Investment Risk Manager

Securian's Asset Management team is dedicated to enhancing our investment portfolios while effectively managing risks. We are a part of Securian Financial Group, a company committed to helping customers build secure tomorrows through insurance, investments and retirement solutions.

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Investment Risk Manager to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will be responsible for building an investment risk framework that allows us to identify, assess, and mitigate risks associated with our investment portfolios. You also will oversee the risk in portfolios related to our reinsurance trusts and other third-party managers.

As the Investment Risk Manager, you'll be required to have a deep understanding of investment risk principles and investment strategies, strong analytical skills, and the ability to communicate effectively and work collaboratively with various departments across Securian Asset Management and its parent company, Securian Financial Group.

• Collaborate with the investment, data, technology, and leadership teams to build an investment risk monitoring framework that will enable efficient monitoring of identified attributes at defined intervals.

• Utilize the investment risk monitoring framework to monitor risks within specific asset classes and across the entire client portfolio.

• Lead discussions among investment professionals and leadership on which risk attributes to monitor and appropriate guidelines for each attribute.

• Initiate notification processes when risk attributes fall outside of established guidelines.

• Conduct stress testing and scenario analysis to evaluate potential impacts on portfolios.

• Raise concerns with portfolio teams and leadership where investment risks fall outside of established guidelines or in anticipation of potential movement outside of guidelines.

• Partner with Securian's Enterprise Risk Management Team to incorporate investment risk controls into our broader enterprise risk management view.

• Maintain knowledge of industry best practices on investment risk oversight.

• Produce ad hoc reporting in support of the CIO, Securian AM leadership, and enterprise partners to provide transparency on investment risk attributes on an as-needed basis.

• Represent the investment risk function when appropriate at various forums (i.e., enterprise committees, fund boards, corporate committees, and corporate boards).

• Develop oversight framework tailored to individual 3rd party relationships, including specific investment guidelines.

• Monitor investment risk attributes of externally managed portfolios.

• Coordinate with enterprise partners on comprehensive 3rd party investment management oversight process.

• Consult with enterprise partners on investment risk considerations for potential new relationships.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, or a related field

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in risk management within the asset management or insurance industry, with a focus on credit risk

• Strong analytical and quantitative skills

• Demonstrated aptitude for leveraging data and systems to produce effective monitoring and reporting

• Understanding of asset risk theory, relevant analytical and numerical modeling techniques, and industry-standard risk metrics that quantify various dimensions of asset risk

• Excellent communication and presentation skills

• Ability to collaborate and gain buy-in across various teams within Securian AM and the Securian enterprise

• Ability to stand firm in risk management principles and make tough decisions

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree (e.g. MBA) or professional certification (e.g. CFA, FRM)

• Experience with Clearwater, Bloomberg, Factset, Snowflake, Tableau, Power BI