Senior Catastrophe Risk Analyst

Aon Is Looking for a Senior Catastrophe Risk Analyst to Join our View of Risk Advisory Team!

Aon is in the business of better decisions

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.

As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive team and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

What the day will look like

As a valued member of Aon's View of Risk Advisory Team, you will have the exciting opportunity to channel your enthusiasm for natural catastrophes to empower our clients with impactful results. Your role will involve delivering insightful model evaluations, supporting model changes, conducting peril research, and providing cutting-edge analytical solutions.

We are looking for candidates who excel in analytics and problem-solving, and who possess outstanding interpersonal and communication skills. Our goal is to build a team of motivated individuals, each bringing unique experiences, backgrounds, and strengths, to ensure we continue to offer the most innovative solutions to our clients.

How is this opportunity different

As part of the Aon View of Risk Advisory team, you will play an integral role providing analytics support on risk assessment, model evaluation, and view of risk for Aon clients.

• Support catastrophe model evaluations in the U.S., Canada, and Latin America under the direction of the View of Risk Advisory Peril Leads
• Use of catastrophe modeling software (Moody's RMS, Verisk, Cotality, Impact Forecasting, KatRisk, etc.) for model evaluation and claims analyses
• Investigate catastrophe model exposure and losses to assess key drivers of model differences
• Analyze catastrophe model output, claims data, and other data sources using SQL, R, Python, QGIS, Tableau, etc.
• Create professional reports and visualizations to clearly communicate findings to internal and external stakeholders
• Assist clients in the understanding of catastrophe risks, sensitivity studies and added analytics based on catastrophe model results
• Respond to Aon account teams, clients, and reinsurers on issues and questions relating to catastrophe models and peril science
• Distill and summarize catastrophe model vendor documentation including scope of model change, methodology, and technical papers
• Conduct independent peril-related research and summarize findings to support catastrophe model evaluation conclusions

Skills and experience that will lead to success

• Demonstrated knowledge of natural catastrophes and practical experience with data analysis in an academic or professional setting.
• Solid understanding of Microsoft products, with intermediate proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Effective communication with the ability to convey complex communication clearly and concisely.
• Organize and prioritize tasks efficiently to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.
• Work independently and think strategically to drive projects forward, while also collaborating with team members when necessary.
• Maintain a high level of attention to detail to ensure accuracy and reliability in all deliverables.
• Experience using catastrophe modeling software and interpreting modeled loss output is preferred
• Experience working with large peril-related datasets from NOAA, FEMA, USGS, and more is preferred
• Programming experience using SQL, R, or Python is preferred
• Data visualization and mapping experience using Tableau. Power BI, or QGIS is preferred

Education

• Related B.S. degree in meteorology, climatology, or engineering, with a strong mathematical, probability and/or statistical foundation (MS or PhD preferred, but not required)

Pay Transparency Laws

The salary range for this position (intended for U.S. applicants) is $80,000 - $95,000 annually. The actual salary will vary based on applicant's education, experience, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. The salary may also be adjusted based on applicant's geographic location.

This position is eligible to participate in one of Aon's annual incentive plans to receive an annual discretionary bonus in addition to base salary. The amount of any bonus varies and is subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan.

How we support our colleagues

In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we encourage an inclusive workforce. Plus, our agile environment allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance, ensuring you can be your best self at Aon. Furthermore, all colleagues enjoy two "Global Wellbeing Days" each year, encouraging you to take time to focus on yourself. We offer a variety of working style solutions for our colleagues as well.

Our continuous learning culture inspires and equips you to learn, share and grow, helping you achieve your fullest potential. As a result, at Aon, you are more connected, more relevant, and more valued.

Aon values an innovative and inclusive workplace where all colleagues feel empowered to be their authentic selves. Aon is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

Aon provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran, marital, domestic partner status, or other legally protected status. People with criminal histories are encouraged to apply.

We welcome applications from all and provide individuals with disabilities with reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application, interview process and to perform essential job functions once onboard. If you would like to learn more about the reasonable accommodations we provide, email ReasonableAccommodations@Aon.com

For positions in San Francisco and Los Angeles, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction record in accordance with local Fair Chance ordinances.

Aon is not accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this position. If you are a search firm, you will not be compensated in any way for your submission of a candidate, even if Aon hires that candidate.

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

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