hedging, etc.) to meet the desired strategy Within this Department, you will be part of the Group P&C Risk Management Natural Catastrophe and Reinsurance team which is organized in two excellence centers: (i) Data Analytics and Accumulation Management and (ii) Nat CAT R&D and Reinsurance modelling. As part of AXA’s Internal Model under the Solvency II framework, the CAT and Reinsurance team are primarily in charge of delivering the annual CAT and Reinsurance modeling process, consisting of: Collecting all CAT exposure data on a per-entity and per-location basis Assessing the risk on a per-entity and per-peril basis (cyclones, earthquakes, floods, hailstorms, wildfires, …) which feeds the whole AXA value chain at both entity and group level (reinsurance strategy, capital, underwriting, …) Model property reinsurance structure, estimate the efficiency of the Group Reinsurance covers and manage the Nat CAT Risk Appetite Framework Developing in-house models, methodologies and applications to support the Nat CAT risk management strategy and support internal needs of various stakeholders. Your job and daily missions: As a junior Modeler, your primary role is to develop and maintain advanced windstorm risk models in various geographies with a clear focus on Extra Tropical Cyclone phenomena in Europe. The activities of the junior windstorm Modeler are the followings: Contributing to the development and evolution of windstorms models assets (hazard model/vulnerability module, storm-surge component) Working on windstorm post event claims analytics to evaluate model performance (strengths & gaps) and improve modeling Conducting various analysis for management regarding windstorm related risks Contributing to the live CAT Event response for windstorm risks and underlying automation of the report Contributing to the research and innovation around windstorm modeling activities Providing recurrent training and presentations on windstorms risk and models to AXA’s entities and various stakeholders at Group level The position will also offer the possibility to contribute to transverse P&C risk management and various modeling activities. Key accountabilities: Understanding critical issues regarding windstorm modelling Improving current windstorm modeling solutions, ensuring quality and sustainability Bringing new ideas to improve windstorm modeling framework Raising awareness among stakeholders about windstorm risk and modeling YOUR PROFILE - Let’s talk about you: Education Engineering or master’s degree in mathematics, physics or data science A PhD in a relevant scientific discipline (atmospheric, meteorology) would be considered a plus Technical skills Strong programming and data analysis skills (Python, C and R) Ability to write clean and robust code Proficient in writing technical documentation Between 0 and 3 years of experience in a relevant field Experience with storm-surge modelling is highly advantageous Experience with risk management and/or natural catastrophe modeling topics is a plus Soft skills Autonomous, proactive and with a strong sense of team spirit Ability to communicate on complex modeling topics to various stakeholders Research-oriented mindset Fluent in French and Business English (spoken and written) WHY JOIN US You will join: A responsible company, towards people, including its employees and customers, and towards the planet A company with strong values A company promoting internal mobility and the training of its employees A company offering many benefits (learn more here: Reward & Benefits | AXA Group) A flexible company, allowing hybrid work, in the office and from home. 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