Summer 2024 Intern - Investments, Data and Systems
Position Overview
Internship 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 Investment Data and Systems intern, you will participate in data driven initiatives establishing data requirements and processes related to management of investment market data for downstream use. This internship will test your mathematical, analytical, and problem-solving skills and will provide experience with numerous cutting edge tools such as BlackRock’s Aladdin, Bloomberg, Alteryx, Python, Tableau, SQL, RPA and QuantLib.
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
- Use proprietary systems, purpose-built to support RGA’s innovative culture, to retrieve data and perform risk analysis
- Enhance reporting to business lines that engage in derivative activity
- Experience client relationship management, using software to track vendors, contracts, and visit summaries
- Improve upon documentation such as Investments 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 Mathematics, 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
- Technology savvy, programming and process improvement/automation skills
- 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, VBA
Company Overview
RGA Overview
Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (RGA), a Fortune 500 company, is among the leading global providers of life reinsurance and financial solutions, with approximately $3.4 trillion of life reinsurance in force and assets of $84.6 billion as of June 30, 2022. Founded in 1973, RGA today is recognized for its deep technical expertise in risk and capital management, innovative solutions, and commitment to serving its clients. With headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, and operations around the world, RGA delivers expert solutions in individual life reinsurance, individual living benefits reinsurance, group reinsurance, health reinsurance, facultative underwriting, product development, and financial solutions.
RGA Investments
RGA Investments is a global asset manager based in St. Louis, with operations in London, Hong Kong and Singapore; in addition, ReCap Commercial operates in North America. We drive value creation by managing over $67 billion of assets globally for our in force businesses and supporting future growth through customized portfolio solutions. RGA Investments includes seven core areas: Global Portfolio Management, Investment Solutions, Credit Research and Trading, Commercial Real Estate, Private Debt and Equity, Strategic Execution, and Investment Operations.