Risk Solutions Developer (hybrid or remote)

• About Us

   

  The world isn’t standing still, and neither is Allstate. We’re moving quickly, looking across our businesses and brands and taking bold steps to better serve customers’ evolving needs. That’s why now is an exciting time to join our team. You’ll have opportunities to take risks, challenge the status quo and shape the future for the greater good.

   

  You’ll do all this in an environment of excellence and the highest ethical standards – a place where values such as integrity, inclusive diversity and accountability are paramount. We empower every employee to lead, drive change and give back where they work and live. Our people are our greatest strength, and we work as one team in service of our customers and communities.

   

  Allstate operate a very flexible hybrid working policy that will allow you to design your working week in collaboration with your manager with a blend of remote and office working for NI based employees as well as condensed working patterns (4 day week/9 day fortnight). Employees based in GB will be employed on a permanent remote working contract.

   

  Join our team and you’ll find challenge and reward in a culture of innovation, support and balance. 

   

   

  Location

   

   

  Belfast/ Derry-Londonderry/ Strabane/ Remote, GB

   

   

  Your role in the team

   

   

  The Enterprise Economics & Risk Analysis (EERA) team is a cross-functional team operating at the heart of decision-making at Allstate. The team quantifies and optimizes risk and return for Allstate as a whole and provides macroeconomic advice to our portfolio managers to inform investment decisions on our $64 billion portfolio. EERA is led by the Chief Economist and has team members in both the USA and the UK. The team reports to the Chief Risk Officer and provides advice directly to the CEO, Senior Leadership Team and the Board of Directors.

   

   

  This is an exciting opportunity to join the Data Analysis branch of EERA to support business-wide risk analysis and automation of our decision-making framework. Responsibilities will include multivariate value-at-risk analysis and coding automation of our risk and scenario analysis platforms, as well as development of new analytical tools to support our economic capital framework.

   

   

  Responsibilities include (but are not limited to)

   

   

  • Take ownership of updates to code base of framework risk models.
  • Develop and enhance analytical features & outputs to increase usability
  • Improve model run-times by improving code efficiency, parsimony, and hierarchy
  • Assist in developing value-at-risk models for underwriting and investment risks
  • Assist in developing forecasting models for business performance & exposures
  • Collaborate with business partners to understand the analytical needs of various corporate segments
  • Develop audited and reproduceable risk analytics to support decision-making
  • Support enterprise-level scenario analysis and corporate development initiatives

   

   

  So, what are the essential criteria to apply?

   

   

  • All candidates must evidence an existing right to work in the UK'
  • Degree level qualification (2:1 or above) in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics or quantitative discipline, OR
  • 1 year’s coding experience,
  • Strong programing experience in Python

   

  The successful candidate must also demonstrate a high competency in:

   

  • Strong mathematical intuition and innate sense of date nature
  • Strong work ethic and demonstrated ability to deliver to tight deadlines
  • Ability to communicate complex ideas and analysis into practical terms for non-experts
  • Can work effectively in a team environment
  • Flexible and critical thinker, willing to constructively challenge ideas

   

  We also have some desirable criteria

   

  • Postgraduate qualification or equivalent
  • Programming experience in R, MATLAB, JavaScript, C, C++, Go, SQL
  • Experience building code deployment pipeline solutions, user interfaces and APIs
  • Experience working with relational databases and increasing code efficiency through parallel processing

   

  What we offer

   

  As Digital DNA’s Workplace of the Year 2020 & 2022 winners, we offer a generous benefits package that includes flexible annual leave entitlement, dental and healthcare insurance, an attractive pension package and discounts on gym memberships, public transport and parking.

   

  Allstate invests heavily in your development, as an employee you will have access to multiple world-class learning platforms and courses from our award-winning in-house Learning & Development team.

   

  We pride ourselves in providing clear career paths and opportunities for internal mobility allowing you to further develop within the organisation.

   

  We encourage a better work life balance and you’ll have the opportunity to apply for various flexible working arrangements.

   

   

  Apply Here: https://bit.ly/39OeXTz 

   

   

  Statement on Fair Employment and Equal Opportunities

   

  Allstate NI wishes to ensure equal opportunity is given to all job applicants.  This company will not discriminate on the grounds of race, gender (including gender reassignment status), sexual orientation, religious belief, political opinion, marital status, age or disability.

   

  We are an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. However, as women are currently under-represented in our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from women. All appointments will be made on merit.

   

  Applicants should note Allstate NI complete AccessNI background checks on all candidates offered a position.

   

   

  The closing date for receipt of applications is Monday 6th June 2022