Manager, Strategist

1 month ago

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States Transamerica Full time
Job Family
Treasury, Capital Management and Asset Liability Management

About Us

At Transamerica, hard work, innovative thinking, and personal accountability are qualities we honor and reward. We understand the potential unleashed by leveraging the talents of a diverse workforce. We embrace an environment where employees enjoy a balance between their careers, families, communities, and personal interests.

Ultimately, we appreciate the uniqueness of a company where talented professionals work collaboratively in a positive environment - one focused on helping people look forward and plan for the best life possible while providing tools and solutions that make it easier to get there.

Transamerica is a part of Aegon, an integrated, diversified, international financial services group. The Aegon companies employ over 21,500 people and have approximately 31.7 million customers.* For more information, visit

Who We Are

Transamerica has been making financial services available to the many, not just the few, for more than 100 years. We're a leading provider of life insurance, retirement, and investment solutions, serving millions of customers throughout the United States. Transamerica's dedicated professionals focus on helping people live their best lives through saving, investing, and protecting their loved ones. Transamerica is dedicated to building America's leading middle market life insurance and retirement company, providing a broad range of quality individual life insurance policies, workplace supplemental insurance benefits, workplace retirement plans, individual retirement accounts, and investment products, including mutual funds, annuities, stable value solutions, as well as investment management services.

What We Do

Transamerica is organized by lines of business (Life Insurance, Annuities, Mutual Funds, Retirement Plans, and Employee Benefits), which are supported by Transamerica Corporate (Corporate Development; Finance; Internal Audit; Legislative, Regulatory & Policy; Office of the CEO; People and Places; Brand; Corporate Affairs; Risk; and Technology).

Job Description Summary
The Manager, Strategist solves business problems related to optimizing asset performance, including hedges, against liability performance using analytics, economics, finance, accounting, actuarial and tax disciplines. Forms these solutions considering all accounting frameworks, capital profiles, and other considerations from the rating agencies. The Strategist also has or develops the knowledge and skills necessary for investment analysis, hedging and research.

Job Description

Responsibilities
  • Aim to solve, and innovate when necessary, business problems related to assets, liabilities, and investments through rigorous quantitative approaches.
  • Work on ALM strategy initiatives and research, risk appetite assessment and limits, methodology specification for products and liabilities, and credit, market, operational risk, hedging and cash flow models and assumptions.
  • Conceptualize, devise, implement, and document quantitative solutions. Quantify the competitiveness of the organization's operations and markets, and evaluate the potential impact of changes.
  • Provide advanced analytical and statistical proficiency as part of the finance and/or technology capability that resides within the broader ALM function including modeling, research, trading/hedging strategies. Discover business insights and identify opportunities through the use of financial engineering, statistical, algorithmic, and visualization techniques.
  • Participate in the asset allocation process and enhance objective functions, constraints, and assumptions for portfolio optimization.
  • Contribute to the capital and liquidity analytical developments and earnings-at-risk (EaR) frameworks for strategic and tactical decision making.
  • Participate in the company-wide stress testing process, methodology and analysis.
  • Leverage leading technologies and analytical methodologies in the financial engineering arena.
  • Produce and present departmental level analysis to mid and senior level management.
  • Manage a team as assigned.
  • Maintain relationships with industry peers and keep informed of trends and developments.
Qualifications
  • Graduate degree in a technical/quantitative discipline, such as finance, economics, operation research, engineering, computer science, mathematics, statistics, or physics, or Bachelor's degree with CFA or ASA designation
  • Four years of progressive and relevant quantitative experience
  • Front office experience at a bank, hedge fund, asset management firm, or insurance company
  • Expert knowledge of Excel, VBA, SQL
  • Good understanding of risk methodologies used in banking or insurance industry
  • Communication skills to convey complex information verbally and in writing at the appropriate level of Interpersonal detail for each audience
  • People skills to manage/lead projects and the ability to inspire the team and provide insights to ALM colleagues.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Expertise on object oriented programming in C++, Python
  • Demonstrated accomplishments in academic research and/or business environment
  • Ability to extract and apply ideas from academic publications
  • Understanding of actuarial and accounting
  • Management experience
Working Conditions
  • Hybrid employees are assigned to report to a Company office location 1-3 days a week, minimal travel may be involved.
This job description is not a contract of employment nor for any specific job responsibilities. The Company may change, add to, remove, or revoke the terms of this job description at its discretion. Managers may assign other duties and responsibilities as needed. In the event an employee or applicant requests or requires an accommodation in order to perform job functions, the applicable HR Business Partner should be contacted to evaluate the accommodation request.

What We Offer

For eligible employees, we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support both the personal and financial well-being of our employees.

Compensation Benefits
  • Competitive Pay
  • Bonus for Eligible Employees
Benefits Package
  • Pension Plan
  • 401k Match
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Disability Insurance
  • Medical Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Employee Discounts
  • Career Training & Development Opportunities
Health and Work/Life Balance Benefits
  • Paid Time Off starting at 160 hours annually for employees in their first year of service.
  • Ten (10) paid holidays per year (typically mirroring the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) holidays).
  • Be Well Company holistic wellness program, which includes Wellness Coaching and Reward Dollars
  • Parental Leave - fifteen (15) days of paid parental leave per calendar year to eligible employees with at least one year of service at the time of birth, placement of an adopted child, or placement of a foster care child.
  • Adoption Assistance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • College Coach Program
  • Back-Up Care Program
  • PTO for Volunteer Hours
  • Employee Matching Gifts Program
  • Employee Resource Groups
  • Inclusion and Diversity Programs
  • Employee Recognition Program
  • Referral Bonus Programs
  • Peer Recognition Program (BRAVO)
* As of December 31, 2022

Inclusion & Diversity

We believe our commitment to diversity and inclusion creates a work environment filled with exceptional individuals. We're thrilled to have been recognized for our efforts through the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index, Dave Thomas Adoption Friendly Advocate, and several Seramount lists, including the Inclusion Index, 100 Best Companies for Working Parents, Best Companies for Dads, and Top 75 Companies for Executive Women.

To foster a culture of inclusivity throughout our workforce, workplace, and marketplace, Transamerica offers a wide range of diversity and inclusion programs. This includes our company-sponsored, employee-driven Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), which are formed around a shared interest or a common characteristic of diversity. ERGs are open to all employees. They provide a supportive environment to help us better appreciate our similarities and differences and understand how they benefit us all.

Giving Back

We believe our responsibilities extend beyond our corporate walls. That's why we created the Aegon Transamerica Foundation in 1994. Through a mix of financial grants and the volunteer efforts of our employees, the foundation supports nonprofit organizations focused on the things that matter most to our people in the communities where we live and work.

Transamerica's Parent Company

Aegon acquired the Transamerica business in 1999. Since its start in 1844, Aegon has grown into an international company serving more than 29.5 million people across the globe. It offers investment, protection, and retirement solutions, always with a clear purpose: Helping people live their best lives. As a leading global investor and employer, the company seeks to have a positive impact by addressing critical environmental and societal issues, with a focus on climate change and inclusion and diversity.

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