Senior Associate -Investment Analyst - Risk Consulting - Hong Kong

Job Profile Summary

At PwC, our people in management consulting focus on helping clients seize essential advantages by working alongside business leaders to solve their toughest problems and capture their greatest opportunities. They work with some of the world's largest and most complex companies to understand their unique business issues and opportunities in an ever changing environment. These individuals help create sustainable change by stimulating innovation, unlocking data possibilities, navigating risk and regulatory complexity, optimising deals, and aligning costs with business strategy to create a competitive advantage. Management consultants help the world's most significant organisations, public and private, quickly become more effective. They improve the way organisations operate; manage costs; better align people, process and technology initiatives; support business growth to maintain or improve competitive edge and complete market and regulatory risk assessment.

As a management consulting generalist at PwC, you will play a vital role in helping clients optimise their operations, improve performance, and achieve strategic objectives. Your work may include analysing business data, developing strategies, supporting management teams, collaborating across teams, optimising tools and technology, improving organisational performance, monitoring compliance, and/or managing change.

Job Description

Key responsibilities

• Investment research and analysis: Conduct thorough research and due diligence on potential insurance and asset management investments, such as stocks, bonds, or other financial products related to the insurance sector. 
• Financial modeling: Analyze financial statements, market trends, economic indicators, and cash flow forecast to assess performance and risk-return profiles of investment opportunities. 
• Strategy development: Develop strategic recommendations for clients on investment portfolios, risk management and product performance. 
• Operational model: Design the operational workflow on the investment lifecycle including investment approval, monitoring and evaluation
• Risk assessment: Evaluate the risks associated with different investment products and provide guidance on how to mitigate them. 
• Market monitoring: Stay informed about economic developments, market trends, and regulatory changes that could impact insurance investments. 
• Compliance: Ensure that all investment activities comply with relevant financial regulations and industry standards. 
• Report and recommendation writing: Prepare detailed research reports and investment plans, documenting data gathered and providing projections and financial models to clients and internal stakeholders. 
• Client and stakeholder engagement: Meet with clients to understand their needs and present investment recommendations, and collaborate with internal teams to gather requirements and support project delivery. 

Required qualifications and skills

• Bachelor degree or above in Finance or quantitative discipline, preferably major in Financial Engineering, Quantitative Finance, Mathematics, Statistics or Risk Management.
• Experience in Insurance or Asset Management industry is a plus
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong technical skills with high level of coding inclination and proficiency in Excel VBA, Python, Matlab, C#, R or SQL
• Qualify member of CFA, FRM, CQF, QRM is preferred
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and collaborate effectively within a team.