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Zurich Insurance

Global insurer providing property, casualty, life

Director de Riesgos Financieros

Risk ManagementPosted on Nov 5
Full-timeBogotá, Bogota, ColombiaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Professional education in administrative or financial careers.
  • At least 4 years of experience in similar roles at insurance companies or in the financial sector.
  • Experience in integrated financial risk management, including market, credit, liquidity, and capital risk analysis, and identifying and reporting information-security risks and incidents.
  • Conversational English is mandatory.
  • Intermediate-to-advanced Excel skills.
  • Results orientation, assertive communication, and analytical ability.

Responsibilities

  • Define, lead, and supervise the insurer’s comprehensive financial risk management strategy, aligning it with business objectives, risk appetite, and the corporate governance framework.
  • Continuously identify, assess, and monitor financial risks relevant to insurance operations, including market, credit, liquidity, investment, and capital risks, and their effects on solvency and profitability.
  • Design, develop, and implement policies, methodological frameworks, procedures, and financial risk measurement and mitigation models, in line with insurance-sector regulations and international best practices.
  • Ensure compliance with internal standards, regulatory requirements, and supervisory authority provisions, especially those concerning solvency, risk-based capital, investments, technical reserves, and enterprise risk management.
  • Coordinate and lead preparation of financial risk reports, including solvency analyses, stress scenarios, and sensitivity analyses, and present them to executive and risk committees and the Board of Directors.
  • Participate in forward-looking risk assessments, such as ORSA or equivalent exercises, to ensure an integrated and anticipatory view of the insurer’s risk profile.
  • Lead collaboration with investments, finance, actuarial, reinsurance, and compliance teams to identify emerging risks, assess new business strategies, and ensure cross-functional financial risk management.
  • Drive continuous improvement of financial risk management processes, methodologies, models, and tools, incorporating innovation, automation, and insurance-market best practices.
  • Supervise calibration, validation, and periodic review of financial and risk models, ensuring data quality, technical robustness, and reliable results for decision-making.
  • Manage the area’s information-security risks and incidents, ensuring their timely identification, reporting, and treatment.
  • Authorize and review access to information assets according to personnel roles and responsibilities.
  • Define and execute action plans to address information-security risks and findings.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience designing, developing, and implementing financial risk measurement and mitigation models.
  • Experience improving financial risk management processes, methodologies, models, and tools.

About the Company

Zurich Insurance

Global insurer providing property, casualty, life

Zurich Insurance Group provides global multi-line insurance for individuals, families, small and mid-sized businesses, public entities, and multinational corporations in more than 200 countries. Its Property & Casualty arm covers personal lines like car and home, plus a wide range of commercial coverages (property, casualty, motor fleet, marine, construction, energy, financial lines, international programs); its Life business offers protection, savings, retirement, and unit-linked products. The Farmers Group manages Farmers Exchanges in the United States. The company also provides risk engineering and prevention services to help customers reduce risk and build climate resilience, with products sold through agents, brokers, bank partners, and direct channels. Its goal is to provide financial protection and risk management solutions that help customers manage uncertainty and build resilience over the long term.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Zurich, Switzerland
Founded
1872

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