Manager, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

At American Equity Investment Life Holding Companywe offer leading annuity products that help empower our clients to fulfill their needs and wants in retirement. Our success comes from hiring high-energy individuals who embody the beliefs that drive our unique culture. We currently fund over half a million retirements nationwide, and have been headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa, for over twenty-five years with satellite offices in Charlotte, NC and New York, NY.

GENERAL PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

The Manager, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) provides leadership in risk identification, measurement and mitigation, including responsibility for implementing risk controls and procedures and developing risk reporting and risk management tools.

**This position is based out of West Des Moines, IA and will need to work an on-site hybrid schedule**

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Identifies areas for improvement in ERM framework and executes on strategies to strengthen it.
• Builds relationships and partners with business stakeholders on business process, risk and control owners to collaboratively identify and develop effective risk management and controls.
• Aggregates and analyzes various types of financial and other data to assess risk exposures and assists in trend analysis and projections.
• Conducts risk assessments including modeling validation.
• Enhances risk culture and risk framework by helping stakeholders identify and manage risk.
• Documents risks and controls; updates risk registries and risk dashboards in Wdesk.
• Develops and updates reporting deliverables including ORSA, rating agency and various risk committee reports.
• Identify, track, report and manage Key Risk Indicators (KRI's) for each risk pillar and for each business segment.
• Develops new risk policies and strategies; contributes to ERM tools and methodologies to measure, monitor, and report risks; ensures proper application of risk management framework and controls.
• Delegates duties to direct reports and is accountable for quality and output of their work effort.
• Drives ERM projects to completion through ownership and by collaborating with functional experts.
• Performs other related work as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Oversight, supervision and development of one or more professionals.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

• Associates or Bachelor's degree in statistics, business, management, law or a related field of study, plus five to ten (5-10) years of progressively responsible experience in a comparable financial or risk management role, or equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• Experience in the financial services industry, particularly a life and annuity company, preferred.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATIONS:

• Actively pursuing successful completion of finance, investment or risk examinations.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Excellent analytical skills; ability to independently research and analyze financial and other data.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents from regulatory agencies, and other members of the business community.
• Intermediate or advanced Excel skills or other spreadsheet applications.
• Ability to effectively present information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Programing experience is highly desirable using VBA, C, Python, MATLAB or some other language and the desire to apply these programming principles.
• Expertise in comprehending and applying financial and statistical principles.
• Strong mathematical skills and attention to numeric and other detail.
• Adherence to defined risk reporting deadlines, multitasking priorities and workflow.
• Broad and deep project management skillset, working cross-functionally on projects with the Investment, Accounting, Actuarial and Information Technology departments, and external partners such as software vendors, consultants, reinsurers, etc.
• Ability to work cooperatively and successfully with employees, customers, and other outside third parties.
• Ability to develop and lead staff, helping team members learn and grow.
• Flexibility in multitasking, while prioritizing for maximum impact.
• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite.
• Occasional overnight travel as needed.