Insurance Solutions Associate

Position Overview

ABOUT APOLLO

Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager. In our asset management business, we seek to provide our clients excess return at every point along the risk-reward spectrum from investment grade credit to private equity. For more than three decades, our investing expertise across our fully integrated platform has served the financial return needs of our clients and provided businesses with innovative capital solutions for growth. Through Athene, our retirement services business, we specialize in helping clients achieve financial security by providing a suite of retirement savings products and acting as a solutions provider to institutions. Our patient, creative, and knowledgeable approach to investing aligns our clients, businesses we invest in, our employees, and the communities we impact, to expand opportunity and achieve positive outcomes. As of March 31, 2025, Apollo had approximately $785 billion of assets under management. . To learn more, please visit www.apollo.com.

OUR PURPOSE AND CORE VALUES

Our clients rely on our investment acumen to help secure their future. We must never lose our focus and determination to be the best investors and most trusted partners on their behalf. We strive to be:

The leading provider of retirement income solutions to institutions, companies, and individuals.

The leading provider of capital solutions to companies. Our breadth and scale enable us to deliver capital for even the largest projects – and our small firm mindset ensures we will be a thoughtful and dedicated partner to these organizations. We are committed to helping them build stronger businesses.

A leading contributor to addressing some of the biggest issues facing the world today – such as energy transition, accelerating the adoption of new technologies, and social impact – where innovative approaches to investing can make a positive difference.

We are building a unique firm of extraordinary colleagues who:

Outperform expectations

Challenge Convention

Champion Opportunity

Lead responsibly

Drive collaboration

As One Apollo team, we believe that doing great work and having fun go hand in hand, and we are proud of what we can achieve together.

OUR BENEFITS

Apollo relies on its people to keep it a leader in alternative investment management, and the firm’s benefit programs are crafted to offer meaningful coverage for both you and your family. 

POSITION OVERVIEW:

Apollo is seeking a quantitative analyst with strong business acumen and exceptional technical skills as part of its Apollo Credit function. These Quantitative Analysts will be responsible for the design, development and maintenance of analytical tools and the production and support of analytics across the firm and as such is a critical part of the firm and the Apollo’s business strategy.

As part of this team, you will be responsible for supporting Strategic Asset Allocation (SAA) development and Client Analytics for third-party insurance asset management and strategic APAC transactions. Key asset classes that the analysts are expected work upon are Structured Credit (vanilla as well as exotic asset backed securities), Derivatives (rates, credit, equity, FX and commodities), public and private equity, and typical fixed income instruments (with or without embedded options) spanning the whole range of credit assets such as corporate bonds, leveraged loans, emerging market debt, private credit, commercial and residential real estate debt, infrastructure debt, convertible bonds, preferred stock, and government bonds.

You will be responsible for working with the Portfolio Managers to model portfolios, respond to inquiries, and make recommendations that will ultimately influence investment choices and portfolio construction.

In addition, you will have the opportunity to support broader strategic initiatives globally including product development, mergers and acquisition underwriting, and the ongoing monitoring and optimization of our strategic equity investments.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and independently across different businesses and functional areas with thorough attention to detail in a potentially high paced environment.

• Analyze Fixed Income portfolios utilizing analytical tools and techniques to facilitate discussions on portfolio construction.

• Visualization of Portfolio via Tableau, Python or best in class visualization tool

• Utilize proprietary risk systems for monitoring of portfolio exposures, stress testing, risk and performance attribution.

• Partner with Analytics and Technology teams to develop, enhance, and deliver state-of-the-art risk analytics and models.

• Clearly and concisely articulate complex ideas to target audiences including portfolio managers, traders and executive management.

• Build and manage relationships with stakeholders, and more importantly with local and regional business leaders, including internal and external parties.

• Be diplomatic and adaptable, but nonetheless be a forthright influencer and communicator, capable of understanding and managing the diverse requirements of numerous senior stakeholders.

• Build and manage relationships with senior global stakeholders, and with local and regional business leaders, including internal and external parties.

Qualifications & Experience

• 2+ years of experience as a Quantitative Analyst in a Front Office team in large Investment Banks or Asset Managers with focus on traded credit products and Asset Backed Securities

• Deep expertise in credit market dynamics including cash, synthetics, and structured products.

• Strong conceptual and mathematical knowledge of financial engineering, stochastic modeling, simulation techniques, derivatives pricing, and risk analytics.

• Proven expertise in stress testing and scenario analysis to assess risk exposures.

• Strong programming skills: Python, R, SQL, and Excel (required) and C/C++ (preferred).

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution is required.

• Practical and hands-on experience in financial markets.

• Strong communication and diplomatic skills are required to guide, influence, and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers.

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and independently across different businesses and functional areas with thorough attention to detail in a potentially high paced environment.

• Must have strong drive and initiative, be collaborative to effectively liaise with senior stakeholders and colleagues.

• A forward thinking, creative individual who challenges the status quo and takes initiative to reengineer processes.

• The ability to take on a task and “run with it” to conclusion is a critical characteristic of this role.

Apollo provides equal employment opportunities regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, veteran status, gender/sex or sexual orientation, or any other criterion or circumstance protected by applicable law, ordinance, or regulation. The above criteria are intended to be used as a guide only – candidates who do not meet all the above criteria may still be considered if they are deemed to have relevant experience/ equivalent levels of skill or knowledge to fulfil the requirements of the role. Any job offer will be conditional upon and subject to satisfactory reference and background screening checks, all necessary corporate and regulatory approvals or certifications as required from time to time, and entering into definitive contractual documentation satisfactory to Apollo.