Derivatives Strategist Position

National Life Group is seeking a highly skilled Derivatives Strategist to join our Hedging team. As a key member of our team, you will play a pivotal role in executing our hedging strategy across all asset classes, ensuring the financial security of the company.

• Oversee and execute timely and accurate derivative transactions (options, futures, rates, and CDS) to implement the hedging program effectively.
• Employ derivative strategies to achieve NLG's goals and objectives, fostering financial stability and growth.
• Proactively recommend innovative execution strategies to enhance the firm's financial performance.
• Develop, implement, and refine market risk management (hedging) strategies, tools, and controls, safeguarding the company's financial position.
• Ensure trade specifications are precise and instruments are accurately reflected in the hedging system, maintaining data integrity.
• Utilize derivatives trading platforms to execute trades that hedge equity market exposure within our insurance products.
• Foster real-time market awareness among the investment team, aligning market opportunities with portfolio objectives.
• Manage relationships with public and private sell-side counterparties, representing NLG's interests and securing optimal access to trading desks.
• Collaborate with the team to maintain a framework for informed risk exposure and assessment.
• Monitor credit, liquidity, and market risks to support risk management and balance sheet valuation activities.

• Direct experience developing and executing derivative strategies that address the unique nature of the assets and liabilities of an insurance company.
• 5+ years of experience in a hedging, market risk, quantitative analytics, or a related field.
• Proficient in Excel/VBA, SQL, Python, Tableau, and Bloomberg.
• An in-depth knowledge of capital markets, derivatives modeling, and valuation techniques.
• Required: Bachelor's degree in finance, mathematics, economics, computer science, or a related quantitative field.
• Preferred: Master's degree (or foreign equivalent) in quantitative / mathematical finance, statistics, economics, computer science, engineering, or a related field.
• Experience in an insurance company a strong plus but not required.
• Data analytics and/or programming experience is helpful but not required.
• Experience with relative value.

• Results-driven mindset.
• Thrives in an environment where the best ideas that drive the best results are rewarded.
• Has the integrity to communicate all relevant facts and information in evaluating decisions and the humility to admit what they do not know.
• Love of learning - comfortable in an organization that seeks to continually learn from its failures and successes to drive better investment decisions.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and the mentality required to address and ultimately own those ambiguous situations - finds answers and solutions, a problem solver.
• Comfortable giving and receiving constructive feedback in both real time and structured environments.
• Demonstrates transparent, direct, and open communication across the organization.
• Promotes collaboration and has a firm first attitude - does what is right for the firm.
• Commitment to our mission - keeping our promises, vision - to bring peace of mind to everyone we touch and values - Do good. Be good. Make good.