About this role
Are you ready to join our Investment Office in Amsterdam as part of the Liability-Driven Investments (LDI) team? Together with your LDI colleagues, you will manage the public assets of Athora Netherlands' €71bn balance sheet. What should you know about us? We are Athora Netherlands, an insurance company behind the well-known brands Zwitserleven and Reaal. Our core business is providing pensions and life insurance solutions in the Dutch market. We are part of a broader European group with operations in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, and Italy. We are a strong and ambitious organization serving over one million customers. In the coming years, we aim to grow into one of the leading players in the rapidly evolving pensions market. That is why we are looking for people who embrace change, take initiative, and are driven to deliver results. People who strive to bring out the best in themselves and their teams. Smarter together, we call it. What are you going to do? You will work closely with colleagues across and beyond the Investment Office, as well as with our strategic partner Apollo Global Management, you will develop and implement portfolio ideas and balance-sheet solutions for a complex insurance environment. The role offers broad exposure to market views, hedging, liquidity management, solution structuring, pension buyouts and quantitative projects. You will work in a collaborative environment with short communication lines, easy access to senior stakeholders and strong cooperation across teams and functions. The Investment Office of Athora Netherlands manages the own-account investments and is responsible for the company's investment strategy. The office consists of 24 investment professionals across three teams: Corporate Investments, Asset-Backed Investments and Liability-Driven Investments supported by a Planning & Analytics Expert and a Strategist Global Markets. The Investment Office is based at Athora Netherlands' head office in Amsterdam. You will be part of the LDI team that manages Athora's liability-driven investment portfolio, investing across rates, sovereign bonds, liquidity and derivatives while managing interest-rate, inflation, currency and liquidity exposures. Depending on your experience, you will contribute to part or all of the following activities: • Market/portfolio analysis and investment recommendations. • Athora's LDI portfolio management across rates, sovereign (related) bonds, and derivatives • Liquidity management to protect the firm's liquidity profile • Hedge the firm's currency exposures • Initiate, design and/or implement hedging and balance-sheet solutions. • Execute trades across cash, bonds, and derivatives. • Prepare governance materials (such as Investment Committee proposals), analyses and trade-related documentation to support investment decision-making and implementation. • Strategic projects, policy development and the continuous improvement of investment processes. All the work will be in close cooperation with internal as well as external stakeholders. #LI-DNI