Role Value Proposition: MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies, providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. We’re united by our purpose to help our customers and each other create a confident future; we’re guided by empathy; and we’re inspired by each other to make a difference in the lives of our coworkers, customers, communities, and the world at large. At MetLife, it’s [1] #AllTogetherPossible. Join us! An excellent opportunity exists to join the Derivatives Middle Office team (DMO) within MetLife Insurance Investments (MII). The Associate will play an integral part within the Derivatives Trade Processing team associated with our Bilateral OTC and Exchanged Traded derivatives. They will work within a team environment to support a new and growing reinsurance business focusing on trade processing and derivatives reporting and help build out and enhance our reinsurance trade processing workflow for existing and new deals. The position will engage directly with trading, valuations, risk management, IT, operations, and finance. Responsibilities, given below, are well integrated within a strong team culture.Key Responsibilities:
Serve as a lead in projects that require subject matter expertise related to trade operations and reporting in the derivatives ecosystem
Participate and lead calls and in person meetings related to existing and new reinsurance deals
Contribute to analysis, development, testing, and integration of new applications and enhancements
Ability to liaise with Trading, Middle Office, Legal, Technology, Portfolio Management, Audit, and Back Office
Look for new ways to automate and increase efficiency within the current workflow
Maintain in-house system for allocation and linking of derivatives to respective assets, liabilities, or Variable Annuity hedging programs. Monitoring the legal hedge effectiveness requirements across the portfolios for compliance
Work with the portfolio management unit and back office to complete internal asset transfers by identifying, unlinking, and replacing assets being moved in the transfer
Liaise with external teams such as vendors and derivative counterparties
Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills:Required:
6+ years of investments operations experience supporting Credit, Equity, Foreign Exchange, Interest rate derivatives within a financial services firm
3+ years of trade processing, settlement, or reinsurance/modco experience
Trade processing experience in CDS, RCDS, FXS, IRS, FX forwards, futures and options
Good understanding of how reinsurance and modified coinsurance deals work as it relates to derivatives and collateral
Strong analytical, problem solving, and collaborative skills
Advanced technical Skills - (VBA Excel macros, SQL, Data management and charting functions in excel)
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Ability to understand technology solutions and work independently
Preferred:
BA/BS Degree in Economics, Finance, Accounting, Business Management, or other related field of expertise
Knowledge of Murex, Aladdin, DTCC, TriResolve and Bloomberg a plus
At MetLife, we’re leading the global transformation of an industry we’ve long defined. United in purpose, diverse in perspective, we’re dedicated to making a difference in the lives of our customers.ReferencesVisible links
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