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Head of Economic Scenario Production, Actuarial, Global Insurance

ExperiencedNo visa sponsorship
HSBC logo

at HSBC

Other

Posted 7 days ago

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**Head of Economic Scenario Production** leads global insurance's end-to-end ESG production, ensuring risk-neutral, market-consistent scenario outputs comply with IFRS 17 / HK RBC. Key duties: owns calibration framework, provides clear market movement impacts, balances accuracy and practicality, manages ESG vendor relationship, and leads teams in HK and GZ. Required: Fellowship of Actuarial Institute, extensive quants experience, expertise in market risk models and calibration governance, understanding of insurance liability risk profiles, proven track record in advanced technology adoption, and experience with auditors/regulators/model risk stakeholders.

Compensation
Not specified

Currency: Not specified

City
Hong Kong
Country
Hong Kong, China

Full Job Description

We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our team as a Head of Economic Scenario Production

In this role you will:

  • Lead end-to-end ESG (Economic Scenario Generator) production delivery across HK/GZ, meeting monthly and quarterly timelines and quality standards.
  • Own the calibration framework and governance for key assumptions/methodology to ensure risk-neutral, market-consistent scenario outputs fit for IFRS 17 / HK RBC valuation.
  • Direct calibration updates and provide clear, defensible commentary on market movements and impacts to scenario outputs and valuation.
  • Apply expert judgement to balance accuracy vs practicality (stability, runtime, explainability), documenting rationale, limitations, and controls.
  • Act as Model Owner for the ESG, ensuring the model remains up-to-date, fit-for-purpose and compliant with model risk requirements, with robust documentation, controls and audit trail to support audit and SLOD assurance, including ongoing model monitoring and periodic enhancements.
  • Maintain strong production process and control (sustainability, independent review, issue management, escalation, audit trail) and continuous improvement/automation.
  • Manage the ESG vendor relationship (incl. TPEM responsibilities), driving issue resolution, enhancements, and contract/service performance.
  • Lead, coach and develop the team (HK direct reports and GZ hub), building quantitative capability and operational resilience.

To be successful you will need:

  • Fellow of an Actuarial Institute/Faculty (FIA/FSA/FSI or equivalent) with strong post-qualification actuarial experience.
  • Proven quantitative modelling (quants) experience in ESG/stochastic modelling, derivatives/market risk models, Monte Carlo methods, and/or calibration optimisation.
  • Strong command of interest rate modelling, yield curve construction, volatility modelling, and dependence/correlation concepts (as relevant to the ESG).
  • Demonstrated expertise in assumption and methodology governance: setting, reviewing, documenting, and defending calibration choices.
  • Strong insight into economic/market movements and implications for asset valuation, risk premia and scenario dynamics. Solid understanding of insurance liability risk profiles (duration, guarantees/options, path dependency) and how these drive calibration and scenario design.
  • Demonstrated track record of adopting advanced technology (e.g., cloud/distributed compute, model optimisation and automation) to improve run-time performance, scalability and production resilience for high-volume scenario generation.
  • Track record of balancing model accuracy and theoretical soundness with production practicality, control requirements and stakeholder needs.
  • Experience engaging effectively with auditors/regulators/model risk stakeholders and managing third-party vendors/software providers.

Head of Economic Scenario Production, Actuarial, Global Insurance

Compensation

Not specified

City: Hong Kong

Country: Hong Kong, China

HSBC logo
Other

7 days ago

No clicks

at HSBC

ExperiencedNo visa sponsorship

**Head of Economic Scenario Production** leads global insurance's end-to-end ESG production, ensuring risk-neutral, market-consistent scenario outputs comply with IFRS 17 / HK RBC. Key duties: owns calibration framework, provides clear market movement impacts, balances accuracy and practicality, manages ESG vendor relationship, and leads teams in HK and GZ. Required: Fellowship of Actuarial Institute, extensive quants experience, expertise in market risk models and calibration governance, understanding of insurance liability risk profiles, proven track record in advanced technology adoption, and experience with auditors/regulators/model risk stakeholders.

Full Job Description

We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our team as a Head of Economic Scenario Production

In this role you will:

  • Lead end-to-end ESG (Economic Scenario Generator) production delivery across HK/GZ, meeting monthly and quarterly timelines and quality standards.
  • Own the calibration framework and governance for key assumptions/methodology to ensure risk-neutral, market-consistent scenario outputs fit for IFRS 17 / HK RBC valuation.
  • Direct calibration updates and provide clear, defensible commentary on market movements and impacts to scenario outputs and valuation.
  • Apply expert judgement to balance accuracy vs practicality (stability, runtime, explainability), documenting rationale, limitations, and controls.
  • Act as Model Owner for the ESG, ensuring the model remains up-to-date, fit-for-purpose and compliant with model risk requirements, with robust documentation, controls and audit trail to support audit and SLOD assurance, including ongoing model monitoring and periodic enhancements.
  • Maintain strong production process and control (sustainability, independent review, issue management, escalation, audit trail) and continuous improvement/automation.
  • Manage the ESG vendor relationship (incl. TPEM responsibilities), driving issue resolution, enhancements, and contract/service performance.
  • Lead, coach and develop the team (HK direct reports and GZ hub), building quantitative capability and operational resilience.

To be successful you will need:

  • Fellow of an Actuarial Institute/Faculty (FIA/FSA/FSI or equivalent) with strong post-qualification actuarial experience.
  • Proven quantitative modelling (quants) experience in ESG/stochastic modelling, derivatives/market risk models, Monte Carlo methods, and/or calibration optimisation.
  • Strong command of interest rate modelling, yield curve construction, volatility modelling, and dependence/correlation concepts (as relevant to the ESG).
  • Demonstrated expertise in assumption and methodology governance: setting, reviewing, documenting, and defending calibration choices.
  • Strong insight into economic/market movements and implications for asset valuation, risk premia and scenario dynamics. Solid understanding of insurance liability risk profiles (duration, guarantees/options, path dependency) and how these drive calibration and scenario design.
  • Demonstrated track record of adopting advanced technology (e.g., cloud/distributed compute, model optimisation and automation) to improve run-time performance, scalability and production resilience for high-volume scenario generation.
  • Track record of balancing model accuracy and theoretical soundness with production practicality, control requirements and stakeholder needs.
  • Experience engaging effectively with auditors/regulators/model risk stakeholders and managing third-party vendors/software providers.