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About Howden ReIntroducing Howden Re, combining Howden Re’s global distribution network and data driven reinsurance expertise with TigerRisk’s leading position in Treaty reinsurance, capital markets, capital advisory, technology and analytics offering. Howden Re is uniquely positioned to be the premier reinsurance broker and advisor for the global market.About the roleWe are seeking catastrophe risk modeller looking for a new challenge and advancing to the next level. You will have the opportunity to work on projects in a variety of fields and markets with an elite team of brokers, actuaries and catastrophe analysts in a growing, client-facing team in Mumbai / Kuala Lumpur as preferred. We welcome applications from candidates across Asia for this position. Consideration will be given based on the qualifications and skills of the applicants.Howden Re’s unique entrepreneurial spirit fosters a culture of innovation which we strongly believe will be key to successfully addressing and solving the current and future challenges met by industry. The International Catastrophe Risk Analytics team work as one team, which will give you a unique opportunity to benefit from other colleagues’ insights and experience and thus accelerate your professional development.Day to day you will have the opportunity to bring your expertise to assist clients in making decisions about extreme event risk, optimize underwriting and reinsurance decisions, manage capital efficiently, and meet regulatory requirements. You will also work in close collaboration with brokers and actuaries at different stages of the transaction process to deliver best-in-class and tangible results to our clients. As such, we expect you to have regular contacts with brokers, actuaries, and clients and building your network, whether internally or externally, will be encouraged.You will contribute to differentiate Howden Re in the marketplace by delivering superior service to existing clients and to shape our Analytical offering to help win new business. This includes the following key tasks:• Analyze, Model and Interpret catastrophe risk across multiple perils and geographies.• Analyze client data to assist brokers in structuring and evaluating impact of various reinsuranceprograms.• Interpret catastrophe modelling outputs and advise clients on catastrophe risk.• Support the delivery of catastrophe modelling services to external clients.We already have a good share of regional and global multi-national accounts that, along with local business in regional markets, make for the opportunity to work on varied analytics projects and lines of business.Required qualifications• 3+ years of relevant background in the (re-) insurance industry• Profound understanding of catastrophe vendor models, RMS & AIR. Katrisk and JBA is a plus.• Hands on proficiency with RMS and AIR SQL back tables and database schema.• Hands on proficiency with model conversions. RMS to CEDE and CEDE to RMS.• Proven ability to independently manage and deliver end to end client modelling.• Analytical capability to spot, investigate, interpret and explain loss variations.• Ability to multitask and meet multiple deadlines.• Excellent analytical and communication skills.• Team player attitude with an entrepreneurial mindset.• Proficient IT skills including data visualization tools such as Power BI.• Master’s degree in science or a related field (Mathematics/Statistics/Engineering/Physics or similar).The information provided will be used for selection purpose only. All information of unsuccessful applicants will be destroyed within three months.