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Zurich, ZH, CH

Data Scientist / Risk Analyst 

About Swiss Re

The Swiss Re Group is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. It anticipates and manages risk – from natural catastrophes to climate change, from ageing populations to cybercrime. The aim of the Swiss Re Group is to enable society to thrive and progress, creating new opportunities and solutions for its clients. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, where it was founded in 1863, the Swiss Re Group operates through a network of around 80 offices globally. It is organised into three Business Units, each with a distinct strategy and set of objectives contributing to the Group’s overall mission.

About the Role

Do you want to kick-start your career with a stint at the crossroads of data, technology and risk? Do you enjoy working in a young and collaborative team using state-of-the-art technology? Do you want to join a global company with top working conditions? Then this position might be just right for you: we are looking for a colleague that is complementing our team as an innovative data scientist and risk analyst.

You will support the team in improving and optimally using a new, next generation risk modelling and analytics platform. You will have a unique opportunity to gain insight into the business architecture and infrastructure of a global knowledge company. Your main tasks and activities will comprise the following:

• Integrate our data to a leading cloud-based data analytics platform


• Build appealing dashboards and data visualizations in Power BI


• Challenge and support us gaining new insights into our comprehensive data


• Develop and test of reports using Microsoft Business Intelligence


• Support process industrialization by process analysis, automation and simplification


• Improve existing risk tools in Excel / SharePoint / Access / VBA / Python

We value our employees and take our responsibility seriously. When working here, you will have a unique opportunity to shape the future of the firm. For this, you will have experienced mentors at your side, and our team members will support you in both business-related questions and IT matters (e.g. Matlab, SQL, dimensional data modelling).

About the Team

You will join Swiss Re's Risk Governance & Steering team. We provide analytics services and aggregate the risk landscape of Swiss Re, support the company in risk monitoring and are the global centre of competence for providing innovative risk analyses for management and generating risk data for business steering and regulatory solvency reporting. Our team collaborates closely with globally leading tech providers, internal IT and Risk Modelling teams and uses industry-leading analytics and modelling tools.

About You

• Master or PhD in a quantitative field such as data science, computer science, economics, finance, engineering or natural sciences


• Team player, fast learning, innovative, showing a high degree of own initiative


• Strong analytical skills as well as high interest in quantitative tasks


• Programming skills (SQL, VBA, Matlab, Python, R or other)


• Knowledge of numerical methods, data handling or machine learning


• Self-starter with the ability to work independently


• Proficient in English

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