Job Description

Position Overview

Internships give RGA Investments an opportunity to identify candidates to meet the future needs of our growing department while giving our interns valuable experience to jump start successful careers. As an intern in Investment Operations, you will participate in an intern pool, gaining exposure to each of the four teams through various projects and tasks

Responsibilities

Research, design, develop, and implement models and tools under the guidance of experienced teammates, leveraging your skillsets and knowledge to add value to RGA

Build automated processes to improve the efficiency of recurring tasks, freeing experienced teammates time to focus on greater value-added tasks

Gain experience with industry-leading technologies, like Bloomberg and BRS Aladdin

Use proprietary systems, purpose-built to support RGAs innovative culture, to retrieve data and perform risk analysis

Work alongside teammates to assist with daily activities and support project work within our derivative system (FINDUR)

Enhance reporting to business lines that engage in derivative activity

Experience client relationship management first hand, using software to track vendors, contracts, and visit summaries

Process corporate actions, external trade activity, transfers, cash forecasts, and reconciliations in a live trading environment

Improve upon documentation, like the Investments Data Warehouse Data Dictionary, to better describe the source and use of data for all of RGA Investments

Requirements

Must be enrolled as a full-time college student at the Junior, Senior or Graduate level pursuing a degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Computer Science (or similar computer programming designation), or related degree program at an accredited university

Strong analytical and problem solving skills are required

The most successful interns are creative self-starters who adapt well to change

Solid verbal and written communication skills are necessary

Advanced skills in the following applications and/or programming languages are a plus:

MS Office (Excel, Word, Access, and PowerPoint) SQL, Java, C++, R, Python

Company Overview

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated, a Fortune 500 company, is a leading global life and health reinsurer, with $3.5 trillion of life reinsurance in force and total assets of $76.7 billion as of December 31, 2019. With over 3,000 employees worldwide, RGA serves clients around the globe, delivering expert solutions in individual life reinsurance, individual living benefits reinsurance, group reinsurance, health reinsurance, facultative underwriting, product development, and financial solutions. RGAs global headquarters is located in Chesterfield, Missouri.